Former Norselander Viking standout scorer Joseph Njoku-Obi is the ‘toast of college soccer’ in San Francisco. Njoku-Obi, the Nigeria native and former Seattle Pacific College tennis player, debuts with a hat trick and scores 23 goals in just seven matches for USF, which claims the Northern California Intercollegiate Soccer Conference championship. Njoku-Obi is named second team All-America.

Jesús Ferreria notches his first goal in Rave Green, and Stefan Frei makes seven saves for his 121st MLS career shutout in the Sounders' 1-0 home win over San Diego. It caps a 6-1-2 run following a disastrous, injury-marred 1-3-3 start in league play. It's the 400th Sounders appearance for Frei, 39.

Chad Kearns scores twice and assists on Pacific Lutheran's third goal in a tournament berth-clinching, 3-0 win at George Fox in Newberg, Ore. The Lutes tie for first with Whitworth but swept the Pirates for the NWC tiebreaker and NCAA Division III automatic berth. PLU last reached a national tournament stage in NAIA in 1992.

Nick Perera, best known as the prolific scorer and player/coach of the Tacoma Stars, is named executive director of Washington Youth Soccer. The captain of the U.S. Beach National Team, Perera, 35, replaces Terry Fisher, who held the post since 2009.

Gig Harbor rallies for its first girls' 3A championship, finishing the season undefeated following a 2-1 win over Holy Names at Sparks Stadium. The Cougars, playing in their first final since 1999, find the net first, taking the lead on Julie Causbie's drive to the upper left corner from 19 yards in the 23rd minute. Alyssa Gray pulls the Tides level on the hour on a deflected shot. The deciding goal is a 13-yard effort by freshman Ashley Wright with four minutes left in regulation. Gig Harbor, a four-time runner-ip in the 90s, goes 23-0-0.

If anyone needed a reminder that the WIAA tournaments encompass schools of all classifications, there is a round of 16 game matching a minnow vs. shark. San Juan County's Lopez High School, Northwest B champion with an enrollment of 44 students in grades 10-12, faces Highline (1,400). Lopez, missing two of its best players, starts two eighth-graders in a 12-0 loss to the AAA Pirates.