Ken Covell becomes the first soccer representative in Seattle Pacific's Falcon Legends Hall of Fame, inducted with the second of three charter classes. The Falcons had won just one soccer game when Covell arrived from Denver. By the time he left, they had made four straight NCAA West Regional appearances and earned a berth in the national championship game during his senior season of 1974. Covell scored a record 21 goals as a junior. and graduated as career leader in goals (57) and assists (26).

Sixty teams begin play across eight divisions of the state men's league, however one is unique. Mike Ryan enters his Camp Brotherhood staff team, which is the first genuine coed club in league history. Whereas past teams had one female, several women are included on Ryan's roster in Division 6.

Fifty-one acres of soccer and softball fields are open to play at Tukwila's Fort Dent. King County Parks purchased 4,000 feet of waterfront along the Green River with $3.6M in Forward Thrust funds, and the complex will be maintained by Seattle Parks. One of the soccer fields is lighted and features an all-weather cinder surface and seating for 2,000.

Peter Ward bedevils Portland away, and his hat trick earns Sounders their fourth win in five games as well as first place in Western Division. Seattle, after trailing early, wins going away, 4-1. Two of Ward's goals come from headers, and Paul Hammond earns the first Seattle goalkeeper assist with a booming kick upfield. Ward now has six goals over four games.

Beacon Hill's St. George's wins its third CYO Cadet crown in four years, defeating St. Anne's, 4-1, at West Seattle Stadium. It completes a city sweep for St. George's, who also won the midget title.

Jason Dunn and Phil Bullard each scored two of their three goals in overtime as Seattle Pacific eventually overpower Portland, 6-2, at Newport High School. SPU, ranked No. 4 among NCAA Division II schools, handed the perennial Division I power Pilots their worst loss in five years. Dunn, who has 12 goals in his last four games, adds two assists. He puts the Falcons in front for good 9:18 into overtime. He and Bullard, who came off the bench, then add three more goals within a four-minute span.