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In a decisive display of attacking soccer, Buchan Bakers win an unprecedented fifth straight league championship. Unbeaten during the second half of the campaign, Buchan erupts for six goals in pounding Norselander Vikings, 6-2, at Catholic Memorial Stadium. Mike Klingerman leads the way with a brace.
Great Northern Railway, which began transcontinental service to Seattle 18 months earlier, donates a silver challenge cup “at considerable expense” as a prize for teams representing the North Pacific Amateur Athletics associations located in Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Port Townsend, La Grande, Astoria and other communities. The cup stands 16 inches and features a statuette of “Victory,” in the form of a female, from whose extended right arm depends the laurel wreath.
Annie Hawkins finds the net in the 102nd minute, giving Gonzaga its fifth straight victory, 3-2, over Montana at Spokane. Hawkins tucks away a cross from Walker Loseno for her ninth goal of the year. It ends a 12-game win streak for the Grizzlies, and the Bulldogs' eighth win in 12 starts already ties the program record.
Portuguese legend Eusebio connects on a first-half free kick and the unfashionable Toronto Metros-Croatia upset the Minnesota Kicks, 3-0, before 25,765 in Soccer Bowl ’76 at the Kingdome. The game starts at 11:30 a.m. in order to be televised nationally by CBS. The Kicks had won their previous four games by a combined 13-3, including a second-round elimination of the Sounders, 3-0. Toronto, whose ethnic nickname drew the ire of NASL officials, had posted gutty road wins at Chicago and defending champion Tampa Bay.
Thanks to a Joe Scorda goal, Green River takes the inaugural Puget Sound Regional Community College championship, 1-0, over Bellevue at Lower Woodland Park. Scorda scores midway through the first half as the Gators prevail. Eight teams compete for the title.
Although there are encouraging signs, the Seattle Sounders simply can't buy a win. They take their fifth straight loss (two via shootout), 2-1 to San Jose in the Kingdome. Debut winger Jimmy Robertson is active and effective against an entrenched Quakes defense, and Geoff Hurst heads home Harry Redknapp's corner kick for a 31' lead, the first Seattle goal in three games. But Paul Child quickly knots it at 1-1, and in the 60th minute all-time NASL scoring king Ilija Mitic curls a free kick over the wall for the win.