A temporary field hospital begins to take shape at Shoreline's A/B soccer fields. The 200-bed emergency facility is designed for use by people unable to isolate and recover from COVID-19 in their own homes. Two weeks later, an emergency, 250-bed field hospital is erected in CenturyLink Field Event Center to handle a potential overflow of non-COVID-19 patients from area medical centers that could soon be overwhelmed amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Bellevue’s Tom Webb is elected U.S. Soccer Federation vice president at the annual general meeting in San Francisco. Webb becomes the highest-ranking national officer to come from Washington. A Boeing engineer, he has served as the state's president of junior and adult soccer. He has been an NASL and ASL referee since 1974. Webb will focus on budgeting by program after the federation incurred a $70,000 deficit for the last fiscal year.

Megan Rapinoe scores and Hope Solo serves as captain and collects her 73rd U.S. National Team clean sheet in the final match prior to World Cup qualifying, a 4-0 win over Mexico in Rochester, N.Y. Solo surpassed Brianna Scurry's career shutout record of 71 vs. Mexico (8-0) on Sept. 13. Some questioned whether she should be selected for play. An altercation with her sister-in-law and 17-year-old nephew at a family gathering in June resulted in misdemeanor charges of 4th degree domestic violence. All charges are eventually dismissed.

Megan Rapinoe scores the first goal and sets up the third as Seattle Reign clinches its second straight NWSL Shield with a 3-1 home victory over Boston. Kim Little gets her 10th goal of the season, and Kendall Fletcher also scores for the Reign (12-3-3).

Surpassing their inaugural season win total with still 17 games to go, the Spokane Velocity vanquish Richmond, 1-0, to stretch their unbeaten streak to 11 (8-0-3). Neco Brett's first goal from Shavon John-Brown's cross is the difference. Spokane (8-1-4) rises to the top of the League 1 table.

Dang Pibulvech is Washington's choice to start the new women's varsity program. Pibulvech, 37, arrives from Colorado College where four of his teams reached the NCAA semifinals or final, with seven playing in the postseason. His 1990 team finished 16-3-2 and lost to North Carolina 2-1 in the NCAA semifinals. He is 187-61-18 (.754) in his 15-year collegiate varsity head-coaching career. Only two of 10 finalists for the UW job are women.