Seattle Pacific University coach Cliff McCrath and the legendary Pelé are among 11 men inducted at the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, New York. McCrath, 57, will join the National Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association (NISOA) wing of the hall. He has served as secretary-editor of the NCAA Rules Committee for 19 years.

Sixty trialists attend the Sounders' first tryout at Bellevue Community College. Of those, Roger Goldingay, Ballan Campeau and Dave Landry eventually make the team.

Brianna Smallidge and the Seattle University defenders keep 18th-ranked South Carolina off the scoreboard for 110 minutes yet the Gamecocks go on to the NCAA Round of 16, 0-0 (2-1) at Chapel Hill, N.C. Smallidge makes six saves, plus another in the fourth round of the shootout. But USC freshman Abbey Crider, who in making her first start stopped SU star Stephanie Verdoia the second overtime, makes another save in the fifth round before Chelsea Drennan converts the winner. It is the Redhawks' fifth shutout in the final six games.

The NBA Seattle SuperSonics announce they will operate a team in the Continental Indoor Soccer League beginning in 1995. Owned by Barry Ackerley, the team will spend its first season at the Center Arena, before moving to the renovated KeyArena. CISL expansion franchises reportedly cost $200,000, and Seattle becomes the league's 13th team for 1994. Seattle's total budget is between $500,000-800,000 with a salary cap of $160,000. CISL rules stipulate 13 players must be local and $3,500 is the maximum monthly salary.

Green Lake Bowl collects its second tournament championship in three weeks, beating E&E Meats in the State Knockout Cup, 4-2, at Catholic Memorial. Gordon Martin, Gordon Roberts, Le DelSanto and Pete Wells tally for the victors.

Michelle Akers-Stahl collects her first international hat trick in an 8-0 rout of the Soviet Union at the North American Cup in Blaine, Minn. All three goals come in the first 35 minutes. Shannon Higgins also gets on the scoresheet, converting an 8th-minute penalty, and Lori Henry sees action as a substitute.