After averaging more than two goals per match over the season, Seattle Reign is silenced in a 1-0 loss to FC Kansas City in the NWSL Final in Portland. Seattle, which had scored 20 times in the preceding nine games, seems to be pressing for the contest's first goal midway through the second half. Beverly Yanez's header forces a save and, 11 minutes later, Megan Rapinoe's blast slams off the post from 25 yards. But it's Amy Rodriguez, a Reign nemesis, who scores the KC winning goal, a header in the 78th minute. Rodriguez, originally allotted to Seattle in 2013, has six goals vs. the Reign, including all three goals in two league finals.

FIFA's Club World Cup dynamic ticket pricing prompts a tepid response from local fans prior to the Sounders-Botafogo June 15 opener. One fan tells The Seattle Times they purchased tickets during the December presale period, paying $153 per seat for a 300-level ticket. Now, 300-level tickets for can be purchased for less than $62 after taxes and fees. The Sounders, attempting to placate fans, offer two free tickets to the Botafogo game for anyone who had bought tickets through the club during the presale period.

After 10 seasons in the PDL, the Spokane Shadow ceases operations. Owner Brett Sports cites an unwillingness to play on the substandard artificial surface at Joe Albi Stadium. Four days later Spokane Public Schools and Mead School District announce plans to replace the turf but not until September. It proves a moot point because the USL immediately terminated the franchise. The team looked at various sites around Spokane, including Gonzaga University, Spokane Falls Community College, Central Valley High School and both the old and current University High School facilities, but said it could not find any that could serve as a new home field. The Shadow finished first or second in the PDL Northwest Division nine times, including league runner-up in 1999.

Alan Hinton announces that professional outdoor soccer will return to Seattle in 1994, and the team will be called Sounders. The club is backed by former Microsoft executive Scott Oki. Hinton will meet with APSL owners within a few days about joining that league. Hinton coached the NASL Sounders from 1980-82 and later secured rights to the name.

Mark Peterson scores twice, in the 8th and 45th minute in 3-0 win over England's storied Manchester United. Sounders go on to win EuroPac tournament by tying Vancouver away to win the $35,000 prize. Seattle is missing injured starters Alan Hudson and Ian Bridge. United are without four starters.

Federal Way's Keyln Rowe, a sophomore at UCLA, is named Pac-12 Player of the Year after finishing as the league's leader in assists (10). Rowe also scored six goals as the Bruins completed a perfect (10-0-0) season in Pac-12 play.