Spokane Public Schools board approves a downtown location for a new sports stadium. The $31 million, 5,000-seat facility was originally planned to go on the Joe Albi Stadium site, but the site just north of downtown and east of the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena became the preference for its accessibility. Those promoting the return of pro soccer also favored the downtown location. Construction groundbreaking takes place November 30.

State champion Olsen's United of Bellevue succumbs to Nanaimo's Mount Benson Legionnaires in the Pacific Coast U19 championship final at Kent Meridian High School. Derek Goldingay gets Olsen's level by halftime but the B.C. boys score through Ray Clarke and Gordy Gibbins in the second half before 750 fans. On May 16 in Portland, U13 Newport Huskies are runners-up to Juventus of Redwood City, 3-2, in overtime of the West Coast Invitational.

Claire Potter's two goals pace 12th-ranked Western Washington past rival Seattle Pacific at Harrington Field, extending the Vikings' unbeaten run to 13 games after starting 0-1-2. Potter has four goals and one assist in the last five games.

Seattle University picks Tom Pearson to be its new men's head coach just a few weeks before the season begins. Pearson was a student coach at Shoreline Community College and director of development for Washington Youth Soccer. He replaces Tom Goff, who was coach for two years while teaching at Enumclaw High School.

Dressed in the kits of their respective sponsoring pros, Washington and Colorado Unified Soccer teams wrap-up the season, with the Rave winning, 2-0. It's a return match after Special Olympics Washington hosted a match three weeks earlier in Seattle. Both games were held in conjunction with Sounders-Rapids matches. In between, a Manchester United squad (represented by youth from Federal Way Schools) played Washington, winning 1-0. The Sounders and Rapids are the first MLS clubs to adopt the initiative, growing the Special Olympics Unified Sports soccer exchange program.

Sounders players join with some 4,500 fans at the CenturyLink Field Events Center to watch a lunch hour World Cup round-of-16 match between the U.S. and Belgium. The Belgians send the Yanks home, 2-1, in extra time.