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Megan Rapinoe’s jersey is retired by the Seattle Reign. Rapinoe played for Seattle during its first 11 NWSL seasons while wearing No. 15. No other player in Seattle pro soccer history has had their jersey retired. She holds Reign career records for goals (54) and assists (28), leading the team to three NWSL Shields and three finals. While with the club she was the 2019 Ballon d’Or winner and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Washington Reign beats the British Columbia Alumni, 4-1, at Redmond High School to complete their second Pacific Coast League season with a perfect 16-0-0 record. Vasco Rubio, Brent Bowers, Drew Thompson and Mike Minor score.
For the first time in their brief existence the Seattle Sounders are held scoreless in a 1-0 loss at Denver. Barry Watling is credited with 16 saves on 23 Dynamo shots. Ian Robins nets the sole goal 39 seconds into the game at Mile High Stadium.
Alisha Connors supplied a goal and an assist for Skyline to capture the girls' 4A championship at Lakewood. The Spartans defeat KingCo rival Woodinville, 2-0. Spartans goalkeeper Jill Stika, who posts her fourth straight shutout in the tournament, allowed only one goal after September. Connors drills a left-footed shot just inside the far left post from 15 yards. Coral Anderson makes it 2-0 in the 58th minute. Woodinville places at state for the fourth year in a row. The Falcons captured the 4A title in 2006, were third in 2007 and fourth in 2005.
Seattle's DeAndre Yedlin, 19, becomes the first Sounders FC Homegrown signing, joining the senior team after two seasons at the University of Akron. Yedlin had attended O'Dea High School and played for Emerald City, Northwest Nationals and Crossfire Premier before joining the Sounders Academy in 2010. He was all-MAC right back each season at Akron.
Despite being in between seasons, the Buchan Bakers defeat the Royal Canadian Navy side, 6-1, in a Seafair exhibition match at Lower Woodland. Freddie Cieslicki and Tommy Strachen, a pair of Army corps mechanics from Larson Air Force Base in Moses Lake, star for Buchan. Over 500 Canadian officers and sailors aboard four ships arrived in port the day prior.