U.S. National Team and Seattle Reign star Megan Rapinoe has her Olympic hopes jeopardized after tearing her left ACL during USWNT training in Honolulu. The non-contact injury occurs on a grass training field. The following day U.S. Soccer canceled a friendly against Trinidad & Tobago for Aloha Stadium because of poor field conditions.

With a penalty kick on the half-hour, Kevin Bond sets a new NASL record for spot kicks and lifts the Sounders to their first league victory in four weeks, 1-0 over Tulsa. Following a Roughnecks handball, Bond boots the penalty into the upper left corner. The NASL mark of eight has stood since 1976. Bond has not missed from the spot, with conversions in five of the last seven games. It snaps Seattle's three-game losing streak (one by shootout).

Stacy's Hamer's header deep into overtime for Whitworth punctures Puget Sound's perfect (12-0-0) start and 25-game NWC win streak, 1-0, in Spokane. Callie Bergstrom stymies the No. 2 ranked Loggers with nine saves until Hamer's head meets Elizabeth Mattila's cross in the 107th minute. It's the Bucs' first win over UPS in 12 meetings.

Seattle’s MLS bid committee admits its objective of securing a charter franchise has run its course and will be unsuccessful unless a proper stadium, preferably with grass, is built. Instead, the group leaders throw their support behind the APSL Sounders and forms a committee to explore future stadium options.

Amanda Johnson's two goals fuel Seattle Pacific's NCAA semifinal victory over Metro State, 3-1, at Tampa. The 4th-ranked Falcons move into the national championship match for the second time in four seasons. Johnson opens the scoring after only 73 seconds, and after the Roadrunners equalize she responds with the go-ahead goal 38 seconds later, in the 56th minute. Johnson also assists on the third SPU score, by Jocelyn Charette, three minutes after that. Meredith Teague's assist on the opening goal is the record 34th of her career.

Second-half goals seven minutes apart from Roger Levesque and Nate Jaqua earn the Sounders a playoff-clinching, 3-2 comeback win at Kansas City. Freddie Ljungberg is a factor in all three Seattle goals and earns two assists. Jaqua nets the game-winner in the 76th minute from a Ljungberg run and cross. A Ljungberg corner kick sets-up Levesque’s header to knot the score in the 69th minute. Tyrone Marshall scores in the game's opener. Seattle becomes the first expansion team in 11 years to make the playoffs.