Former German world champion Jurgen Klinsmann delivers the keynote address at FC United's Northwest Showcase of Champions. The showcase offers college coaches an opportunity to see the Northwest's top players, as well as workshops and lectures. Klinsmann, 36, retired in 1998 and now resides in southern California.

Chance Fry scores twice and Brent Goulet collects a hat trick during an eight-minute span of the second half in FC Seattle Storm's 5-1 victory over Arizona. It's the fourth win in a row (third in league) for Seattle. It's only 1-nil until Fry tallies in the 52nd minute. Then Goulet strikes three times in 7:25 to bring his season total to five in the three games he's played. It's the first Storm hat trick since Bruce Raney in 1985.

Despite playing a man down for the final hour, Seattle Sounders Academy comes from behind to take the U17 Generation adidas Cup Premier Division at Frisco, Tx., 2-1 over New York Red Bulls. In the eighth minute, NYRB goes on top on a penalty kick. Seattle responds with sustained pressure and levels it in the 13th minute. Left back Connor Drought comes forward, going to the endline before a cut-back to Marlon Vargas for his fourth goal of the tournament. In the 29th minute a midfield tackle results in a red card for Ray Serrano. Yet in the 61st minute substitute Alec Diaz breaks down the right side. From a tight angle Diaz finds the far post for the lead. Vargas wins the Premier Division Golden Ball, totaling four goals and five assists.

Governor Christine Gregoire and Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels are among the first 8,000 season ticket memberships sold in the first week after announcement of the city joining Major League Soccer in 2009.

Thirteen days before polls close on Referendum 48, Paul Allen's Football Northwest sponsors a showcase of what a new soccer and football stadium would offer. The Sounders face their first Major League Soccer opposition as the San Jose Clash visit Memorial Stadium for an exhibition. The Clash feature former Sounders midfielders Shawn Medved and Dominic Kinnear. Attendance is 6,601 for standouts include Sounders a match which ends 0-0, with Seattle taking the resulting shootout, 3-1.

Gina Cassella of Everett scores in her debut weekend for the U.S. Women's National Team. Making her first start, Cassella brings the Americans level with Norway in the 69th minute, although the U.S. would eventually lose, 4-2, in Medford, Mass. She made her first USWNT appearance as a substitute in a 3-1 loss to Norway two days earlier. Michelle Akers-Stahl misses both games to be with her ailing grandmother.