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An Evening with Cliff McCrath pays tribute to the longtime Seattle Pacific coach and Northwest Soccer Camp founder for his soccer community leadership over six decades, including 38 seasons at SPU and 50 years of welcoming campers to Camp Casey and Bastyr University. McCrath is honored by speakers Ted Wacker, Dan Milgrom, Marcus Hahnemann, Art Thiel, Peter Hattrup and Anson Dorrance, plus dozens of video tributes. He is presented proclamations by Gov. Inslee and the King County Council, ‘47’ jerseys by SPU, Sounders and Kraken and named an ambassador for the Seattle 2026 World Cup organization. Nearly $47,000 is raised for the Jimmy Gabriel Memorial Scholarship at the Hilton Bellevue.
Tacoma native Brent Goulet scores the 107th goal of his career, believed to be a collegiate record, in Warner Pacific College’s 3-0 win over Pacific (Ore.). Goulet surpasses the 106 of Erskine’s Sam McGinty, set in 1970. He finishes with 108.
Catfish Five win the grand prize of $125 in savings bonds for the 7th annual Five-a-Side tournament at West Seattle Stadium. The Catfish defeat Acme Tyee, 4-1, in the final 15-minute game. Acme received a consolation prize of sport coats. They had advanced from the semifinals on the corner kick tiebreaker after tying Black Diamond. Proceeds benefit youth soccer programs.
Kasey Keller, 22, makes his debut for Millwall in the final match of the league season. Keller gets the shutout, 2-0, over Southend at The Den. Thirteen days later, he starts his first USMNT game in two years, a 1-0 loss to Scotland in Denver.
Officials with East Side Junior Soccer report growth of 30 percent in the past year. Players from five clubs – Bellevue, Lake Hills, Sunset, Newport Hills and Mercer Island – now number over 1,700.
Coming off a perfect 1983 campaign, Western Washington opens with a resounding 9-0 thumping of Seattle University at the Chico Invitational. Debbie Carter scores five times as the Vikings' win their 25th straight.