Federal Way, tempered by a loss to Sammamish a year earlier, start strong and dominate Mercer Island for a 5-1 victory in the AAA girls' final at Shoreline. Sheralyn Stackhouse scores two times in the first 24 minutes. After the Islanders' Dena Dey at 30', Justi Baumgardt makes it 3-1 in the second half. Jeni Mauck and Amy Felker round out the scoring. The undefeated Eagles (18-0-2) hold MI to just three shots, all in the first half. Paige MacDonald keeps Mercer Island in it with nine first-half saves.

Following five seasons at Seattle Memorial Stadium, the Sounders announce a move to Renton in 1999. They sign a two-year lease with the Renton School District to play at Renton Stadium, which has undergone $2.5 million in renovations, including a new artificial surface.

Nick Perera of the Tacoma Stars is voted the Gold Ball after the United States reclaims the Concacaf Beach Soccer championship in Nassau, Bahamas. Perera scores in the 5-0 victory over Mexico in the final. He had back-to-back hat tricks during the group stage and finishes the tournament with nine goals. The U.S. wins its first regional title since 2013.

Alan Hinton returns to coach born-again Stars, six months after being dismissed by former owners. His contract of $72,000 is nearly $50,000 less than what he was paid the first time around.

Within seconds of taking the field as a second-half substitute, Sounders FC forward Fredy Montero launches an audacious 35-yard shot that somehow becomes the first-leg winner, 1-0 over Isidro Metapan, in Seattle's first Concacaf Champions League match at Qwest Field. Seven seconds after replacing Nate Jaqua, Montero shoots and Metapan goalkeeper Misael Alfaro misplays it, allowing it to trickle over the goal line. Six days later in San Salvador, a 1-1 draw advances the Sounders to the group stage.

Ken Covell becomes the first soccer representative in Seattle Pacific's Falcon Legends Hall of Fame, inducted with the second of three charter classes. The Falcons had won just one soccer game when Covell arrived from Denver. By the time he left, they had made four straight NCAA West Regional appearances and earned a berth in the national championship game during his senior season of 1974. Covell scored a record 21 goals as a junior. and graduated as career leader in goals (57) and assists (26).