A flurry of eight shots in the final minutes does not produce the game-tying goal, and SPU succumbs to top-ranked Alabama A&M, 2-1, in the NCAA Division II championship game in Miami. The Bulldogs go in front, 2-nil, on deflection and a rebound. Servando Rivera’s penalty in the 82nd minute queued the late rally. Earlier, the Falcons miss a penalty attempt. Scott Chase is named the game’s defensive MVP.

Pac-12 rival Oregon State denies Washington its first unbeaten regular season with a 1-0 win on Montlake. The No. 1-ranked Huskies (15-1-3) have not beaten the Beavers since the postponed 2020 campaign, going 0-2-2, with both losses in Seattle.

Seattle's new-look Reign gets out of the gate with a 2-1 home win over Washington at Memorial Stadium. It's the club's first game under Vlatko Andonovski after five seasons under Laura Harvey. Megan Rapinoe wastes no time scoring the season's first goal in the seventh minute. Rapinoe also assists on the second. England international Jodie Taylor debuts with what proves to be the game-winner in the 35th minute.

Seattle Pacific, getting a first-half header from Colin Rigby and a late score by Jeff Hallenbeck, wins its sixth in a row, ousting Sonoma State from the NCAA Division II tournament, 2-0, at Carson, Ca. It's the fourth straight shutout and 11th overall for Kellen Rosten, who makes seven saves, including a second-half breakaway. The Falcons extend host Cal State Dominguez Hills to overtime two days later, falling 2-1 on a Kei Kamara goal.

In a matchup of state champions from 2021, Parker Mairs scores both goals as the Camas girls beat Grant of Portland, 2-0, in a non-league match. Camas won the Washington 4A state title the previous fall, while Grant captured the Oregon 6A crown. Keely Wieczorek backs Mairs' scoring by making 10 saves for the Papermakers.

An early morning team meeting results in the Sounders players executing a work stoppage. Five decide to cross the line and travel to Dallas later in the day. NASL players' union executive director Ed Garvey announces less than 36 hours prior to the start of 12 matches that the league-wide tabulations are 252-113 (69 percent) in favor of striking. The NASLPA is demanding that the owners recognize the union.