Nate Jaqua scores twice and Steve Zakuani collects two assists in a 3-1 U.S. Open Cup semifinal win against Chivas USA in front of a Starfire sellout crowd of 4,547. Seattle, which is 6-0 at Open Cup games at Starfire, will now host the USOC final at Qwest Field Oct. 5. Zakuani makes a dazzling move to break free on the left wing and play a cross to Fredy Montero for a 2-nil lead in the 58th minute. After Chivas USA pulls a goal back, Jaqua clinches the win by heading in a Roger Levesque cross in the 92nd minute. It is Jaqua's fifth tournament goal.

Mercer Island's Jordan Morris opens the scoring and Vancouver's Foster Langsdorf scores the winning goal in overtime as Stanford upsets top-seeded and No. 1-ranked Wake Forest, 2-1, before 4,906 in Winston-Salem, N.C. Langsdorf's looping header comes off a free kick in the 97th minute. Morris puts the visitors in front in the 18th minute with his 11th goal.

Burien's Sandy Carter scores a record-tying four goals in Central Florida's 11-0 rout of Mercer in Macon, Ga. Carter, a junior, ties the Lady Knights single-match scoring record. She had three hat tricks in her first two seasons.

In the wake of Jimmy Gabriel’s resignation, the Sounders roster is churned, with former captain Adrian Webster released along with Cliff Brown. Webster, the only player to see action in each of the first six seasons, holds the career appearances record of 120, combining regular season and playoffs. He signs with the Pittsburgh Spirit of MISL a week later. Meanwhile, Jimmy McAlister contemplates a move to Europe, MISL or elsewhere in the NASL. Mike England's future is uncertain. He is a candidate for Seattle head coach and Wales National Team manager.

Whitman College proves victorious in the debut of women's varsity play, defeating Seattle Pacific's club, 1-0, at Queen Anne Bowl. Tammie Lamus scores the historic first goal late in the first half. The Missionaries play at Western Washington and Washington the next two days. Both are 1-0 losses.

Washington State's Morgan Weaver and Makamae Gomera-Stevens are called in to the U.S. Women's National Team for Identification Camp in Bradenton, Florida, later this month. Mykiaa Minniss, another member of the Cougars, has been called up to play for the U-20 U.S. National Team to play in the 2019 Nike International Friendlies.