Mike Ryan, the storied coach of so many local teams, most notably the University of Washington men and three U.S. amateur champion women's team, dies at age 77 of a rare autoimmune disorder. Ryan also served as the first U.S. Women's National Team head coach. Locally, he was co-founder and first president of Washington Youth Soccer and also was the first president of the Washington State Women's Soccer Association. He served in those roles and countless youth, high school and senior amateur coaching positions with little if any compensation. In 2009 he was one of the first Sounders Golden Scarf recipients.

Hazma Haddadi scores out of scramble from a corner kick, and Seattle University posts its first win over Washington since returning to Division I six years earlier before a record crowd of 1,700 at Championship Field. David Olsen put the Redhawks ahead in the 28th minute, but 24 seconds later Ian Lange's penalty brings the 10th-ranked Huskies level. Haddadi's seventh goal in eight games comes in 47th minute.

Rose Lavelle and Janelle Flaws find the net as the Sounders Women all but clinch the W-League Western Conference with a 2-1 win at Colorado Rush. It's Lavelle's seventh goal and the sixth for Flaws. Seattle clinches the conference title four days later via forfeit over Arizona. However, eventual league finalist Colorado Pride defeat Sounders Women, 2-1, in the first-round playoff at Starfire Stadium.

Never mind that Nelson Valdez hadn't scored in a year, the Paraguayan veteran striker comes off the bench to score in the 88th minute for the Sounders to beat Sporting Kansas City, 1-0, in a first-round playoff knockout match at CenturyLink Field. Sporting KC is the stronger side for much of the match, forcing Stefan Frei to make seven saves. Seattle's sole shot on-target comes when a driven Joevin Jones cross is head home by Valdez. His last (and only) Sounders goal in league play came 364 days earlier, in a knockout win over LA.

Kevin Wilson scores four times and Linda Pederson has three assists as the Athlete’s Foot amputee team from Seattle wins at Portland, 5-3.

Fernando Monge of Seattle is chosen 18th by Montreal in the MLS Super Draft. Monge was all-Pac-12 as a UCLA senior. He played for Eastside Catholic, Crossfire Premier and, later, Sounders U23. In 2011 Monge was a member of U.S. Beach Soccer National Team.