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After 123 minutes, Vadim Tolstolutsky punches Seattle Pacific's ticket to a 13th NCAA Division II Final Four, lifting the Falcons over Grand Canyon, 2-1, in a quarterfinal playoff at Interbay Stadium. Tolstolutsky scores in his sixth straight game in the third minute of sudden death overtime. It comes 96 minutes after Dana Garner ties it in the 29th minute. Grand Canyon plays the final 37 minutes of regulation and overtime with 10 men following a red card. SPU wins its sixth in a row and 11th in 13 since starting out 3-4-2.
Seattle resident Mary Harvey, who backstopped the first world championship U.S. women's team, is voted to the National Soccer Hall of Fame from the Veteran Ballot. She will be inducted on May 3, 2025. Harvey had 13 shutouts in 27 USWNT appearances. She went on to serve in leadership positions with FIFA, the 2026 World Cup bid group and, most recently, chief executive of the Centre for Sport and Humane Rights.
The Hungarians (7-0-1) clinch the state league's second-half title and avert a championship playoff by blanking the Continentals, 2-0. The Magyars eventually finish 9-0-1. Mike Kuczi scores goals in each half and Walter Schmetzer’s penalty kick hits both posts before bouncing out for the Continentals. Elsewhere, Otto Myrold scores six goals in the Vikings’ 12-0 rout of United Hungarians.
NASL commissioner Dick Walsh visits Seattle to meet with local soccer community leaders. With an impending vote to build a domed stadium, Walsh says soccer could be a potential tenant.
Tye Tolentino scores three of Puget Sound's five second-half goals as the Loggers beat Evergreen State's Geoducks 5-0 at Tacoma. Tolentino, a senior, finishes with career records of 31 goals and 33 assists.
Garth Lagerwey is introduced as the new Sounders general manager and president of soccer. Lagerwey, 42, replaces owner Adrian Hanauer, who served as GM since the club was formed. Lagerwey helped build Real Salt Lake into an MLS Cup champion in 2009, runner-up in 2013 and Concacaf Champions League runner-up in 2011.