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Shannon Cirovski (nee Higgins) is named head coach of the U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team. Cirovski resigns as George Washington coach after seven seasons, having been a two-time Atlantic-10 coach of the year. She becomes the newly-formed U18 program's first coach.
Logan Miller's early goal is sufficient for Kitsap Pumas to earn a point and thereby clinch a second straight PDL Northwest Division championship. Kitsap draws, 1-1, with Portland Timbers U23s at Bremerton's Gordon Field. Jake Bond charges down the right flank and crosses for Miller to score his fifth goal in three matches. Portland equalizes early in the second half but then goes a man down due to a red card.
Eastside FC 94 Red completes a dominating display at the Far West Regional by blanking Cal North's Tigres, 2-0, in the final at Boise. Kyle Bjornethun and Maxwell Harvey score in the final, reversing a loss to Tigres a year earlier. Eastside finishes with a 19-1 goal differential for the week.
Keely Hartsough scores her second goal 23 minutes into overtime, lifting Seattle University to a 2-1 victory over Simon Fraser in the NAIA women's regional championship game at Salem, Ore. The Chieftains (17-4-1) advance to the NAIA national tournament Nov. 22-26 in St. Charles, Missouri. Hartsough, a sophomore defender who was NCSC player of the year, first scores on a 30-yard free kick in the 67th minute.
Tim Tilbury and Jim Dempsey score first-half goals for Seattle Hibernian as they repeat as Kennedy Cup champions with a 2-0 win over Kelowna in Vancouver, B.C. Dave Gagner gets the shutout. It's Hibernian's third title, contested by Oregon, Washington and British Columbia senior men's champion.
Bob McNab is named Tacoma Stars head coach less than two months before the club's first game. McNab, 40, was both hired and fired by Stars president John Best while both were with the Vancouver Whitecaps in 1980. McNab is a former Arsenal captain.