Preki is voted MISL All-Star Game MVP for the second year in a row after scoring twice in the All-Stars' 8-1 rout of host Dallas. Preki jump-starts the game by initiating a fast break that leads to the game's first goal, after just 25 seconds. By the end of the first quarter Preki scores twice for a 3-0 lead. For the first time in the MISL's 10-year history, the league's showcase game sent a single team against top talent from the rest of the clubs.

For only the second time in program history, Washington has two players voted All-American. Blake Bodily earns first-team United Soccer Coaches honors and Ethan Bartlow is named to the second team. Bodily scored 12 goals and added six assists to become Washington's first 30-point scorer in 13 years. Bartlow helped the UW defense record 12 shutouts.

Physicality triumphed over finesse as Seattle’s Heidelberg beat San Jose Grenadiers, 4-2, in advancing to the National Challenge Cup’s West finals at Memorial Stadium. A stout defense stymied the visitors’ diminutive frontrunners. Les Fabri puts the Brewers up in the 10th minute, and he doubles the lead minutes later. Colin Lindores brings the Grenadiers a goal back, but Mike Kuczi’s penalty following a foul on John Goldingay makes it 3-1 at halftime. Coco DeVettori scores in the second half.

Washington State runs its Apple Cup unbeaten streak to nine with another one-goal decision at Pullman. Micaela Castain gets her fifth game-winner of the year two minutes before halftime in a 1-0 win for the Cougars. WSU, advancing to the NCAA tournament in its first year under Keidane McAlpine, is 6-0-3 vs. the Huskies since 2003, with all the wins by one goal.

A new seven-team U.S. women's professional league is unveiled – and it's leader is from Everett. Tonya Antonucci is named commissioner of what will become Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) when it commences play in 2008. Teams will be based in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New Jersey/New York, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. Antonucci played at Stanford before her career took her to online sports entities ESPN.com (previously located in Bellevue as Paul Allen's Starwave) and Yahoo Sports.

In a marathon match at Highline Stadium, Tacoma Heidelberg ousts shorthanded Seattle Heidelberg in the second round of the National Challenge Cup. Roger Goldingay scores five goals for Seattle, who lose Heinz Ritter to a red card for striking referee Ben Patterson. It's 2-2 after regulation,4-4 after the first overtime and 6-6 after a second extra period. In penalties Allen Robinson converts the decisive shot (3-2) and Tacoma advances to face Olympia Vikings, who defeat Rainer Brewing in the other Northwest semifinal.