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Leaving no doubt virtually from the opening kick, Seattle Hungarians put four goals past Portland's German Club without reply and go on to claim the Northwest Championship, 5-3, at Catholic Memorial Field. It is the third trophy for the Hungarians. It's the ninth straight win for a Washington side in the annual Cascadia season-ending derby. It's one of the final fixtures played at Catholic Memorial, which is condemned later in the year.
Jocky Scott continues his torrid stretch by scoring two first-half goals in Seattle's fourth straight win, 3-0 over Tampa Bay in the Kingdome. The Sounders (8-7) escape the Western Division cellar for the first time. Scott, known as the Black Pirate, arrived on loan from Scotland's Dundee three weeks earlier and has scored five times. Micky Cave, on loan from England's Bournemouth, gets his eighth goal.
Seattle University's Tom Fuegmann scores a pair of goals to lead the Washington State under-23 select team to a 3-2 victory over host New Jersey for the U.S. Amateur championship and George F. Donnelly Cup at Newark. Jason Dunn, a transfer to Seattle Pacific, gets the other goal for Team Washington, which advanced to the final with a 2-0 victory over North Carolina on two Vasco Rubio goals. Fuegmann, Jason Farrell and James Dunn are invited to the Olympic Sports Festival.
Greg McKeown of Auburn scores San Francisco's first goal as the Dons win the NCAA championship with a 4-0 blowout of SIU Edwardsville. McKeown, one of only three Americans in the lineup, had also assisted on the USF overtime game-winner versus Brown in the semifinals. Greg's brother Brad is a freshman playing for Washington and Darren, 13, won a state youth skills test during the summer.
Kennedy takes the state AA-A title by unceremoniously unseating defending champion Hanford, 3-0, at Shoreline Stadium. It's the second championship in three years for the Lancers (14-2-5), 1988 winners of the AAA tournament. They snap a 36-game win streak for the Falcons (19-1-0). Leah Zielinski begins the onslaught by firing home from 25 yards. Minutes later DeeDee Robertson doubles the advantage, and Teri Shimoda scores in the closing minutes.
A late St. Mary's free kick proves to be the difference as Western Washington goes out of the NAIA tournament, losing 3-2 in the Area 1 final at Olympia. Sue Caporicci's game-winner for the Gaels comes in the 72nd minute. Paula French hits the post, and Cindy Gordon just misses connection with Annette Duvall for a would-be equalizer in the waning seconds. Duvall, plagued by tendonitis in her knee throughout the season, finishes with a career record 61 goals. Gordon, who scored twice in a 4-0 semifinal win over Puget Sound, totals 12 for the season.