Once the doormat of the conference, Seattle Pacific thrusts itself into the title race by shocking defending champion Western Washington, 4-1, on a muddy pitch in Bellingham. Freshman Ken Covell sparks the attack with a brace. Since going winless in the first 14 games under second-year coach Cliff McCrath, the Falcons have won four and tied once. It's just the Vikings' fifth WWSC loss in four seasons.

For the second time in three years Norselander Vikings return home with the Northwest championship after blanking Portland State away, 2-0. Hans Dahlberg feeds Per Saeje midway through first half for the lead. Larry Peterson doubles it on a second-half breakaway. It was also an all-Vikings final in 1954.

Missing several of the major cogs in their machine, the Seattle Reign lose just their third home game in three seasons, 2-1 to Chicago, to continue a sluggish start. Megan Rapinoe (torn knee ligament) and Jessica Fishlock (fractured tibia) and Manon Melis (tibia fracture) remain out, and Hope Solo misses the match while at her grandmother's funeral. The Red Stars' Jen Hoy gets free for second-half goals 11 minutes apart. Kim Little's 89' penalty is the only solace as Seattle sags to 2-3-1.

Seattle Pacific hosts the inaugural match at Interbay Stadium, defeating Sonoma State, 3-2. The Falcons’ Vadim Tolstolutsky scores the stadium’s first goal in 7th minute. Geoff Martin and Dana Garner also score for SPU, which hadn’t played a home game within walking distance of campus since 1978 a Queen Anne Bowl.

Washington has the highest per capita number of adult soccer players in the nation, reports the Washington State Soccer Association. Membership has more than quadrupled in the past five years. More than 11,000 men and 2,200 women play on some 700 teams statewide. Co-Rec teams has 400 players in the Seattle area and a variety of indoor and other leagues have organized. In addition, over 69,000 youth are registered with Washington State Youth Soccer Association.

Seattle’s Joan Dunlap-Seivold scores in her U.S. National Team debut vs. Canada (2:0) at Blaine, Minn. Dunlap-Seivold was named to the team by Anson Dorrance, her collegiate coach at North Carolina, where she had been a 1984 second team All-American. It was Dorrance’s first game as USWNT coach and the first meeting with Canada. Three other Washingtonians play: Sharon McMurtry, Lori Henry and Cindy Gordon.