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Washington Youth Soccer postpones all games in the Regional Club League and state cup tournaments. The Greater Seattle Soccer League joins other adult leagues throughout the state in suspending play due to the growing COVID-19 outbreak. The GSSL halts games through April 3 and later makes it indefinite. Recreational Adult Team Soccer (RATS) had canceled its season the previous day.
Mike Hiatt and Kit Favorite each bag a brace and Seattle Mitre Eagles beat Tucson Gulf United, 7-0, at Memorial Stadium in the U.S. Amateur Cup regional final at Memorial Stadium. It is the third of four games in 35 hours for the Eagles, who are doubling up in the Open Cup. Peter Hattrup scores one of his four goals across the weekend's matches.
After an encouraging split in Sand Diego, the Tacoma Stars are eliminated from the MISL playoffs by a second straight home loss to the Sockers, 7-6, to clinch the series 3-1. Tacoma's most turbulent season before 7,297 in the Tacoma Dome.
Kitsap Pumas get a hat trick from Miguel Gonzalez to clinch the PDL Northwest Division for the first time in three seasons with a 3-1 win over Washington Crossfire in Redmond. Kitsap (9-1-4) finishes four points in front of Vancouver and Victoria.
The biggest crowd of the season sees Germania become the first German team to win a state league trophy with a 3-2 comeback win over Loyal Realty to clinch the second half crown at Lower Woodland. The Vikings (6-2-0) cancel out Bert Lerch's opener with early second period goals by Fred Kristianson and Matti Niemela. Walter Schmetzer knots it and Heinz Ritter fires home from 25 yards with two minutes left for the Germania (7-1-0) winner.
Stefan Frei earns his league-leading 10th shutout of the season, but the Sounders' scoring drought continues with a scoreless home draw against Orlando City. Seattle still sits third in the West but has gone scoreless in three straight home matches and five of the last seven overall. It has just six points from the last seven outings. Missing due to international call-ins are Jordan Morris, Cristian Roldan and Alex Roldan, plus Raul Ruidiaz is in Peru following the sudden death of his father.