Portland wins its first NCAA women’s championship, 2-1 over Santa Clara in overtime in Austin, and a couple Washingtonians are part of the celebration. Seattle’s Jennifer Bosa is a reserve for the Pilots while Wynne McIntosh serves as an assistant coach. Portland coach Clive Charles had begun coaching women while with FC Seattle Cozars in 1988.

Sheri Noah's goal in the third overtime period wins a second straight NAIA national championship for Pacific Lutheran, 2-1, over top-ranked Berry College in Due West, S.C. Wendy Johnson, who was named the tournament's most valuable offensive player and overall MVP, put the Lutes ahead on a penalty kick 14:20 into the game. Berry ties it 10 minutes later, and a stalemate ensues. Finally, Noah kicks in a loose ball 4:59 into the sudden-death overtime, at 124:59. The Lutes become the first NAIA repeat champion.

Michelle Akers, Amy Allmann, Lori Henry and Shannon Higgins return to Seattle and a reception with hundreds of local fans, including Governor Booth Gardner, at Mercer Island Community Center. Allmann, Henry and Higgins all announce they are retiring. They and Akers, regarded as the best female player in the world, earned only $1,000 per month from U.S. Soccer.

Seattle's Henry Wingo scores as Ferencvaros wins its fifth straight to open the Hungarian first division season, 6-1, at MTK. It's Wingo's first league goal and second overall for the defender in five seasons with Ferencvaros, which has won the last five league titles.

Washington State Youth Soccer president Jim Hughes names Tony Screws as the organization's first executive director.

Seventh-ranked Washington gets first-half goals from Chris Wolff and Viet Nguyen to upset defending NCAA champions and No. 1 UCLA, 2-0, on the road to all but clinch the MPSF title. Mike Casale's initial shot rebounds to Wolff to poke past Nick Rimando in the 33rd minute. At 38:00, Nguyen scores on a Wolff rebound. It's the final regular season loss for Bruins coach Sigi Schmid, who leaves for MLS the following year. The Huskies win the conference two days later at Sacramento State, 2-0.