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In November 2012, it was confirmed that Predmore's application had been accepted and there would be a Seattle-based women's professional soccer team in 2013. [1] [10] On December 19, 2012, the team name was unveiled as Seattle Reign FC, named in honor of the 1990s Seattle Reign women's basketball team. [11]
Seattle Reign FC is a professional women's soccer team based in Seattle, Washington, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the highest level of women's club soccer in the United States. The team was established in 2012 and began play the following year in the inaugual NWSL season at Starfire Sports in Tukwila, Washington. [1]
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a top-flight professional women's soccer league in the United States. It shares first-division status with the USL Super League. As of 2024, the league has 14 teams and uses a schedule that runs from spring to fall within a single calendar year. [1]
Sound Football Club is an American women's soccer team in the Women's Premier Soccer League. Sound FC play its home games at Starfire Sports Stadium in Tukwila, Washington, six miles south of downtown Seattle. The team was founded in 2000 as Seattle Sounders Select Women, a sister organization of the men's team in the USL First Division.
Salmon Bay FC is an American women's soccer club based in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. They are expected to compete in the Northwest Division of the pre-professional USL W League starting in the 2025 season. The team will play their home matches at Interbay Stadium alongside their affiliated men's team, Ballard FC of USL ...
First U.S. women's national soccer team coach [23] August 5, 2009 FC Barcelona: Bill Russell [24] NBA Hall of Famer and Seattle resident [25] August 20, 2009 New England Revolution: John Nordstrom [26] NASL Sounders co-founder [27] August 29, 2009 Toronto FC: Michelle Akers [28] Former US Women's National Team striker [29] September 19, 2009 ...
A new Sounders team formed in 1994 and played in the American Professional Soccer League (later the A-League and USL First Division). [21] [23] They were replaced by a Major League Soccer team, named Seattle Sounders FC in honor of both predecessors, which made their debut on March 19, 2009. [24]
Several professional teams in women's leagues were also established in the 21st century, including the Seattle Storm of the WNBA and Seattle Reign FC in the National Women's Soccer League. Other franchises established in the 2010s include the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League and the Seattle Seawolves of Major League Rugby. [2]