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Ron Dorn has a rapid response to Seattle Pacific’s opening goal, and Washington gets an important 1-1 draw to keep its postseason hopes alive at Husky Stadium. Dorn cancels outs Bruce Raney’s SPU goal in the 17th minute. Washington's win retains the Sounders Cup, averting a potential three-way tie. The Falcons, denied a chance to take the NCSC crown over Simon Fraser, remain assured of going to the NCAA Division II tournament. UW learns two days later that it will make its fifth trip to the Division I playoffs.
Steven Wright and Kyle Coffee score to lift No. 25 Washington over No. 3 Stanford, 2-1, at Husky Soccer Stadium. The come-from-behind win snaps the Cardinal's 15-match unbeaten streak and proves to be their last loss in a championship season.
Seattle follows an unbeaten (9-0-1) regular season with victory in the FC Seattle City League cup final, 1-0, over Renton at Memorial Stadium. Bernadette McLaughlin scores the winner. Federal Way and Everett, fourth and sixth, respectively, meet in the men’s final with Federal Way winning, 3-1, through a goal and assist from Mark Stoppler. Seattle (5-0-5) was first in league play.
Seattle University's Board of Trustees votes for a return to NCAA Division I athletics, which the Redhawks left in 1980. Seattle U will continue to participate in Div. II as a member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and become a Div. I member as an independent in 2009-10. The fall of 2012 is the earliest the Redhawks would be eligible for D-I postseason play.
Glacier Peak comes back from a first-half deficit to give the second-year school the state 3A boys' championship, 2-1 in overtime versus Mount Rainier at Harry Lang Stadium. Junior forward Shane Miller heads in the sudden-death winner in the 88th minute on a cross from Joey Cheff. Jose Orozco put Mount Rainier on top in the 36th minute. Nine minutes into the second half Brian Holguin ties it, 1-1. The previously unbeaten Rams are denied a fifth state title.
Longtime NASL Sounders fan favorite Steve Buttle dies of cancer at his home in Norwich, England. He was 59. Buttle was Seattle's appearance leader (171, all competitions), playing five seasons (1977-82). His 44 assists in league play was also a record, and he was the only player on both the 1977 and 1982 Soccer Bowl teams. He came to Seattle after having played for English clubs Ipswich Town (1971-73) and Bournemouth (1973-77). He later served three-plus seasons as assistant coach for the Tacoma Stars.