Seattle plays its inaugural NASL regular season indoor game at Portland, falling 6-4. Clive Charles scores the first two Portland goals. David Nish scores the Sounders’ first goal at 42 seconds of the second quarter and adds another in the fourth period.

Sarah Martinez caps a sensation senior season by scoring the deciding goal for Cedar Park Christian in the girls' 1A/B championship game, 1-0 over Archbishop Murphy. It's the Eagles' third straight title. Martinez finishes the year with 30 goals and 12 assists, including four goals and an assist in the semifinal victory over Liberty Bell.

Four months before launching play, WUSA conducts its first player draft, and three Washington State Youth Soccer Association products are selected. Spokane's Kim Stiles, who plays at the University of Portland, is chosen by Boston in the ninth round with the 69th overall pick. Seattle's Theresa Wagner, from UW, is next, going 72nd to San Jose. Federal Way's Justi Baumgardt, also of Portland, is drafted 74th by Washington. Two months later, Kennewick’s Meotis Erikson of Notre Dame goes to Boston with the 11th pick in the supplemental draft.

Over $65,000 is for charities by the Zach Scott Testimonial match. Scott, the longtime Sounders player whose career stretched across two eras (2002-16) and 352 total appearances, is joined on the field by dozens of former teammates, friends and family, including his brother Daniel and 11-year-old son Kalei. Emerald City Supporters and the Sounders co-host the game at Memorial Stadium, attended by about 2,500. Proceeds from ticket sales, donations and auction items benefit the Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Fund, RAVE Foundation and a college fund for Scott's three children.

Jeff Stock and Mark Peterson start for the U.S. U20 National Team in the Torneo Internazionale Bellizona final versus Inter Milan, a 1-0 loss in Ticino, Switzerland. Peterson scored two goals in the U.S. semifinal win, 3-1, over PSV Eindhoven. Meanwhile, Bernie James plays for the U.S. in Pan American Games qualifying in Bermuda.

A hat trick from Greg Ion fuels the Tacoma Stars in an 8-2 win over Cleveland. It's the third straight road victory for Tacoma, off to an 11-5 start. Mark Karpun, who had played 65 seconds as a sixth attacker, comes on in relief of injured goalie Cris Vaccaro at 2:49 into the first quarter and gets within 10 minutes of recording the MSL's first shutout of the season.