Matheny & Bacon rout Tacoma Cammaranos, 6-3, at McKinley Park to clinch the second half of the state league. Matheny's goes 5-0-1 to force a playoff with first-half winner Acme Tyee for the overall crown.

Megan Rapinoe scores and Hope Solo serves as captain and collects her 73rd U.S. National Team clean sheet in the final match prior to World Cup qualifying, a 4-0 win over Mexico in Rochester, N.Y. Solo surpassed Brianna Scurry's career shutout record of 71 vs. Mexico (8-0) on Sept. 13. Some questioned whether she should be selected for play. An altercation with her sister-in-law and 17-year-old nephew at a family gathering in June resulted in misdemeanor charges of 4th degree domestic violence. All charges are eventually dismissed.

Both Jordan Morris and Cristian Roldan of the Sounders are named along with Seattle native DeAndre Yedlin in U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter's 26-man World Cup squad. It's Yedlin's second World Cup. Anthony Hudson, son of former NASL Sounder Alan Hudson and born in Seattle, is Berhalter's top assistant. Other Sounders to represent their nation are Nouhou (Cameroon) and Xavier Arreaga (Ecuador).

Alex Roldan scores the go-ahead goal late in the first half and Seattle University rolls to its 16th home win in a row, 4-1 over UNLV at Championship Field. It's the longest current home win streak in Division I. Roldan nods home Sam Langston's cross with 64 seconds left in the half for a 2-1 lead. Nathan Aune increases the gap to 3-1 at 52'. The Redhawks go 7-0-0 at home, out-scoring visitors 22-3.

Hope Solo and the U.S. National Team win their seventh Algarve Cup by beating Germany, 3-2, in a muddy final at Faro, Portugal. The two goals were the first and would prove to be the only goals allowed by Solo during 2010. Solo blanked Iceland and Sweden in group play. Spokane native Amy LePeilbet starts three matches on defense, including the final. LePeilbet goes on to earn WPS Defender of the Year at Boston.

Jason Dunn and Phil Bullard each scored two of their three goals in overtime as Seattle Pacific eventually overpower Portland, 6-2, at Newport High School. SPU, ranked No. 4 among NCAA Division II schools, handed the perennial Division I power Pilots their worst loss in five years. Dunn, who has 12 goals in his last four games, adds two assists. He puts the Falcons in front for good 9:18 into overtime. He and Bullard, who came off the bench, then add three more goals within a four-minute span.