Spokane's Chris Stiles scores top-ranked Santa Clara's vital second goal and the Broncos remain perfect (10-0-0) by beating Washington, 2-1. Stiles and Redmond's Bruce Broughton assist on Matt Arya's header at 48:14 and Stiles nods past Dusty Hudock 81 seconds later. Brent Aune pulls UW a goal back at 65'. It's the start of a four-game losing streak that knocks the Huskies (4-3-0) out of postseason contention.

Representatives of the Northwestern Soccer Football Association meet Major William Inglis, fair director of athletics, and agree to have teams play BC teams during Seattle's Alaska-Yukon Exposition. Five-a-side exhibitions are held in late September, with Tacoma AFC most impressive of the local entries.

After scoring just twice in three winless outings, Gonzaga gets three goals in the final 50 minutes against Seattle University for a 3-2, come from behind victory at chilly Luger Field. The Redhawks' Caroline Penner assists and then scores for a 2-0 lead after 12 minutes. Samantha Snorsky pulls one back for the Bulldogs before halftime. In the 68th minute, Amelia Severn ties it, and Snorsky passes to Katelynn Rigg for the winner with six minutes to go.

Millwall FC manager Bruce Rioch signs Olympia's Kasey Keller to a multi-year contract just two months after the goalkeeper completed his collegiate career at Portland. Keller's deal runs through 1995. Rioch is a former Sounders player and FC Seattle head coach. The deal is made public several weeks later, once the British government and Professional Footballers Association issues Keller's work permit.

Roger Levesque's second-half goal gives the Seattle Sounders a much-delayed, playoff-clinching, 2-1 victory at Atlanta. Seattle had blown leads in four consecutive games and gone winless (0-2-5) for more than a month. Leighton O'Brien's header puts the visitors in front, only to be caught by the Silverbacks in the 54th minute. Nine minutes later, Levesque gets his team-leading sixth goal after Taylor Graham's initial shot rebounds off the left post.

Brent Goulet of Tacoma and Ricky Davis of the Tacoma Stars both start for the U.S. in its Olympic Games opener vs. Argentina in Taegu, South Korea. A free kick from Davis leads to the U.S. goal by Mike Windischmann in the 70th minute of the 1-1 draw.