Shannon Oakes, Sarah Martinez and Carolyn Nason each score as 6th-ranked Seattle Pacific stretches its GNAC unbeaten streak to 47 matches with a 3-0 win over Central Washington at Interbay. SPU has not lost a conference game since 2002, going 43-0-4. The Falcons have also won seven straight with Martinez contributing five goals during the run.

Immigrants from the little-known nation of Eritrea - bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia - begin their Eritrean Sports Federation North American Championships in King County. Some 10,000 Eritreans from the U.S. and Canada arrive in the area to play and watch through July 8 at Burien's Highline High School and Seattle's Genesee Park. Seattle is home to about 7,000 Eritreans. This year organizers are creating a youth soccer league for 8- to 15-year-olds.

Seattle signs its first English First Division player, Chelsea forward Tommy Baldwin. Baldwin has been at Stamford Bridge since 1966, scoring 91 goals, and visited Seattle with the Blues in 1967.

Hungarians backer Balint Ducz, his side having dominated the state for the past two years, explores a future in the B.C.-based Pacific Coast League. The Magyars give PCL officials an indication of their potential in beating the Vancouver Pilseners, 4-0, in a friendly. Earlier, they won each major cup in Washington, a second straight Northwest championship and routed Vancouver Molson, 5-0.

Tina Ellertson makes her second straight start of the U.S. National Team in a friendly vs. Mexico at Portland. A former UW star from nearby Vancouver, Wa., Ellertson must be helped off the field in the first half of the 4-0 win because of a quadriceps injury. In all she started five matches and made 13 appearances in 2007, including three at the World Cup.

Hazen wins only its second state title in any sport, knocking off defending champion Camas for the boys' 3A crown, 2-1, at Lakewood. Guillermo Palomera gets the winner from 30 yards with five minutes remaining for the Highlanders’ (19-1-1) 15th straight win. Greg Beasley opens the scoring early for the Papermakers, but by the 15th minute Jacob Artman cancels that out for Hazen.