Sound FC (women)
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| Full name | Sound Football Club | |||
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| Founded | 2001, as Seattle Sounders Women | |||
| Stadium | Starfire Sports Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 4,500 | |||
| Owners | Cliff McElroy Lane Smith | |||
| General manager | Jason Prenovost | |||
| Head coach | Scott Ford | |||
| League | Women's Premier Soccer League | |||
| 2018 | Regular season: 1st, W Region (NW Conference) Playoffs: Champions | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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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.
Founded in 2001 as Seattle Sounders Women, the team was a sister organization of the men's team in the USL First Division. Following the men's team's departure for Major League Soccer, Mike Jennings, owner of the United Soccer League franchise Tacoma Tide, took over the Sounders Women's ownership. In 2011, Cliff McElroy and Lane Smith of Datec Inc. became majority owners, while Mike Jennings has maintained a minority stake.[1] In January 2020, Seattle Sounders FC terminated its branding agreement, leading to an affiliation and rebrand with Sound FC, a youth soccer club based in Woodinville, Washington.[2]
The team most notable for having signed five U.S. international players, Hope Solo, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Sydney Leroux, and Stephanie Cox, following the collapse of the Women's Professional Soccer in 2012.[3]
Current players[]
As of 21 May 2019.[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Year-by-year[]
| Year | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs |
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| USL W-League | 3rd, Western | ||
| USL W-League | 4th, Western | Western Conference Finals | |
| 2003 | USL W-League | 2nd, Western | |
| 2004 | USL W-League | 2nd, Western | Western Conference Finals |
| 2005 | USL W-League | 5th, Western | |
| 2006 | USL W-League | 2nd, Western | National Semifinals (3rd Place) |
| 2007 | USL W-League | 2nd, Western | National Semifinals (3rd Place) |
| 2008 | USL W-League | 3rd, Western | National Semifinals (4th Place) |
| 2009 | USL W-League | 4th, Western | |
| 2010 | USL W-League | 3rd, Western | |
| 2011 | USL W-League | 5th, Western | National Semifinals (4th Place) |
| 2012 | USL W-League | 2nd, Western | Western Conference Finals |
| 2013 | USL W-League | 3rd, Western | Did not qualify |
| 2014 | USL W-League | 3rd, Western | Did not qualify |
| 2015 | USL W-League | 1st, Western | Conference Playoff |
| 2016 | WPSL | 1st, Northwestern | Conference Playoff |
| 2017 | WPSL | 1st, Northwestern | Conference Playoff |
| 2018 | WPSL | 1st, Northwestern | WPSL Champions |
References[]
- ^ http://wleague.uslsoccer.com/recentnews/296258.html
- ^ "Sounders Women to re-brand". Sounders Women. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ Bird, Liviu (July 6, 2012). "W-League: Sounders Women Carry the Flag". The New York Times. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ^ "Home | Women's Premier Soccer League".
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