A second-half barrage of four goals in 14 minutes lifts the Sounders to a record winning margin and a playoff-clinching 5-0 home win over Team Hawaii before nearly 27,000. Winger Jimmy Robertson both creates and scores. His corner kicks lead to the first two goals and he adds the third. The lads repeatedly hit the crossbar and posts to start the second period before Micky Cave's 67' volley doubles the lead to 2-nil and the rout is on.

Darin Koob's long-range blast ties it in the second half, but Midwestern State scores twice in the final six minutes to eliminate Western Washington in the group stage of the NAIA national tournament in Las Cruces, N.M. Peter LaBarge's 20th goal of the year puts Western on top in the 14th minute. Koob's 40-yard effort brings matters level in the 74th. Brit Harder gets the Mustangs' winner in the 84th and the verdict is sealed in the 88th. The Vikings had lost, 3-1, to Rockhurst (Mo.) the day before.

New Tacoma Stars coach Jimmy McAlister wins his first game in charge, 5-3 over the visiting LA Lazers, behind Peter Ward's hat trick. Steve Zungul scores one goal and assists on three before 10,191 in Tacoma Dome. At 30, McAlister is younger than both Ward (32) and Zungul (34). The Stars win their third straight and go 5-2 in McAlister's first seven games.

After guiding Washington State to NCAA tournament appearances in three of the last four seasons, Matt Potter leaves Pullman for Oklahoma. Potter was 88-69-22 in nine seasons at WSU. The back-to-back trips to the postseason in 2008-09 were a first in program history and the Cougars advanced to the second round in 2009 and 2011 while attendance more than doubled during his tenure.

By foot and by head, Roger Davies keeps Seattle's season alive with a second-half brace to square the playoff series with Chicago at a game apiece. The Sounders beat the Sting, 2-0, to force a deciding game four days later in the Windy City. It's the Sounders' first win in six games, and it comes against a Sting team that shared the best record in the regular season (23-9) with the Cosmos.

Kimberly Keever’s overtime strike sends Washington to the NCAA third round with a 1-0 victory over Missouri in Palo Alto, Calif. Keever’s sixth goal of the year comes 63 seconds into the first golden-goal period. Megan Kufeld makes three saves for her fifth shutout.