If it's the final home match at Cheney Stadium, then the Defiance leave Tacoma on a high note with a record 6-1 pummeling of San Jose. The Defiance will play the remainder of their 2022 home games at Starfire. They have now won four straight by an aggregate score of 13-1. Marlon Vargas sets everything in motion with a penalty kick in the 13th minute, his fourth consecutive game with a goal. Six different players score, and it's the largest margin of victory in the club's eight-year existence.

RAVE Foundation, the Sounders' charitable arm, launches the 26 Fields by 2026 campaign as part of the club’s effort to bring play equity to youth in Washington through its Defend the Right to Play social justice arena for change. Headlining the campaign objectives is building 26 fields by the year 2026 in historically marginalized communities throughout Washington, with the target date of completion in time for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Other goals include providing a free soccer ball to every child who lives within one mile walking distance to each field and investing in programs on and around those fields that use soccer as a vehicle support children’s health and well-being.

Djimi Traore scores the latest regulation goal in Sounders FC history to bring home a 1-0 victory from Sporting Kansas City. The goal, scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time, gives Seattle seven points on a three-match road trip. A mishit clearance attempt from a long throw falls to Traore to slot home. Michael Gspurning saves three shots, all in the first half.

Gig Harbor rallies for its first girls' 3A championship, finishing the season undefeated following a 2-1 win over Holy Names at Sparks Stadium. The Cougars, playing in their first final since 1999, find the net first, taking the lead on Julie Causbie's drive to the upper left corner from 19 yards in the 23rd minute. Alyssa Gray pulls the Tides level on the hour on a deflected shot. The deciding goal is a 13-yard effort by freshman Ashley Wright with four minutes left in regulation. Gig Harbor, a four-time runner-ip in the 90s, goes 23-0-0.

Bryn Ritchie's late header is the difference as Washington edges crosstown foe Seattle Pacific, 1-0, before 1,373 at Husky Soccer Field. Ritchie connects with a Ben Somoza corner kick in the 87th minute. SPU, ranked No. 7 in NCAA Division II, musters only two shots. The Falcons had won the previous year at Interbay. It proves to be the last annual meeting between the intracity rivals, who first played in 1968.

Bernie James and Edmonton Drillers complete a two-game sweep of Chicago to win the NASL Indoor Championship at home before over 16,000. The Drillers went 10-8 in the regular season, barely making the playoffs, then swept all six postseason games against Los Angeles, Vancouver and Chicago (47-30 GD). James, a Bellevue native and former Sounder, has one assist during the final series.