Four years after a statewide referendum votes to fund a new soccer/football stadium in Seattle. Paul Allen's First & Goal recommends a FieldTurf playing surface instead of the initially-proposed grass. As operator of the stadium and the Seahawks, F&G contends that FieldTurf would require less maintenance, hold up longer than grass and prevent injuries associated with other artificial surfaces. Soccer community leaders are concerned that an MLS team or international play would bypass Seattle because of the artificial surface.

Brothers Gene and Merle Mjelde score three goals apiece in Seattle Soccer Club’s seventh straight league win, 6-1 win over Black Diamond.

Two months after playing their protested U.S. Amateur Cup match, Fort Lewis and its opponent in that match, Denver Kickers, are disqualified from the tournament. The Soldiers, who lost but initially won a protest because Denver used an ineligible player, are discovered to have themselves used 17 non-registered foreign nationals.

Seattle's Kyle Whittemore scores both goals in San Diego State’s 2-1 road upset of St. Louis in an NCAA first round match. The brace takes Whittemore, a junior, to the top of the Aztecs’ career list 58 goals. He converts a penalty in the shootout win over No. 5 SMU the next week, and although he is slowed by a hamstring strain, SDSU eventually reaches the championship game before falling, 2-0, at Clemson.

Seattle is stunned by Vancouver, crashing out of the playoffs in the quarterfinals after being beaten, 6-2, in the second leg. The Whitecaps, who go up 3-0 by halftime, sweep the two legs accruing an 8-2 aggregate scoreline. The Sounders struggled down the stretch, winning just once in their final six regular season and playoff matches.

Seattle University wins its NCAA men's first-round match again, knocking off Loyola Marymount, 3-1, on the road. Connor Noblat, Jesse Ortiz, and Harrison Kurtz score as the Redhawks advance. SU settles into the game early and goes in front when Hamish Ritchie, finds the streaking Noblat in the 41st minute. Loyola pulls even in the 53rd minute, but just over a minute later, Declan McGlynn is fouled, and Ortiz bends in a 22-yard free kick to regain the lead. In the 79th minute, Noe Meza picks out Kurtz at the back post for the 3-1 advantage. Seattle U later succumbs at No. 7 Stanford in penalties, 1-1 (2-1).