Seattle celebrates its first professional soccer national championship as the Sounders rally to tie Atlanta and then win the series-deciding shootout, 1-1 2-1. The Ruckus specialized in tiebreakers, winning 11 of 12 during the regular season and playoffs, including a shootout vs. Seattle in Game 1 of the A-League series. The Sounders go down a goal early, and with 5,115 fans urging them on, do not equalize until Jason Farrell, a 68th minute substitute, scores in the 82nd minute. David Hoggan and Peter Hattrup convert the first two shootout attempts and Marcus Hahnemann stops Lenin Steenkamp in the fourth round to clinch the trophy and trigger a friendly pitch invasion. Hahnemann is voted series MVP and is one of 13 players raised in Washington.

The Washington State Football Association begins charging a user fee in addition to spectator admission for weekly state league matches at Memorial Stadium. Finding that fans alone couldn't pay the rent, the WSFA institutes "Pay as You Play," charging each adult player, coach and manager $1 each and juniors 75 cents. West Seattle, White Center and Interbay are all virtually unplayable during the wet winter months, leaving no alternative to the artificial turf at Memorial.

A brace in four minutes Andrew French breaks open Whitworth's 6-0 drubbing of George Fox in Spokane, extending the 9th-ranked Pirates' unbeaten start to 15 games (12-0-3). Ryan Wood and Sam Selisch each assist on two goals.

After sculpting Seattle Pacific into a Division II women's national power, coach Chuck Sekyra resigns after 12 seasons as coach. Sekyra guided the Falcons to the 2008 NCAA championship in just the program's eighth season. His teams went 209-34-20, earned 12 consecutive NCAA berths (including trips to the semifinals or final) and won a combined nine GNAC regular season and tournament titles. Arby Busey, Sekyra's top assistant, succeeds him as head coach.

Washington's unlikely run through the Big Ten and NCAA tournament comes to an abrupt end in the quarterfinals. No. 11 Duke eliminates the Huskies, 3-0, in Durham, N.C. UW is the only school with both women's and men's teams advancing to the Elite Eight. The Huskies, picked to finish ninth in the Big Ten preseason poll, reach the final eight for the third time and first since 2010.

Sydney Evans scores with under 30 seconds remaining in regulation time for Puyallup, 2-1 winners against Auburn Riverside at Sparks Stadium. It's the school's second 4A state championships in six months. Matt White had also coached the Vikings to the boys' crown in May. Evans shoots and scores from 13 yards out in the 80th minute after great hustle and a cross from Meredith Udovich. Kaelee Huetten put the Vikings on the board in the 36th minute. The Ravens, unbeaten in 16 games, tie it through Emma Lane in the 59th minute.