Tom Bialek ties the club record of four goals and the undefeated (6-0) Seattle SeaDogs beat the rival Portland Pride for the fourth straight time, 8-5 in the Key Arena opener. Five goals come in a frantic fourth period in which both teams combine for 10. After Portland cuts the lead to 7-5, Dick McCormick puts the ball into an empty net.

Sounders homegrown product Josh Atencio is traded to Colorado for $1.3M in General Allocation Money and up to $300,000 more in performance clauses. A Bellevue native, Atencio, 23, made 111 appearances for Seattle since 2020. With a logjam in midfield, had transitioned from defensive midfield to central defense in preseason.

Four present and past Reign players are among the investors for a new USL W League team in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood. Lauren Barnes, Jessica Fishlock, Olivia Van der Jagt and Sam Hiatt are joined by Jen Barnes, owner of Rough & Tumble Pub, and former Sounder Kelyn Rowe. Salmon Bay FC will be a sister club to Ballard FC in 2025 at Interbay Stadium.

Western Washington celebrates a Senior Night takedown of Simon Fraser, the No. 1-ranked team in NCAA Division II, at Harrington Field. The Vikings, blanked by the Clan, 3-0, on Oct. 14 in Burnaby, B.C., never trail in their 2-1 upset. Senior defender Stephen Jinneman puts WWU up in the 27th minute by sliding into Drew Barker's corner kick to the far post. Western doubles the lead in the 70th minute when Christian Rotter beats a defender and fires home from 11 yards. Simon Fraser entered the game 16-0-0 while outscoring opponents 59-7.

A Pacific Northwest record crowd is treated to a spectacle on a warm summer night at Seahawks Stadium, with star-studded Manchester United winning a friendly with Celtic, 4-0, on a freshly-laid carpet of grass. United, coming off their eighth Premier League title in 11 years, get goals from Ruud van Nistlerooy, Ryan Giggs and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to go up 3-nil by halftime before 66,722. Celtic, second to Rangers on goal-difference, miss a penalty kick that would have tied the score in the 18th minute. Intermittently during the second half, red-clad fans generate choruses of 'Glory, Glory, Man United,' and after the final whistle the team takes a lap of honor. United are without David Beckham, sold to Real Madrid in June. New Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 18, joins the team three weeks later.

Sounders play six Americans, including five local products–Jeff Stock, Mark Peterson, Brian Schmetzer, Chance Fry, Bill Crook–in home loss to the Cosmos. Roster also featured homegrown Geoff Wall and Tim Bartro.