After reaching the PDL playoffs for the second year in a row, the Seattle Sounders U-23s exit at the first stage, 3-1 in overtime at Calgary Foothills. Tied at 1-1, Seattle has two prime go-ahead opportunities with 20 minutes to go. Andrew Wheeler-Ominu has his penalty kick saved, and his rebound attempt misses high. The hosts proceeded to dominate extra time and advance. Calgary proceeds to win the West and finish national runner-up to the Michigan Bucks.

Sounders rookie defender Dave D'Errico becomes the club's first player called into international duty. D'Errico is named by Dettmar Cramer to the U.S. National Team facing Mexico in a pair of friendlies. He starts both games, a 3-1 loss at Monterrey and a 1-0 loss in Dallas.

Kasey Keller returns to the Premier League following a free transfer from relegated Borussia Moenchengladbach. Keller, who last played in the EPL with Tottenham in 2005, is immediately installed as the starter Aug. 25 at Aston Villa. He joins three fellow Americans – Carlos Bocanegra, Clint Dempsey and Brian McBride – on the roster of so-called Fulhamerica.

With temperatures soaring near 90 at kickoff, the Sounders and Timbers take to the Civic Stadium stage to the roar of 27,310 and the unfurling of a banner reading, ‘Portland: Soccer City, U.S.A.’ Peter Withe cancels out Dave Gillett’s opener and then adds another second-half goal in the Timbers' 2-1 win. The victory puts 15-points’ difference between the Timbers and Sounders entering the final two weeks of the regular season.

With the public celebrating the World War I Armistice and Seattle health officials unable to keep citizens separated and masked, the influenza ban is lifted. Northwestern Soccer League president Charlie Goodenough promptly puts in motion plans to start the season. The Public School Athletic League conducts an abbreviated season, with A.C. Pelton stating there will be no grade school city championship match.

Hope Solo makes four saves to earn her second straight shutout in the 3-0 USWNT win over Colombia in World Cup group play in Sinsheim, Germany. For Solo it's her eighth straight shutout in all competitions. Stephanie Cox sees her first action of the tournament, as a second-half substitute for Amy LePeilbet, and on Cox's first touch she crosses to Carli Lloyd for the third goal.