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Wallace Thistles finds the odd goal to win the Five-a-Side final over fellow Vancouver entry Royal Oaks, 1-0. All four semifinalists are from British Columbia. A week earlier, Wallace had beaten state champion Norselander Vikings, 4-2, on a full field at West Seattle.
Playing in front of a big, raucous crowd in Azteca Stadium, Kasey Keller makes some superb saves to hold Mexico level for more than 90 minutes in the FIFA Confederations Cup semifinal. Keller makes two difficult stops in the first 12 minutes and another early in the second half to keep El Tri scoreless while wearing the U.S. captain’s armband for the third time in eight days. Finally in extra time, Cuauhtemoc Blanco breaks through by collecting his own rebound and scoring from point-blank range for a 1-0 win over the Americans. Mexico proceeds to beat Brazil, 4-3, to win the tournament.
Scoring 19 seconds apart, Washington State upsets No. 18 California, 2-0, in Pullman, for the Cougars' first win over the Bears since 2002. Allison Scurich opens the scoring at 18:03 and at the 18:22 mark Kiersten Dallstream doubles the lead from 18 yards. WSU posts its fourth shutout in five Pac-10 matches.
Freshman goalkeeper Riley Travis shatters the Seattle Pacific single-game record with 16 saves in backstopping a 0-0 draw at Chico State. Travis faces the Wildcats' 31-shot barrage to extend the season-opening scoreless run to 290 minutes. She surpasses the previous record, set by Molly Stinson in 2016, by three saves.
Eastern Washington, getting goals from four different players, earns a share of the Big Sky women's championship with a 4-0 win at Sacramento State. The Eagles, who had never finished higher than fourth in their six previous seasons, tie for the title with Portland State (4-1-1) despite being 7-8-2 overall. Beth Russell, Jennie Summers, Traci Jellison and Emily Mues all score.
Sixth-ranked UCLA holds off a late Washington rally to advance in their Husky Classic semifinal, 3-3 (5-4), before 3,000 at Husky Stadium. Bruce Walyor sends the match to a 20-minute overtime by scoring the equalizer with 30 seconds to go. Sergio Velasquez, who scores twice for UCLA, converts the decisive penalty. The Bruins had beaten SPC, 3-0, in the first round.