Seattle Christian completes an unlikely course to win the state boys' A-B championship. The Warriors, who finished second in the Nisqually League and won only one official game the season before, defeat Bellevue Christian, 2-0, at Highline Stadium in Burien. Erik Anderson and Carlos Dominguez score while Nate Linman posts his 11th shutout.

Craig Waibel scores two goals as the Spokane Shadow clinch their second straight PDL Northwest Division title by drubbing Yakima, 5-1, before 1,616 at Joe Albi Stadium. Waibel puts the Shadow in front, 2-1, on a 25-yard blast just before halftime. In the first five minutes of the second period, Dave Berto and Ryan Edwards score. Berto then sends Waibel on a breakaway in the 84th minute.

Michelle Akers may not play the inaugural season of America's new women's professional league, but she performs the ceremonial first kick for Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA). Prior to the inaugural match at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., Akers takes the ball from a parachutist and performs the symbolic commencement of play. The host Washington Freedom defeat the Bay Area CyberRays, 1-0, before a crowd of 34,148. Injured, Akers performs the kick with her right arm in a sling. Kent's Michelle French starts for Washington and Sandra Hunt of Bellingham is the match referee.

Kasey Keller does not need to make a save, but he does deliver his first MLS assist as the Sounders twice score late to beat Houston, 2-0, for their fourth straight league victory, at Qwest Field. After 63 scoreless minutes, Keller sends a towering punt 70 yards to Fredy Montero, who controls it, turns on defender Eddie Robinson and beats Gig Harbor native Tally Hall. in the 88th minute new designated player Alvaro Fernandez breaks behind the defense and shoots past the charging Hall. Seattle is unbeaten in eight matches (6-0-2) across all competitions.

Fans and organizers collectively gasp when FIFA announces that the 2018 and 2022 World Cups will be played in Russia and Qatar. Hundreds gather with local organizers and officials at F.X. McRory’s in Seattle's Pioneer Square to hear the 7 a.m. PST announcement. Across the state and the nation similar parties are stunned by Qatar prevailing in the fourth round of voting, 14-8 over the United States. The U.S. had been considered a frontrunner and Seattle a top candidate to host several matches at CenturyLink Field. More than 46,000 had signed an online petition supporting Seattle, one of 17 cities in the U.S. bid.

Newly acquired Seattle Reign striker Lynn Biyendolo, née Williams, scores 42 seconds into a United States 2-1 win over Australia at the She Believes Cup in Glendale, Ariz. It's the 22nd international goal for Biyendolo, who married in the offseason. She scored four times in 2024.