Goalpost of Federal Way wins the USYSA boys' U16 crown by defeating St. Louis Scott-Gallagher, 3-1, for the D.J. Niotis Cup at Rochester, N.Y., for the state's first national youth championship. Jason Russ (19'), Jim Weber (42') and Robb Sakamoto (50') score to go up by 3-nil. Goalpost finishes 41-3-1 for the season.

Western Washington plays its first game on campus in 14 years as the women host Humboldt State at newly-constructed Robert S. Harrington Field. Catherine Miles scores the facility's first goal in the 2-0 win. The Western men host their first regular season game Sept. 13, a 2-1 overtime loss to Cal State East Bay. For the past 13 seasons both teams played out of Pipeline Fields, Northwest Soccer Park and most recently Whatcom Community College.

Crossfire Premier files a legal grievance with FIFA, seeking its portion of the transfer fee of DeAndre Yedlin from the Sounders and MLS to Tottenham. Yedlin played for Crossfire from 2006-10. Under FIFA rules, if a player moves during the course of his contract, 5 percent of the deal should be deducted from the total amount of the fee and distributed to the club or clubs involved in his training and development between the ages of 12 and 24. MLS and U.S. Soccer maintain MLS and the federation maintain that such fees are illegal under U.S. law — and the league informed Tottenham as such.

Western Washington women's coach Travis Connell reaches a milestone with the Vikings' 2-0 victory over Simon Fraser at Harrington Field. It is Connell's 400th career victory. He began his head coaching tenure with the Western men's program in 1999 and added women's team responsibilities in 2003. In his 19 seasons with the women, the Vikings are 275-74-32 with eight GNAC titles and the 2016 NCAA Division II title. In Connell's 14 seasons as men's coach, WWU went 125-123-17.

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.

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.