Bellevue’s Josh Atencio makes his first appearance for the U.S. at the 2024 Paris Summer Games. Atencio, who was originally selected to the squad as an alternate, is a 52nd-minute substitute in the 3-0 group stage win over Guinea. He is the first active Sounder to make an Olympic appearance.

Former Gonzaga and Sounders star Brian Ching scores with seven minutes remaining in extra time and converts the deciding penalty kick in the resulting shootout to lift the Houston Dynamo over New England, 1-1 (4-3), in the MLS Cup final in Frisco, Texas. Ching's header comes 71 seconds after Taylor Twellman puts the Revolution in front. Ching, who scored three postseason goals, is named man of the match. Former Sounder and Washington alum Craig Waibel plays the entire 120 minutes in Houston's central defense. Dynamo coach Dominic Kinnear played for Seattle's 1995 championship side.

Fifteen hours after starting for runner-up Blanchet in the state 3A girls basketball championship game, Katie O'Brien converts the winning shootout goal for Seattle's Emerald City FC '81 Azzurri in the title game of the U-18 Snickers Championship Cup at Renton Stadium. Rebekah Ten Broek of Lynden and Temryss Lane of Sehome also played in state hoops games before playing for ECFC Azzurri. Both girls have Division I scholarships and will play soccer next season, Lane at Arizona State and Ten Broek at Marshall in West Virginia.

Pat Thomas scores the winning goal 26 seconds into overtime, as fourth-seeded Seattle University advances to the NCAA II West Regional men's soccer final by stunning top-seeded Cal State-Dominguez Hills, 2-1, at Carson, Calif. Thomas’s 10th goal of the year is a sitter after the Toros' keeper collides with a defender. Earlier, Hans Esterhuizen puts the Redhawks in front after 49 minutes, hitting the rebound after John Fishbaugher is saved. Seattle U, considered a surprise tournament selection with seven losses, proceeds to win the regional title two nights later, via penalties, over Cal State L.A., 3-3 (4-2). Esterhuizen, who scores again, is voted the regional defensive MVP. The Golden Eagles dispatch SPU, 2-1, in the other semifinal.

Seattle University takes an unusual path to claim its fourth WAC tournament championship, upsetting top seed UM Kansas City in the title game at Orem, Ut. Kelsey Vogel scores the game's only goal a penalty kick late in the first half after Mikaela Morey is taken down in the box. The third-seeded Redhawks had won their first three WAC titles as the top seed. Each championship has come at UMKC's expense.

Seattle Sounders FC and the Tacoma Rainiers announce that they have reached a Memorandum of Understanding, progressing to build a 5,000-seat, soccer-specific stadium on the footprint of Cheney Stadium in central Tacoma. The proposed site is set to be the future home of Sounders FC's rebranded USL franchise, which would be co-managed by the Rainiers.