Dale Lenz scores the first goal, his 13th of the year, and Seattle University goes on to beat Washington, 3-0, in the first competitive intracity meeting between intercollegiate teams at Lower Woodland. Mike Carney doubles the lead and Tom Yagle completes the scoring. The two teams met Oct. 6 in a non-counting game after the Chieftains had just four practice sessions. The Huskies won that, 3-0, at Lower Woodland.

Argentine winger Pedro de la Vega signs with the Sounders on a club record $7.5M transfer from Atletico Lanús. De la Vega, 22, will occupy a Young DP slot and is signed through 2027. A first team regular for Lanús since age 17, he missed most of 2022 with a torn ACL.

Aviation West of Highline SA soars to a fourth state cup in five years by going out winners of the boys U19 tournament. Three members of the team – Ben Erickson, Joey Mancuso and Rob LaBelle – are chosen for the U20 National Team.

Jason Boyce notches his second hat trick in three games for No. 8 Washington in a 3-0 victory over Santa Clara. Boyce had four goals vs. Evansville one week earlier.

Five months after helping the United States win a second World Cup title, Michelle Akers returns home to be inducted into Seattle's Walk of Fame. Akers joins 28 notable local figures, from Jimi Hendrix to Bill Gates, whose footprints have been bronzed into the sidewalk surrounding the Nordstrom downtown flagship store. On the same day, Akers and the rest of the USWNT are named as Sports Illustrated's Sportswomen of the Year.

Tacoma lands a Major Indoor Soccer League franchise after securing primary tenant rights away from a bid by the Sounders. Tacoma ownership buys the mothballed Denver Avalanche franchise for an undisclosed price via bankruptcy court just over four months before the season starts. The 13-man ownership group features form Sounders general manager John Best and Tacoma business leaders John Long, Howie Meadowcroft, Gary Milgard, Bill Weyerhaeuser, George Weyerhaeuser, Lowry Wyatt and Dave Young.