Sounders forward Clint Dempsey scores after 29 seconds as the USMNT upsets Ghana, 2-1, in the opening match of World Cup group play. Seattle teammate DeAndre Yedlin, 20, also plays, becoming the first MLS homegrown signing to appear in a World Cup. Dempsey is the first American to score in three World Cups and the goal is the fifth-earliest ever in World Cup play.

Mountlake Terrace's Northwest Nationals Fusion wins the USYSA Region IV Girls' U13 crown by beating Bay Oaks (Ca.), 2-0, in West Jordan, Utah. It's the first regional title for a Washington girls' team in five years and the first overall for the Nationals. The Fusion had beaten Highline Eagles 88, 42, in overtime for the state championship.

Clint Dempsey's 87th minute penalty kick caps a remarkable hat trick and comeback by the Sounders at Portland, ending in a 4-4 draw. Down 4-2 entering the final five minutes, Seattle pulls close on Dempsey's second goal coming from a combination with Obafemi Martins. Two minutes later, DeAndre Yedlin is fouled after racing into the box and Dempsey equalizes from the spot. The draw avoids a fifth straight loss to the Timbers.

Kenny Cooper scores the decisive goal in the 88th minute as Seattle rallies past FC Dallas, 2-1, for the fifth win in a row, tying a club record. Lamar Neagle, on his 27th birthday, ties it in the 62nd minute. Cooper, who replaced Neagle in the 86th minute, finishes a cross from Obafemi Martins for the Sounders' seventh goal scored in the last 15 minutes.

Goals from Beverly Yanez and Keelin Winters, playing her final home game, keep the Reign playoff hopes alive with a 2-0 win over Washington before 4,711. On the 15th anniversary of 9/11, Seattle players stand and lock arms during the national anthem. At Chicago on Sept. 4, Megan Rapinoe took a knee in support of Colin Kaepernick's kneeling to call attention to issue of racial inequality and police brutality. At Washington on Sept. 7, the Spirit moved up the pregame anthem to avoid having any players on-field. Winters is presented a firefighter’s uniform from members of the Kirkland Fire Department, which she will join after completing her season.

Nik Besagno of Maple Valley and Preston Zimmerman of Pasco are named to the U.S. National Team roster for the FIFA U17 World Championship in Peru. Zimmerman, who plays for Crossfire Premier while Besagno, now with Real Salt Lake, played in two games and Zimmerman started all four as the Americans advanced to the quarterfinals.