Dozens of soccer players from the Seventies were among the nearly 200 women from Western Washington presented varsity letters as part of a Title IX 50th anniversary celebration. Western fielded women's teams from 1976-80 but four of those teams were classified as club status despite regularly playing against varsity programs. Two won conference championships.

Eleven new families join the Sounders FC ownership group as original majority owner Joe Roth departs after 12 years. Each of the families have direct ties to Seattle and bring a wealth of expertise in sports, entertainment, technology, broadcast, finance and many other fields. The new group of investors is led by former Microsoft executive Terry Myerson and also includes Grammy Award-winning artist Ciara and Seahawks Super Bowl-winning quarterback Russell Wilson Seattle-bred hip hop superstar Macklemore and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Majority owner Adrian Hanauer's group makes an additional investment. Drew Carey and Jody Allen remain as partners. Forbes pegs the club's value at $405 million. Families of Tod Leiweke and Ken Griffey Jr. join shortly thereafter.

Thor Aanes of Vikings, top scorer in league, sent off with 10 minutes left vs. Greek Americans at Lower Woodland, is confronted by Greeks fans outside locker room. The Vikings win, 3-0. A December 19, 1954 meeting between the teams had resulted in a fight that prompted suspension of two Vikings by the WSFA.

St. George wins the CYO Midget Division, 3-2, over St. Francis.

Thanks to 13 record-tying saves from Trey Muse, Tacoma Defiance earns a 1-1 road draw at New Mexico United. In the dying seconds of second-half added time, Muse pulls off a quadruple save to keep Tacoma's late four-game unbeaten string (2-0-2) alive. He goes on to set a season record of 101 saves. Azriel Gonzalez's scores the Defiance goal in the seventh minute.

Danny Olivas knocks in a penalty kick with 23 minutes to go and No. 4 Seattle Pacific avenges its only loss by beating Northwest Nazarene, 2-1, in an NCAA regional semifinal at Interbay Stadium. SPU never trails, taking the lead at 9:48 through Jordan Kollars. It’s the Falcons’ 16th win, the most since 1993. Cal State L.A. would eliminate SPU, 1-0 in overtime, in the regional final Nov. 20.