Seattle Sounders midfielder Peter Hattrup is named A-League MVP and teammate Marcus Hahnemann is named goalkeeper of the year. Hattrup, 31, led the league with 11 goals and eight assists. Hahnemann, 23, had a 1.00 goals-against average to earn his second straight award. Both are former Seattle Pacific University stars.

George "Whitey" Craggs, the ubiquitous referee and longtime officials administrator, is inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in his hometown of Seattle. Craggs, five days shy of 52, joins his father, Edmund, in the Hall. He becomes the state's fourth inductee. The ceremony is held in conjunction with the U.S.Soccer Federation's 65th AGM.

A member of the Cuba National Team, later named as Maykel Galindo, defects during his team's stay in Seattle for the Gold Cup. The player got on an evening bus in North Seattle. The driver, despite a language barrier, realized the man had an immigration issue and contacted Seattle police. A Spanish-speaking officer confirmed Galindo was indeed asking for asylum.

Eastlake notches its first girls' state championship in any sport as the Wolves (17-2-1) defeat Everett's Cascade, 1-0, at Lakewood. Junior defender Jessica Martinez gets her second goal in as many games, heading in from Meghan Blume's cross. Martinez had also scored in the semifinal win over Richland. Eastlake is in just its ninth year of existence in Sammamish. Cascade is appearing in its first girls' final since 1983-84.

Seattle United boys 00 Copa win their third straight Washington State Youth Championship, this time at the U15 level, beating Eastside FC 00 Red, 1-0, at Starfire.

With darkness falling after 150 minutes of regulation and overtime, Cheryl Kragness connects on the decisive penalty kick for Pacific Lutheran to advance to the NAIA national finals after drawing with Western Washington, 1-1. Wendy Johnson put host PLU in front at 36' but the Vikings, despite a red card, pull even in the 81st minute through Stephanie Siebert. The Lutes smashed Azusa Pacific, 5-0, and WWU edged Willamette, 4-3, in overtime of the regional semifinals.