Still at loggerheads after regulation, West Seattle and Shorecrest share the Metro League championship following a 2-2 draw at Memorial Stadium. West Seattle leads 2-1 at halftime on a header from league scoring leader Ron Knodel. Defending champ Shorecrest ties it with 26 minutes left on a Brad Callan penalty kick. While the referee says international rules allow for 15 minutes of extra time, Metro officials rule the game over after regulation.

Washington State comes within four minutes of upsetting No. 1-ranked Stanford in Pullman before falling, 2-1, in overtime. Kiersten Dallstream finds Elysse Van Leer for the initial WSU lead at the 54-minute mark. After four straight saves by Meghan Berlingo in little more than a minute, Stanford's Christen Press finally breaks through with the game-tying goal in the 87th minute, and Kelly O'Hara clinches the match for the Cardinal in the 95th.

Seattle United Steelers equalize in the 11th minute, through assists from Thor Tollefson and Steve Newman to Bruce Walyor, but the San Jose Portuguese pull away to win the U.S. Challenge Cup West region semifinal, 4-1, at West Seattle Stadium.

Summer Yates, the second-year midfielder from Yakima and the Washington Huskies, finds the game's lone goal midway through the second period, and Orlando wins, 1-0, at Houston. It's the third game-winning goal for Yates, a halftime substitute, and fifth overall. The Pride extend their NWSL unbeaten streak to 17 games (12-0-5).

Somehow, the Sounders pound Los Angeles yet find themselves eliminated from the playoffs via a mini-game shootout. Seattle, which had lost 3-0 at LA two nights earlier, dazzles the Aztecs during the first 15 minutes, earning 8 corner kicks, but then goals poured forth from Roy Greaves, Steve Buttle and Mark Peterson, all within 8 minutes. Peterson later makes it 4-0. Following an intermission, the team teams come back to settle the series over 30 minutes. Roger Davies brings Seattle level following an early Gary Etherington score, but at 1-1 it proceeds to a shootout, won by LA, 2-1.

Before the game they release top scorer Mike Castillo, then the Seattle SeaDogs surrender a two-goal lead and spiral to their eighth straight defeat. Following a 5-4 loss to Houston at KeyArena, Seattle's league-worst record is 1-9. Giampaulo Pedroso scores three times - twice on power plays when Seattle is a man short because of penalties.