Craig Beeson gets his second career four-goal game in Washington's 7-0 drubbing of Puget Sound. It's Beeson's second hat trick of the year and the Huskies, who also get a Tom Bialek brace, go to 8-0-1. Beeson's first four-goal performance was in 1985. He finishes 1987 with six multi-goal games.

For the third time in four weeks OL Reign announces a key acquisition, this time central defender Alana Cook on a transfer from Paris Saint-Germain. Cook had previously played with OL Reign during the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup on a short-term loan from the French club. A native of Massachusetts and Stanford graduate, she signed with PSG in early 2019, and in 2021 they finally overtook 14-time defending champion Olympique Lyonnais. Cook captained the U.S. U23 national team and earned her first senior cap in 2019.

RAVE Foundation announces its intention to double the initial goal of building 26 soccer mini-fields to 52 total fields, with the target date of completion in time for FIFA World Cup 2026™. RAVE’s Born in ’74 Gala at the Sounders' Longacres headquarters serves as the backdrop for the announcement. The gala raises over $1 million in support of the mission. RAVE Foundation open its 20th field July 23 at Renton’s Tiffany Park.

Two weeks after entering the race, Los Angeles lawyer Alan Rothenberg easily wins the U.S. Soccer presidency. With 343.9 votes Rothenberg out-polls incumbent Werner Fricker (169.66) and USSF treasurer Paul Stiehl (69.2). With the World Cup coming to the United States in four years, FIFA leadership recruited Rothenberg to the race.

The first professional match played on artificial turf attracts a record crowd of 7,764 to witness Kilmarnock of the Scottish Premier League trim England's West Ham United, 2-1, at Memorial Stadium. Fans barely settled in their seats before the two sides exchanged goals in the first six minutes. Eddie Morrison's second-half header proved the difference. West Ham featured 20-year-old Trevor Brooking, plus future Sounders players and coaches Bobby Howe and Harry Redknapp.

Hans Stierle, co-founder of the American Youth Soccer Organization and a Washington resident for more than 40 years, dies at age 89. Stierle was among a group of five individuals who founded the AYSO in 1964 in Torrance, California, and he served as president from 1964-76. As a coach, one of his youth players was Sigi Schmid. After heading a design firm and a Bellevue marketing firm, he briefly served as an executive for the NASL Sounders and was recognized often as one of the sports' most influential leaders of the 20th century.