Tacoma Stars midfielder Ricky Davis is named to the NBC Sports broadcast team for the network’s coverage of the 1986 FIFA World Cup. Davis and columnist Paul Gardner will be analysts beside play-caller Charlie Jones for the seven games NBC airs.

Sounders lose their third straight and remain scoreless through the first 296 minutes of the season following a 2-0 loss at San Jose. Seattle is awaiting British reinforcements and captain Adrian Webster is sent off after 20 minutes. They are so shorthanded both coach Jimmy Gabriel and assistant Bobby Howe start.

Marcus Hahnemann's stay at Wolverhampton will be extended another year as the goalkeeper's new contract is signed. Hahnemann, originally signed as Wayne Hennessey's backup, started 25 straight matches at one point as Wolves finished 15th in the Premier League, eight points above the relegation zone.

Bellevue becomes the first Class 3A undefeated and untied girls' champion in four years with a 1-0 win over Roosevelt. The Wolverines (20-0-0), who finished second in 2019, get an own goal off a corner kick taken by Lily Colby in the 27th minute. Colby's in-swinging kick hits a defender, then the post and bounces into the net. Roosevelt is the first Seattle public school to reach a 3A final. The Roughriders were also 4A runners-up in 2000. Bellevue's other 3A title was in 2016. Gig Harbor was the last unblemished 3A winner in 2018.

Cam Weaver and Bobby McAlister lead Seattle University to its fifth straight win over crosstown rival 9th-ranked Seattle Pacific, 2-1 at Championship Field. Weaver puts SU up at 17' on a cross from Santa Maria Rivera. In the 64th minute, McAlister dribbles past several defenders before firing from 17 yards and a 2-nil lead. The defending NCAA champion Redhawks are 8-0-1 vs. the Falcons since 2000.

A most dismal season fittingly closes with a 2-1 Sounders home loss to Vancouver, leaving the club with a losing record (13-17) for the first time. Camelot, it is not. Teamwork, entertaining play and character, hallmarks of the first five seasons, are in short supply. A player strike, misbehavior by key veterans, trade requests and those unhappy with their roles and minutes all take their toll. Attendance sags to its lowest level since the 1976 move to the Kingdome, with an average of 18,998. that's down more than 5,000 from 1977.