Washington's club ends Western Washington's 38-game women's win streak by winning, 2-1, at Husky Stadium. Bonnie Broughton scores the winner with 20 minutes to go after Stephanie Yoshino wins the ball and makes the feed. Karla Hossfeld puts UW in front before Nancy Harling equalizes from 30 yards just before halftime. Western, which last lost in 1982, still finishes first in the NCSC for the third straight year, two points ahead of Washington. In the first meeting Sept. 22, a shorthanded UW lost, 4-0.

Sigi Schmid, coach of Sounders FC for its first six and a half seasons, dies in Los Angeles. He was 65. Schmid passes three weeks after being hospitalized at UCLA Medical Center in need of a heart transplant. He was the winningest coach in MLS history (266 in regular season and playoffs) and won MLS Cup titles in Los Angeles and Columbus before coming to Seattle. Under Schmid, the Sounders won four U.S. Open Cups and a Supporters' Shield.

Marlon Vargas comes off the bench for a goal and an assist to lead Tacoma to a season-ending 3-1 home win over Austin Bold FC. The Defiance close-out the campaign on a five-match unbeaten run (3-0-2), their best such run since 2016. Azriel Gonzalez and Jesse Daley each add goals. After Gonzalez opens the scoring in the 21st minute, it remain 1-nil until Vargas scores in the 77th, just three minutes after substituting. In the 79th minute he sets up Daley for a 3-nil lead. Five players under the age of 20 see action for Tacoma.

Nicole Lukic is named coach of Spokane Zephyr eight games (2-2-4) into the 2025-26 USL Super League campaign. Lukic, who comes from U.S. Soccer where she identified prospects for the youth national teams, takes the reins from interim coach and technical director Josh McAllister.

Brian Schmetzer's new formation gets rave reviews following a comprehensive Sounders performance to open the season. Seattle, with a 3-5-2 alignment, breaks loose for four second-half goals in a 4-0 home win over Minnesota United before some 7,000 socially-distanced fans. It's the biggest margin of victory for a first game in Sounders MLS history, with Joao Paulo's sensational volley, Raul Ruidiaz scoring twice in three minutes (following a missed penalty), and Fredy Montero making his return with his 48th career goal for Seattle.

Randy Hanson becomes the state's first collegiate women's coach to achieve 300 wins at a local school with Puget Sound's 3-0 victory over Whitman. Hanson's 16th-ranked Loggers get two goals and an assist from Amalia Acorda-Fey.