State Senator Reuven Carlyle of Seattle sponsors a bill during the legislative session in Olympia requiring the University of Washington to maintain a website of concussion-related information and resources. This information will include a set of best practices on topics like concussion recognition, parent teacher and coach information, and information on concussions in non-high impact sports such as soccer. The website would be created and maintained in conjunction with the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.

Cliff McCrath is voted 1986 Seattle Sports Star of the Year at the Seattle Sheraton’s Grand Ballroom, becoming the first soccer figure to earn the award in its 53-year history. McCrath, up for the award for the fourth time, is coming off the first ever back-to-back NCAA Division II championships at Seattle Pacific. His win is the first in 10 years by a representative coming from other than the Seahawks, Sonics or Washington Huskies football team. Over 1,000 attendees vote and presenting the award are Gov. Booth Gardner, Seattle Post-Intelligencer publisher Virgil Fassio and P-I sports editor Bill Knight.

Play is postponed throughout the state league and the Hungarians’ PCL match is also called off as the nation mourns the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas two days earlier.

Booth Gardner, 48, becomes Washington’s 19th governor. Gardner, the former Pierce County Executive, is heavily involved in soccer. He was co-owner of both the ASL Tacoma Tides and NASL Colorado Caribous and has been coaching a female team based in Lakewood, the Cozars, who have graduated from being a state youth champion to 1984 U.S. Women’s Amateur Cup runners-up. His first out-of-state trip as governor is February 14-18 to Las Vegas as the Cozars win all seven games to successfully defend their Silver Mug tournament title.

Western Washington's resolute defense holds strong, and freshman Christian Rotter delivers the icing to a 1-0 upset of No. 3-ranked Simon Fraser at Harrington Field. The Vikings' fourth straight shutout win raises their postseason chances. Rotter, who hit the crossbar midway throug the second half, hits the winner in the 82nd minute on a cross from Elezar Galvan. Western goes 5-0-1 down the stretch to earn an at-large NCAA berth, its first.

Mark Peterson of the Sounders scores the first goal at BC Place, but the Vancouver Whitecaps rally to beat Seattle, 2-1, before a record Canadian crowd of 60,342 for the stadium's first event. Peterson's opener comes in the 15th minute. Peter Beardsley brings back the Whitecaps with goals in the 25th and 68th minutes. Since 1974, Vancouver's home had been Empire Stadium.