Marcus Hahnemann, 42, announces his retirement from professional soccer. Hahnemann began and finished his illustrious 21-year professional career with his hometown club, spending three seasons with the A-League Sounders from 1994-96 and a little more than two seasons with Sounders FC from 2012-14. In between, he played for Colorado then 13 seasons in England, including 276 appearances with Reading, where he reached the Premiership.

Seattle University welcomes back players from 50 seasons of varsity play before a packed Championship Field and treats the alumni to a 2-0 win over 21st-ranked Utah Valley. Sergio Rivas and Sam Langston score 86 seconds apart. Among those recognized at halftime are several members of the first SU team, fielded in 1967.

Missy Strasburg is introduced as the fourth head coach in Eastern Washington program history and the first female to guide the program in 22 years. Strasburg takes over following a five-year assistant coach stint at the Air Force Academy. She started her coaching career in the Spokane area as a youth and high school coach at Spokane Shadow and Riverside High. Strasburg played collegiately at Gonzaga from 1997-2001, ending No. 3 in career assists.

Lots of promotional buzz precedes the kickoff of the 21st annual Five-a-Side. Thousands of balloons, some with tickets attached, are released from atop the Space Needle and bagpipers provide the soundtrack to a day full of games at West Seattle Stadium. B.C. Sugar, among the 20 Canadian entries, defeats Vancouver's Sapparton Labatts, 0-0 (1-0), via the corner kick tiebreaker. The Sugars allow only one goal in five games. All four semifinalists are from British Columbia. Kamloops traveled nearly 300 miles only to lose its opener, versus Germania.

Brent Goulet is chosen fifth overall by the Minnesota Strikers in the MISL draft. Goulet scored 108 goals in his career at Warner Pacific. Glenn Lurie of Seattle Pacific is taken 11th by Tacoma. Lurie, who had three goals and two assists at the Budweiser Classic college all-star event, is packaged with three Stars draft picks and traded to Cleveland for all-stars Peter Ward and Bernie James.

Representatives of the Northwestern Soccer Football Association meet Major William Inglis, fair director of athletics, and agree to have teams play BC teams during Seattle's Alaska-Yukon Exposition. Five-a-side exhibitions are held in late September, with Tacoma AFC most impressive of the local entries.