Mike Kuczi's brace leads Rainier Brewers to a 5-1 victory over defending champion Olympia Brewing Vikings at Memorial Stadium. The Vikings, playing without injured star Bobby Hough, had won the first half of the season's first division and Rainiers had claimed the second half. Washington State won the second division and Pacific Lutheran the third tier.

Seattle acquires 21-year-old Fredy Montero on loan from Deportivo Cali, where he was two-time scoring leader in the Colombian first division. Montero joins the Sounders as they conduct their first training session in frigid temperatures at Virginia Mason Athletic Complex.

Washington State runs its Apple Cup unbeaten streak to nine with another one-goal decision at Pullman. Micaela Castain gets her fifth game-winner of the year two minutes before halftime in a 1-0 win for the Cougars. WSU, advancing to the NCAA tournament in its first year under Keidane McAlpine, is 6-0-3 vs. the Huskies since 2003, with all the wins by one goal.

St. Louis City, the surprising, first-year frontrunner, is taken down a notch by the rising Sounders, 3-0, with all the scoring coming in the final 25 minutes. Local, 21-year-old lad Josh Atencio's 25-yard cannon shot in the 65th minute opens the way to Seattle's third win in a row. The Sounders (5-1-1) also get a Raul Ruidiaz strike and an own goal to overtake St. Louis for first in the Western Conference. Stefan Frei gets the shutout in his club-record 232nd start.

In a dramatic finish to the 13th annual Five-a-Side tournament, Norselander Vikings defeats Marpole Royal of Vancouver, 2-1 in overtime, at Catholic Memorial. A record crowd watches Bob Simonsen find the winner. He also got the decisive goal when the Vikings won a year earlier. A young St. John’s side reaches the fourth round before falling to Buchan. Twenty-five nationalities are represented on the 24 tournament rosters from Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.

Seattle Christian claims the first Washington Interscholastic Activities Association-sponsored Class A-B state girls' tournament, beating Bellevue Christian, 4-0, in the final. It's the fifth straight state title for the Warriors, whose previous four Class A titles were unsanctioned. The WIAA is holding the tournament because 24 schools are now sponsoring the sport. Bellevue Christian had beaten and tied Seattle Christian earlier in the season.