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Washington State extends its unbeaten run in the Apple Cup to 12 meetings with yet another road victory, completing the regular season with a 3-1 verdict at Washington. The Cougars finish Pac-12 play with a perfect 6-0-0 mark away from Pullman and 9-1-0 altogether on the road. Kaitlyn Johnson scores her seventh goal to erase an early UW lead and Cara Wegner's 25th-minute strike puts WSU ahead and all but assures a fifth consecutive postseason berth.
Dominating the final quarter, the Tacoma Stars open the MASL playoffs by beating San Diego, 5-2, at ShoWare Center. It's the Stars' fourth straight win and ends a six-game losing streak against the perennial power Sockers. Taylor Bond's goal with 11:19 left puts Tacoma ahead, 3-2. Jamael Cox and Raphael Cox close out the scoring. Two nights later in San Diego, the Sockers win Game 2, 9-3, and the deciding mini game, 6-2.
Milo Barton and Paul Rothrock score for Sounders FC Academy in a 2-1 win over Colorado Rapids in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy playoffs at Carson, Calif. It's the highest finish to date for the SFC Academy. SFC had beaten Crossfire Premier, 3-2, in the quarterfinals before falling to LA Galaxy, 3-2 in extra time, in the semifinals.
Seattle Pacific’s Stephen MacDonald nets the lone goal in the fifth minute of game shortened by a power outage at Interbay Stadium. The No. 3 Falcons defeat the University of Mary, 1-0, to reach 14-0-1 on the season. They have set records for consecutive wins (13) and games unbeaten (15). Power is lost throughout the surrounding neighborhoods at 8:40 p.m., when the match reached the 82nd minute. After both teams wait 80 minutes to resume, officials rule SPU the winner.
Brent Goulet, a sophomore from Tacoma, scores with under two minutes left in overtime, lifting Portland's Warner Pacific over defending NAIA champion Simon Fraser, 1-0, in the Area 1 championship game at Burnaby, B.C. Goulet takes a cross from Seattle's Erick Knapp for his 25th goal. Seattle native Todd Strobeck makes 10 saves in earning the Knights' shutout. Warner Pacific advances to its first NAIA national tournament.
Seattle drops a 2-0 decision to the Timbers in Portland in third round of the U.S. Open Cup. "It's a $30-, $40- or $50-thousand loss for us," says Bart Wiley, Sounders assistant general manager. "It's very disappointing, especially after we just thumped them."