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Pacific Lutheran chalks up yet another Northwest Conference championship by beating George Fox, 2-1, at home. It's the Lutes' eighth NWC crown in a row, surpassed only by Puget Sound's 14 straight. Bella Hanna nets the game-winning header at 86’ after Olivia Boehm gets the PLU opener at 13'.
Tacoma native Brent Goulet scores the 107th goal of his career, believed to be a collegiate record, in Warner Pacific College’s 3-0 win over Pacific (Ore.). Goulet surpasses the 106 of Erskine’s Sam McGinty, set in 1970. He finishes with 108.
Dick McCormick's penalty kick in the 76th minute completes the comeback as the Sounders rally from a goal down to eliminate Orange County in the first round of the A-League playoffs at Memorial Stadium. Eddie Soto spots the Zodiac a lead midway through the first period. Peter Hattrup ties it in the 63rd minute, before Ian Russell is pulled down in the box for the penalty.
Steve Zungul scores the overtime winner, in 6-5 Tacoma Stars victory over San Diego, before 18,441. Zungul finds the game-winner at 6:31 of the second 15-minute overtime period. The Stars battle back from a 5-3 deficit in the fourth quarter on goals by Fran O'Brien and Gary Heale, who scored his 19th on a power play at 11:33. Tacoma completes a weekend sweep of the Sockers, having also beaten them the night before in San Diego, 8-7 in overtime. Without an injured Zungul, Heale scored four goals. The Stars will start 1987 with a 12-2 record.
Two young Washingtonians, Chris Henderson and Kasey Keller, are named to Bob Gansler's U.S. squad for the upcoming World Cup. Henderson, 19, is the youngest player in the tournament. Both he and Keller, 20, are still in college. As amateurs, rather than a $10,000 bonus they receive $25 per diem. Neither player sees action in the tournament. The Americans are returning to the world stage for the first time since 1950.
Buchan Bakers come up short in the Knockout Cup final, now moved to the fall, but a day later all is well. Washington State Football Association officials overturn Seattle Hungarians' 1-0 win for using two players – Les Fabri and Mike Kuczi – still tied to Canadian teams. The Bakers feature pro boxer Willi Besmanoff on defense.