After losing two of their last three and going a goal down on the road, Seattle Pacific turns matters around to upset No. 2-ranked and undefeated Colorado School of Mines, 2-1, in Golden, Colo. Taylor Krueger answers the Orediggers' opener in the 35th minute, then finds freshman substitute Andi Buckley for the winner midway through the second half. It's the start of a 15-game unbeaten run for the Falcons.

Overcoming an early setback, Seattle University gets a late goal from freshman Jessie Ray to defeat host UM Kansas City, 2-1, in the WAC tournament final. With it comes the Redhawks' third NCAA berth in four years. They enter the national tournament on a 10-game win streak. The Kangaroos take a brief 1-nil lead after seven minutes. Karli White needs 76 seconds to cancel that out with her sixth goal. Tournament MVP Natasha Howe finds Ray for the winner in the 72nd minute.

Sounders Women and Sounders U23 co-owner and CEO Lane Smith announces that both programs will rebrand as Sound Football Club. The Sounders Women play in the Women's Premier Soccer League and the men's U23s are members of USL League Two. Both entities had operated under the Sounders FC brand association, but the MLS club informed Smith the agreement would be terminated after the 2019 season. Sound FC, a premier club chartered to represent the South Snohomish County and Northshore Youth Soccer associations, formed in 2019 from a merger between Greater Seattle Surf, FC Alliance and Northwest Nationals.

Sounders FC reaches a $3 million agreement to transfer defender DeAndre Yedlin to Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League after the 2014 season. Seattle's first Homegrown player, Yedlin, 21, has earned All-Star honors in each of his first two MLS seasons and represented the U.S. National Team in the FIFA World Cup.

With a new season just around the corner, Puget Sound head coach Reece Olney retires after 29 years. A three-time Northwest Conference Coach of the Year, Olney and the Loggers posted an overall record of 325-168-63, winning NWC titles in 1999, 2002, 2006, and 2013. In 1999, UPS reached the third round of the NCAA Tournament while finishing the season ranked No. 6 in the nation. Sam Zisette, who both played and coached under Olney, is named interim head coach.

Seattle's new NASL club will be known as the Sounders. That name received 32 percent of the mail-in votes, with five other finalists – Cascades, Evergreens, Mariners, Schooners and Sockeyes - finishing well behind. Initially, more than 300 nicknames were submitted.