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Sophomore Bryce Weed follows her own shot for the sole goal and Sarah Peterson posts the two-save shutout as Lakeside repeats as state 2A winner, 1-0 over Gig Harbor at Shoreline Stadium. Weed's winner comes four minutes before halftime. Tides keeper Karen Ecklebe blocks the initial shot, but Weed puts home the deflection. Tammy Westinghouse, two-time Metro League MVP, helps the Lions keep Gig Harbor off the scoresheet. Lakeside (19-0-2) extends its unbeaten streak to 28 games. The Tides (19-1-0) are runners-up for a second year running.The Lions' Theresa Wagner caps her career with 120 goals, 38 as a senior.
Chris Henderson scores the United States opener in a 2-1 quarterfinal victory over Iraq at the FIFA Youth World Cup in Taif, Saudi Arabia. Henderson volleys home from 15 yards in the 17th minute. Dario Brose eventually nets the second-half winner. Henderson and Kasey Keller are part of the first U.S. team to reach a FIFA semifinal since the 1930 World Cup. Nigeria defeats Team USA, 2-1, in extra time and Brazil takes the consolation final, 2-0.
Defending NCAA champion Stanford books a place in the College Cup by beating Louisville away, 2-0. Foster Langsdorf heads the Cardinal in front in the 64th minute. Langsdorf, who also scored in NCAA tournament wins over Pacific and Virginia, takes over the national lead with his eighth game-winner of the season.
Sharif Kombo's score midway through the first half stands up as the winner for Lakeside in the 3A boys' final. Kombo gets his 14th goal of the year, taking a long upfield feed from Paul Rothrock and firing home. It is the first championship for the Lions after three previous trips to the final, the last in 2006. They survived a semifinal shootout versus Shorewood.
Vinicius “Vini” Oliveira, a 20-year-old native of Brazil, Edmonds resident and player for Bellevue College, wins the Sounders SuperSearch, televised live from Starfire Sports. Oliveira earns a preseason roster spot. After being released he later signs with the PDL Yakima Reds.
George Czarnowski scores the tying goal with 1:40 left and Arne Klubberud gets the game-winner seven minutes into overtime as Seattle University seals its first trip to a national tournament with a 3-2 NAIA regional championship win over Simon Fraser in Salem, Ore. The Chieftains win their 11th in a row by defeating the five-time national champion Clan for just the third time in 30 years.