Playing shorthanded, the Yakima Reds are clouted, 5-2, by the Michigan Bucks in a PDL semifinal in Saginaw. The Reds are missing eight players who were recalled to their college teams. Yakima also falls, 5-2, to Rochester in the consolation game the next day. Chicago defeats Michigan, 1-0, for the title.

Gina Cassella of Everett scores in her debut weekend for the U.S. Women's National Team. Making her first start, Cassella brings the Americans level with Norway in the 69th minute, although the U.S. would eventually lose, 4-2, in Medford, Mass. She made her first USWNT appearance as a substitute in a 3-1 loss to Norway two days earlier. Michelle Akers-Stahl misses both games to be with her ailing grandmother.

Brittany McMullen, Annie Sittauer and Valerie Stahl all score in the opening 26 minutes to give Everett a 3-0 victory over Seattle Prep in the 3A state championship game at Lakewood. It is Everett's first girls soccer state title. The Seagulls, whose previous best finish was fourth, knocked-out top-ranked and unbeaten Kennedy, 4-1, in the semifinals.

Kasey Keller posts his 16th shutout of the season as Millwall defeats Charlton Athletic, 1-0, and his commanding display throughout the campaign earns him the club's award for player of the season. Millwall finishes seventh in the First Division, one tier below the Premier League. Keller, 23, earns the starting job after two matches and never relinquishes it. Still, Bora Milutinovic omits him from the U.S. National Team for the entire year. Two other American Lions, Bruce Murray and John Kerr, are largely overlooked.

With the public celebrating the World War I Armistice and Seattle health officials unable to keep citizens separated and masked, the influenza ban is lifted. Northwestern Soccer League president Charlie Goodenough promptly puts in motion plans to start the season. The Public School Athletic League conducts an abbreviated season, with A.C. Pelton stating there will be no grade school city championship match.

A capacity crowd of 3,291 sees hometown favorite Michelle Akers and the U.S. Women's National Team shrug-off a physical display by Brazil for a 3-0 win at Tacoma's Franklin Pierce High School. Mia Hamm scores two goals and Tisha Venturini adds another. It's the first USWNT appearance in Washington and comes just three weeks before the Americans defend the World Cup championship in Sweden. Tickets had been sold-out for weeks, even after adding more temporary seats, priced $15 for adults and $8 for youths under 19.