Hope Solo is allocated to St. Louis of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) ahead of the league's inaugural season. Solo is reunited with former UW teammate, forward Tina Frimpong Ellertson, also an allocation from the USWNT. Spokane's Amy LePeilbet is drafted by Boston with the fourth overall pick Oct. 6. Serving as the seven-team WPS Commissioner and CEO is Everett native Tonya Antonucci.

The Sounders are flying into their Open Cup final following a 4-0 thrashing of L.A. Galaxy before 60,908 at CenturyLink Field. Surging Seattle is unbeaten in nine games across all competitions and within seven points of league-leading San Jose. Eddie Johnson's 10th goal comes off a Mauro Rosales cross in the sixth minute. In the second half, Fredy Montero, Alex Caskey and Andy Rose pour it on while new DP Christian Tiffert takes his first bow.

Just as the Sounders are about to depart for Houston aboard a charter flight, Major League Soccer suspends play for a minimum of 30 days due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Seattle's third match is scheduled for March 14 against the Dynamo. The move comes 14 hours after the NBA halted play and four hours after Spain's La Liga canceled its next two match days. By day's end, the NCAA cancels all winter and spring championships, including the Division I basketball tournaments. England's Premier League and Germany's Bundesliga suspend play the following day.

John Phelps and Ted Budai score five minutes apart and the Seattle Hungarians stun defending PCL champion Victoria with a 2-2 draw in a preseason exhibition the provincial capital.

Megan Lienhard's goal 12 minutes into sudden death overtime lifts Seattle Pacific to a 2-1 victory over host Seattle University, clinching the Great Northwest Athletic Conference championship for the Falcons in just the program's second year. Lienhard, a freshman from Everett, scores both SPU goals. Despite winning the final nine matches and going undefeated in 11, Seattle Pacific (13-4-2) is denied an NCAA berth.

Molson's Canadians defeat defending state champion Loyal Realty, 4-2, before 5,000 at Vancouver's Powell Street Grounds.