Seattle Sounders advance to the U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals with a 1-0 upset of the MLS San Jose Earthquakes. Kyle Smith score's the game's only goal four minutes before halftime before sellout crowd at Husky Soccer Stadium. The Quakes finish with a 19-4 advantage in shots and 11-0 in corner kicks. Sounders keeper Rich Cullen makes nine saves, and Seattle is the only A-League team among the tournament's last eight.

Seattle's FIFA World Cup organizing committee announces nine locations across the state who will host fan zones, in addition to the Seattle Fan Celebration hosted at the Seattle Center. Hosting fan zones will be Bellingham, Bremerton, Everett, Olympia, Spokane, Tacoma, Tri-Cities (Pasco, Richland and Kennewick), Vancouver and Yakima. Specific locations in each city are to be determined.

Three members of Sounders Women figure prominently in a thrilling United States comeback vs. Canada in the Olympic semifinals at Manchester's Old Trafford. Megan Rapinoe collects two goals, Hope Solo's save extends the match to overtime, and Alex Morgan scores the dramatic winner in added time of the 4-3 triumph. Rapinoe's goals in the 54th (an Olimpico, no less) and 70th minutes twice bring the USWNT bring level, and her shot off the arm of a defender results in Abby Wambach's penalty to tie it, 3-3, in the 80th minute. Solo then stops Sophie Schmidt in the closing seconds of regulation. Finally, in the 123rd minute, Morgan heads in a Heather O'Reilly cross to complete the epic rally.

Bryan McNiel ends a scoreless stalemate 53 seconds into overtime and gives Washington a 1-0 victory over Stanford for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship at Husky Stadium. Dusty Hudock makes seven saves for the Huskies. It's his 11th shutout. McNiel heads in a free kick from Paul Hurme. With the MPSF title comes an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament. UW beat Cal State Fullerton, 3-1, in overtime, in the semifinals. Stanford eliminated UCLA on penalties.

Three Seattle University women are named NAIA All-Americans after the Chieftains' record-setting season. Keely Hartsough (Juanita High School) is named to the first team along with Sheralyn Stackhouse (Federal Way) and Julie Holmes (Kennedy).

Robbie Rogers assists on two goals and scores a third as U.S. celebrates Independence Day at Qwest Field by beating Grenada, 4-0, in a CONCACAF Gold Cup group match. Freddy Adu, Stuart Holden and Charlie Davies also score, and Sounders midfielder Brad Evans makes his international debut as a 63rd-minute substitute