Bernie James is fired as interim coach of the Seattle Sounders and general manager Brad Kimura resigns following the club's failure to make the A-League playoffs for the first time. Managing partner Adrian Hanauer will replace Kimura, who had been GM for six seasons. Settle finished 13-12-1 and fifth in the Western Conference. James had replaced Neil Megson just two weeks prior to the season.

Kasey Keller saves John Spencer's fifth-round penalty kick, allowing Millwall to upset Chelsea in a replay at Stamford Bridge. Keller comfortably stopped Spencer with a dive to his left. The teams have drawn their first time around and finish 1-1 after regulation in the replay, forcing a penalty tiebreaker which the Lions win, 5-4. Angry Chelsea fans invade the pitch after Keller's save, tearing down the goal.

Lyndsey Patterson's first-half goal enables Seattle Sounders Saints to claim third place in the W-League with a 1-0 consolation win over Charlotte Lady Eagles at Burnaby, B.C. Seattle was coming off a 5-0 semifinal loss to host and eventual champion Vancouver. The Whitecaps, who got three combined goals from U.S. National team member Tiffeny Milbrett and Canadian National teamer Christine Sinclair, completed the season 13-0-1.

Sounders FC holds its first full team training session at Starfire Sports following four weeks of voluntary individual workouts and small group training sessions. Two days earlier, the league announced the regular season restart for July 8, with a tournament to be held behind closed doors at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. Play has been suspended since March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Norselander Vikings get two goals from Erling Hansen to repeat as victors in the ninth annual Five-a-Side tournament at White Center. The Vikings beat E&E Meats, 2-0, to split $125 in government bonds.

After months of whispers that pro soccer is looking westward, the North American Soccer League awards expansion franchises to Seattle and three other West Coast markets. The ownership group is all local business leaders who have been seeking to secure an NFL team, and they are swayed to consider the NASL by Lamar Hunt, a key owner in both leagues. The franchise cost is a reported $25,000, and the incubation period is brief. In just five months a 20-game schedule will commence and play begins at 13,000-seat Memorial Stadium. Los Angeles, San Jose and Vancouver will join Seattle in the new Western Division.