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Andy Schmetzer scores the United States opening goal and adds another in a 6-3 quarterfinal win over Argentina at the FIFA Five-a-Side Championships in Hong Kong. Dale Ervine also scores a brace for the Americans, who eventually finish runner-up to Brazil. Schmetzer is among three former Tacoma Stars players on the U.S. squad, captained by Jim Gabarra and also featuring goalkeeper P.J. Johns.
Seattle Pacific's incredible start requires a second-half gusher of goals, but the No. 1-ranked Falcons move to 10-0-0 with a 5-0 rout of Western Oregon at Interbay. Kelsey Jenkins finally gets SPU on the scoreboard in the 51st minute, Megan Lindsay doubles it eight minutes later. The Wolves are held to six shots, and it is the 11th straight Seattle Pacific shutout, dating back to the 2008 championship win over West Florida.
Brent Goulet scores two goals in the first 24 minutes as the United States fifth successive Olympic Qualifying game, 4-1, over nine-man El Salvador in Indianapolis. It brings Goulet’s qualifying tally to six, and the U.S. is bound for the Summer Games in Seoul. Ricky Davis of the Tacoma Stars hits a 30-yard shot for the Americans’ final goal.
Twentieth-ranked Pacific Lutheran takes down No. 4 Virginia Wesleyan, 2-0, in just the third outing of the year, at Newport News, Va. The Lutes get an early second-half header from Alyssa Leong, and Kayden Hulquist doubles it seven minutes later. Abby Winkler makes eight saves in the shutout.
Seattle native Jimmy McAlister makes his Sounders debut, starting on the backline at the final regular season game, in Vancouver. At age 19, he is the first Sounders teenager to appear in an NASL match.
A crowd of 12,355 watches the first indoor game played in Puget Sound. It's a preseason friendly in the Kingdome, a jamboree with Portland and San Jose. A radio station gives away 7,700 of the tickets. Admission $4 and $2 for kids. It costs $200,000 to make the Dome suitable, including the turf field encircled by fiberglass walls and plexiglass.