Sounders FC majority owner Adrian Hanauer outlines a six-year growth strategy while also naming experience sports executive Hugh Weber as president of business operations. Weber, a Tacoma native, comes from Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, where he served as president for the parent company of the NBA Philadelphia 76ers, NHL New Jersey Devils, Prudential Center and other holdings including Premier League club Crystal Palace. Peter Tomozawa, who had served as Sounders president of business operations, has been appointed CEO fo SEA 2026, the local World Cup organizing committee.

Seattle Reign signs Mia Fishel, 24, in what rates as the biggest cumulative contract in NWSL history. Fishel transfers from Chelsea and agrees to a contract through 2029 that is estimated at $2.5 million. Her two years in London were marred by a torn ACL. Earlier, Fishel won the Liga MX Femenil scoring title in the 2022 Apertura with 17 goals in 17 matches for Tigres. She has three USWNT caps.

Tina Frimpong, with her back to the goal, scores on a header in the 28th minute, giving No. 17 Washington a 1-0 victory over No. 13 California in the regular-season finale at Husky Soccer Field. A crowd of 1,551 watches as the Huskies complete a sweep of the Bay Area schools. Frimpong assisted Kim Taylor when UW defeated Stanford, 1-0, in overtime two nights earlier. Washington reaches the NCAA tournament for the fourth time in five seasons. It's the sixth win in seven tries against top-20 opponents.

Seattle fans turn out in droves, setting an NWSL attendance record of 34,130 at Lumen Field for Megan Rapinoe's final regular season home match. OL Reign settles for a 0-0 draw with Washington. Before kickoff there are video tributes from Billie Jean King, Abby Wambach and Mikaela Shiffrin, among others. A tifo is unfurled and dozens of pink-wigged spectators give her a standing ovation following her postgame remarks. Rapinoe, Lauren Barnes and Jessica Fishlock have played for the Reign since its first season in 2013.

Leo Totev twice scores on 11th-ranked South Carolina in Washington's convincing 3-0 win at Husky Soccer Field. Totev scores his second goal past Brad Guzan from 30 yards in the 56th minute, just two minutes after Kevin Murray made it 2-nil. At 6-0-1, UW is off to its best start since 1998, with Totev scoring five times.

Seattle gets a 13th-minute header from Jocky Scott, and Adrian Webster marks out L.A. star George Best as the Sounders defeat the Aztecs, 1-0, before a raucous crowd of 56,256 to advance to Soccer Bowl. A potential late equalizer by Des Backos bounces behind goal line but is ruled out. Two Slate Sounders goals, by Tommy Ord and Steve Buttle, are called back by controversial offside rulings. It is the fifth straight win in the playoffs and seventh overall.