By the narrowest of margins, it was still an opening round sweep for the Sounders over Houston in the MLS Cup Playoffs. After winning via penalties at home Oct. 25, Seattle do so again away against the 10-man Dynamo, 1-1 (7-6). Stefan Frei makes a seventh-round save while Cristian Roldan both scores in regulation and again in penalties. Top scorers Jordan Morris and Albert Rusnak both miss the game with injuries.

Pacific Lutheran smashes runner-up George Fox, 4-0, at home on senior day to clinch the Northwest Conference championship for the second year in a row. The Lutes, on a 17-game unbeaten run (12-0-5), get a goal and two assists from Trevor Thompson. In a first round NCAA Division III loss at Colorado Christian, Thompson scores twice to finish with a PLU record 23 goals. Craig Johnson ties the career assist record (37).

CD Olimpia of Honduras finds a late road equalizer and goes on to eliminate Sounders FC from the Concacaf Champions League on penalties, 2-2 (4-2), in a Round of 16 match at CenturyLink Field. Carlos Pineda scores from distance in the 86th minute. Seattle, fighting back from an early 1-nil deficit, takes the lead through Cristian Roldan and new DP signing Joćo Paulo. The two sides had also tied the first leg, 2-2, a week earlier in San Pedro Sula.

The NASL champion New York Cosmos select Jeff Durgan of Tacoma 's Stadium High School with the No. 4 overall draft pick. The Cosmos trade away all their draft choices but make the deal with Houston. Durgan, a center back, was a member of the famed Norpoint Royals, where he was a teammate of Sounders rookies Jeff Stock and Mark Peterson. Seattle, which had traded away its top pick a year earlier, drafts Mike Hoag of Fort Steilacoom Community College in the second round.

Washington returns to the NCAA tournament for the first time in four years and, after remaining scoreless for the first half, is humbled by UCLA, 5-0. Once Bernardo Ortiz breaks the ice, the Bruins pull away, finishing with a 30-10 advantage in shots. UCLA goes on to face St. Louis in the NCAA final.

For the second night in a row a JoJo Harber goal is the margin of victory for Bellevue, which defeats Southridge, 1-0, in the 3A girls' final. Harber, who missed half of the season with the U17 national team, ended Seattle Prep's 44-game win streak in the semifinals, 1-0. Against Southridge, Harber finds the upper corner three minutes into the game for her 12th goal. The undefeated Wolverines deal the Suns their third consecutive championship loss.