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Briscoe School wins the Seattle Parochial League with 3-2 victory over St. Anne’s at Lower Woodland despite Oliver Flor’s 2 goals. St. Mary’s finishes the CYO league unbeaten by beating St. Benedict’s of Broadway, 5-4.
Milo Barton and Paul Rothrock score for Sounders FC Academy in a 2-1 win over Colorado Rapids in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy playoffs at Carson, Calif. It's the highest finish to date for the SFC Academy. SFC had beaten Crossfire Premier, 3-2, in the quarterfinals before falling to LA Galaxy, 3-2 in extra time, in the semifinals.
Despite getting two first-half goals from Joe Watson, Seattle University can’t hold off unbeaten Rio Grande in the NAIA quarterfinals. The Redhawks go down, 3-2, to close-out their NAIA era. Joe Watson scores in the 8th and 31st minutes. The lead holds until the 67th minute, when Rio Grande scores twice in 1:41, then wins it with 5:43 left. It ends an SU run in which they won nine of the last 10.
Aaron Lewis resigns as Gonzaga men's coach after four seasons, having compiled a 20-40-11 record. Chris McGaughey, an assistant for two seasons, is named the interim head coach. The Bulldogs had started out 6-1-0 in 2024 following an upset of No. 9 Seattle University on Sept. 12. However, they went 0-9-2 the rest of the way, finishing in the WCC cellar for the second year in a row.
San Diego erupts for six fourth-quarter goals to wipe-out a three-goal deficit and beat the Tacoma Stars, 8-5, to win the best-of-five MISL semifinal series, 3-1. A record Tacoma Dome crowd of 19,746 roars when goals by Steve Sharp and Preki put the Stars up, 5-2, going into the final frame. Seattle native Brian Schmetzer, who became a first-time dad a day earlier, scores the tie-breaking for Sockers goal with 10 minutes to go – only his second score of the season.
Although it finished seven points behind Western Washington, Seattle Pacific prevails as GNAC tournament champion for the second year in a row at the expense of the Vikings. The Falcons, inserting Alexa Hughes specifically for the shootout, come away with the NCAA automatic berth, 1-1 (5-4), when Hughes saves in the deciding fifth round at Starfire Stadium. SPU starter Molly Stinson makes six saves before penalties. The Falcons never trail getting a 12' marker from Ali Martin before Elise Aylward's free kick late in the first half.