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Seattle Pacific and Seattle University fly over a thousand miles to settle the score in an NCAA Division II first-round game that extends to overtime in La Jolla, Calif. SPU freshman Janae Godoy pokes home the winner from a feed by Sarah Martinez at 107:39 to lift the No. 18 Falcons to a 1-0 victory over the No. 11 Redhawks, who had swept the regular season series. In the regional tournament’s nightcap, top-seeded UC San Diego eliminates Western Washington, 4-0.
Finally, following six straight defeats, some of agonizingly close, the Tacoma Stars earn their first victory, 4-2 at St. Louis. Newly-signed Jimmy McAlister scores, and Dale Mitchell delivers the club's first hat trick.
Goals from Ian Chursky and Cam Weaver propel Seattle's Hibernian & Caledonian Saints to victory in the U.S. Amateur Cup final in Frisco, Tex. Jimmy McAlister's Hibs & Caley hold off Baltimore Allied, 2-1, to become the third Washington side to win the competition. Chursky opens the scoring in the 32nd minute, and Weaver doubles it on an assist from Pat Doran in the 63rd.
William Ellis, director of Seattle grammar school athletics, announces that while football is being dropped for a lack of players, soccer programs are growing: 26 in Class A (more than 11 classrooms) and 20 in Class B. Public Schools Athletic League also lengthens halves from 20 to 25 minutes to lessen frequency of ties.
Seattle Sounders announce a partnership with Werder Bremen of the German Bundesliga. The relationship will include a player exchange program, youth camps, coaching clinics, matches and exchange of information. Bremen initiated the exchange by sending Alexander Nouri, a 19-year-old German midfielder, to the Sounders. The agreement is the most extensive of any U.S.-based team with a German club.
Bethany Balcer comes off the bench to scoring the deciding goal in added time, giving OL Reign a 1-0 win over Utah in third match of the NWSL Challenge Cup in Herriman, Utah. It's the first goal scored by the Reign after being blanked by Sky Blue (0-0) and Houston (0-2). Balcer enters in the 67th minute and in the first minute of added time she connects with a Nicole Momiki cross. Michelle Betos makes five saves for the shutout.