Jordan Morris scores the tie-breaking goal in the 88th minute, lifting the United States over Jamaica, 2-1, in the Concacaf Gold Cup final at Santa Clara, Calif. It's the Americans' sixth Gold Cup title and first since 2013. Earlier in the tournament Morris had scored twice in a 3-2 group stage win over Martinique.

Jamie Clark, formerly at Harvard and Creighton, is named Washington men’s ninth head coach, replacing Dean Wurzberger, who resigned following the 2010 season. Clark guided Creighton to a 13-5-2 mark and the second round of the 2010 NCAA tournament. From 2008-09 his Harvard teams went 25-9-1and made two NCAA appearances.

The book closes on Seattle's first 10 years of professional soccer with a 2-1 loss to Golden Bay at San Jose. Ray Evans scores the final goal on a 47' penalty kick to pull even with the Earthquakes, but Leo Cuellar gets an 89th-minute winner. The Sounders (12-18) had entered the day possessing the eighth and final NASL playoff slot but are overtaken by Montreal, 4-0 winners over Chicago.

Garth Lagerwey is introduced as the new Sounders general manager and president of soccer. Lagerwey, 42, replaces owner Adrian Hanauer, who served as GM since the club was formed. Lagerwey helped build Real Salt Lake into an MLS Cup champion in 2009, runner-up in 2013 and Concacaf Champions League runner-up in 2011.

Erling Hansen’s hat trick is enough, but the Vikings add four more goals to decisively earn Northwest bragging rights with a 7-nil pounding of Portland’s Clan McCleay at White Center. Emmett Brennan, Sig Edngelstad, Austin Gunderson also score for the Vikes.

Rough & Tumble, a sports bar giving priority to women's professional and collegiate sports, opens in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood. It instantly becomes the de facto home for OL Reign fans to gather and watch road matches and occasionally meet with players and coaches. Rough & Tumble founder Jen Barnes was driven to start the business after being frustrated in seeking a bar showing a 2021 Reign semifinal on a big screen.