In a showdown between two of the most successful girls' club in state history, North Seattle's Union Bay Flyers prevail over Highline's Pepsi Stompers on penalties, 3-3 (6-5), at Renton Stadium. Flyers keeper Kathy Long saves the Stompers' sixth attempt after Katie Rusho's conversion. Gina Cassella and Michelle Akers score in regulation for Union Bay, which won a third straight U19 state cup and sixth overall. The Stompers, featuring seven starters under age 16, including Shannon Higgins, had won six cups in a row and took first in league play, ahead of the Flyers. Long is named outstanding goalkeeper for the entire tournament and Lori Henry of the Stompers the outstanding player.

While attacking star Geoff McKeown is technically kept off the scoresheet, he assists on both Leif Erikson Vikings goals in first round National Challenge Cup win over Denver Kickers, 2-1, at Bothell's soggy Pop Keeney Field. Closely guarded throughout, in the first half McKeown finds Harold Myrold for the opener and Reidar Olsen for what proves to be the winner before 2,000 fans. Goalkeeper Gary DeVries stymies Denver apart from Gary Elbaum's score in the first half's dying seconds.

Clint Dempsey pulls level with Landon Donovan for United States men's national team goal-scoring record with a free kick in the 82nd minute that earns his side a 2-0 Gold Cup semifinal win over Costa Rica at Arlington, Tex. Dempsey hits a 27-yard free kick in the 82nd minute that curls around a four-man defensive wall and skips into the net on two bounces. It's his 57th international goal. In the 66th minute he came on as a substitute and immediately set-up Jozy Altidore, who breaks a 0-0 deadlock in the 72nd minute

John Best, a five-time all-NASL defender and assistant coach at Dallas, is chosen to become the Seattle expansion team's first head coach. Best, 33, is a native of Liverpool, England. His hiring comes just nine days after the franchise was awarded. Best helped Dallas win the 1971 league title, and the Tornado was runner-up in 1973.

Tacoma’s Franklin Pierce Stadium hosts North American Youth Championships for U16 boys. KCPQ airs nine hours of same-day telecasts with Bob Robertson delivering play-by-play. Virginia won the U.S. tournament and Ontario the Canadian. The Tacoma Kickers represent Washington and got four tournament goals from Chris Hellenkamp.

Memorial Stadium is packed with 13,876 fans, making Seattle the first club in NASL history to achieve a complete sellout. The Sounders, on a sweltering early summer evening, win their fourth straight match, 2-0, over the defending champion Philadelphia behind a David Butler brace.