Washington alum Dave Chesler is named head coach of the newly reinstated U.S. women's U18 national team. Chesler served as an assistant coach for various U.S. youth national teams since 2004. He was the head men's soccer coach at Fresno State from 1997-2004.

A gusher of four goals in six minutes highlights the SeaDogs' 9-2 home rout of Houston. John Olu Molomo scores four times in his third hat trick despite missing four games with a separated shoulder. He accounts for two of the four goal that put the SeaDogs up 4-1. It's Seattle's (12-5) fourth win by a margin of four or more goals.

FC Seattle joins three other teams to form the Western Soccer Alliance. FC Portland, San Jose Earthquakes, Victoria Riptides and Seattle will play each other home and away, plus host the Canadian National Team in a counting game in the standings. FIFA's British clubs traveling outside the United Kingdom prompts the move. FC Seattle had been scheduled to host Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion, both of England's First Division. Two other friendlies, versus Sarajevo's Zeljeznicar and Mexico's Leon are canceled.

Shorecrest completes a perfect season by winning the first Metro League girls' championship, 4-1 over Blanchet at Memorial Stadium. The Scots (12-0-0) get two goals from Kelly Kranda and finish with a 67-3 goal differential. There is no WIAA state tournament.

Hassani Dotson of Federal Way sustains a season-ending ACL tear just as he was enjoying arguably his best start in four pro seasons with Minnesota United. Dotson, after scoring a goal and adding two assists in the first seven games, is injured during a training session.

Seattle is one of 10 America SCORES affiliate cities where groups all simultaneously dribble soccer balls for a national team effort to break the Guinness World Record for the most people dribbling a soccer ball at the same time. The record was broken with an unofficial 2,149 dribblers in cities across the country, beating the previous record of 2,068. The Seattle event contributed 202 to that number.