Following a 3-0 drubbing in Kansas City, the Sounders find themselves in uncharted waters. They are six games under .500 for the first time in the MLS era (6-12-2), having collected just seven points in the last 11 matches, including three multi-goal losses. On a steamy, 96-degree afternoon Sporting out-shoots the listless visitors 19-1. Seattle is 10 points out of the final West playoff position, with just 14 games remaining in the regular season.

Thor Mjoen scores two goals to lead Washington over Victoria at Lower Woodland. It's the Huskies' fifth win in six starts. Mjoen, a Norwegian member of the UW ski team, nets his fourth and fifth goals. Onye Akwari and Michael Runnestadt also score.

Playing before a record home crowd and second-largest ever for an MLS Cup final, Seattle capitalizes on its second-half opportunities to win a second MLS Cup in four years, 3-1 over Toronto at CenturyLink Field. The throng of 69,274 is loud but shakes the stadium when Kelvin Leerdam's 57th-minute shot caroms into the net to break a scoreless tie. It's bedlam in the 76th minute, when substitute Victor Rodriguez curls his top-of-the-box shot into the far corner. Then Raul Ruidiaz fights off a challenge for a third goal – and his fourth of the postseason – in the 90th minute. The Sounders become the sixth club to win multiple championships and it's their seventh major title in 11 seasons.

Seattle is included in the list of 23 finalist cities chosen as potential hosts for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Seventeen of the venues are in the United States, with the others in Canada and Mexico. The Sounders led MLS in overall attendance their first eight years of operation before falling to No. 2 behind Atlanta last season. Seattle did not rank among the finalist for the 1994 World Cup.

For the first time in Gonzaga annals, the Zags are perfect through three games to start a season. The Bulldogs wallop Weber State, 9-2 – the most goals scored on a Division I opponent. Giana Riley, Marissa Garcia and Shelby Runje all get braces at Luger Field. GU scored 19 times in going 3-0-0.

Among the 13 Forward Thrust measures approved by Seattle and King County voters is a $40 million multi-purpose domed stadium. While the stadium and waterfront aquarium are approved with 62 percent, a rapid transit measure fails to get the necessary 60 percent. Two years later, 110 potential stadium sites are trimmed to five, although King Street is not among them.