NW Briefs | Sounders Women stop streak

The Seattle Crossfire Sounders Women went into Burnaby, B.C., Saturday and put an end to some soccer history.

The Vancouver Whitecaps' 33-game home unbeaten streak is now a thing of the past thanks to Seattle.

Kate Deines and Lyndsey Patterson tallied goals for Seattle in its 2-1 victory.

The triumph was led by Michelle French, who was named player of the match as Seattle all but ensured a spot in the United Soccer Leagues' Women's Western Conference final.

HYDROPLANE RACING

A day of blustery winds Saturday on the Detroit River forced the postponement of the elimination heats of the Gold Cup.

GOLF

Jake Younan-Wise of Kingscliff, Australia, finished off his week of dominance at the Pacific Northwest Golf Association's Men's Amateur with a 3-and-2 victory over Patrick Nagle of Pacifica, Calif., in the final at Emerald Valley Golf Course in Creswell, Ore.

Younan-Wise, who plays for Texas Tech, was the medalist the first two days of qualifying, then won all six of his matches.

• Cody Upham, an amateur out of Columbia Edgewater Country Club in Portland, is the second-round leader of the Rosauers Open Invitational at Indian Canyon in Spokane. Upham had a 6-under 65 Saturday for a 15-under 127 total. Mark Gardner of The Creek at Qualchan in Spokane is second at 63-66 — 129.

WOMEN'S FOOTBALL

The Seattle Majestics were eliminated from the Independent Women's Football League playoffs after a 29-12 defeat against the Sacramento Sirens. The Majestics end their season at 8-1 while the Sirens improved to 8-1 with the victory at Seattle's Memorial Stadium.

SOCCER

Competition in the All Nations Cup is in full swing with 36 matches Saturday at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila. The more than 40 teams are broken into groups and Gambia leads Group A with 19 points, Colombia tops Group B with 18 points, Brazil and the U.S. are tied atop Group C with 17 points and Peru leads Group D with 18 points.

CREW

• Eight athletes with Washington connections have been named to the 41-person U.S. team that will compete in the FISA World Rowing Under 23 Championships, July 26-29 in Strathclyde, Great Britain. Katelin Snyder of the University of Washington will be back after helping the U.S. win the gold in the women's eight last year. Also on that team this year will be Andrea Sooter of Bellevue and UW and Jamie Redman of Spokane. Jesse Johnson of Mercer Island and UW and Nathan Rooks of Bainbridge Island will be on the men's eight after helping take fifth last year. Mike Callahan of UW will coach the men's eight. Others competing this year will be Todd Mickelson of Woodinville in lightweight men's double sculls, Lindsay Meyer of Seattle in women's quadruple sculls and Jenny Cromwell of Bellevue in women's pairs.

MOUNTAIN BIKING

Jill Kinter of Seattle has been named to the roster for the 2007 Mountain Biking World Professional Championships, beginning Aug. 4, at The Canyons Resort in Utah. Last year, Kinter won the World Cup overall championship, the U.S. National Championship and Sea Otter Classic Championship.

Compiled from sports-information reports and other sources.