Seattle Pacific begins an ambitious road schedule with a 6-1 win at the University New Orleans where Peter Hattrup scores four goals. SPU crisscrosses much of the continent twice during the season, racking up some 14,000 air miles while playing in seven states and provinces, including two trips to Florida. A midseason trip takes the Falcons to Wheaton (Ill.) and the season ends back in Tampa.

The third annual Casino Road Futbol Academy attracts 470 youth for a weeklong day camp at Walter E. Hall Park. Organized by Everett police Lt. Manuel Garcia, the camp is run with 200 volunteers. In addition to instruction and games, kids, some in foster care, also learn about the importance of education and alternatives to gangs and violence.

Jimmy Dunn becomes the first Pacific Lutheran men's coach to reach 100 victories as the Lutes hammer Evergreen, 6-0. Andy McDirmid scores a brace and adds an assist. Dunn, a former PLU player, is in his ninth year, with a record of 100-63-12.

Peter Ward continues to feast on Portland defenders, scoring two second-half goals in a 3-0 home victory. A week earlier Ward had scored three goals against the Timbers. This time he breaks a scoreless stalemate in the 56th minute, then, after Mark Peterson scores, adds a late tally. Steve Buttle assists on the first two goals, giving him a career record 44 in league play.

Chance Fry, one of four NASL Sounders who have joined the new APSL namesake, scores with two minutes remaining as Seattle starts the new era with a 1-0 victory over the Montreal Impact at Robillard Stadium. Fry's free kicks curls around a six-man wall to beat Pat Harrington. Marcus Hahnemann comes up with four saves behind a stout back line of Neil Megson, Wade Webber, Bill Crook and James Dunn. It's the first of four straight road matches for Seattle. Crook and Fry had played in the final NASL Sounders game in 1983.

Beverly Yanez breaks open the match with two quick goals to start the second half as Seattle Reign completes a season sweep of Portland, 3-0, at Memorial Stadium. A club-record crowd of 6,303 sees Seattle take over first place in the NWSL and the home unbeaten streak extended to 20 games. Yanez brings her goal total to eight with strikes in the 46th and 50th minutes. Four days earlier Kim Little silenced 21,144 in Portland with a winning goal vs. the Thorns.