Sound FC (women)
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Full name | Sound Football Club | |||
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Founded | 2019 | |||
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 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Sound Football Club is an American
The team was founded in 2000 as Seattle Sounders Select Women, a sister organization of the
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]
History
The
The Select Women played their inaugural match on June 10, 2000, against the
The Select Women started their 2002 season with a four-match losing streak but recovered to a 7–5–0 record to qualify for the W-League Playoffs.
The team finished second in the Western Conference in 2003 behind the Vancouver Whitecaps, who they met in the Western Conference Finals.[17] The match was tied 2–2 through regulation and extra time and won by the Sounders Women in a penalty shootout; goalkeeper Meghan Miller made three saves in the shootout to clinch the victory for Seattle.[18][19] The Sounders Women made their first appearance in the W-League Semifinals and lost 4–1 to the Hampton Roads Piranhas.[20] Seattle won the third-place match against the Ottawa Fury in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and earned their first league honors.[21]
The Sounders Women merged with the women's team of amateur club Hibernian Saints in 2006 to form the Seattle Sounders Saints Women.[22] The club was sold to the Tacoma Tides in December 2008 and continued to use the Sounders name following the men's team move to Major League Soccer.[23] The Sounders organization expressed interest in fielding a team in Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) prior to its folding in 2012.[24] The team signed several professional WPS players, including U.S. national team members Hope Solo, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, and Sydney Leroux, for the 2012 season. The national team players trained separately and did not travel for away matches, but helped the Sounders Women draw sold out crowds at Starfire Sports before they left for National Women's Soccer League teams, including the new Seattle Reign FC.[25] After the W-League folded in November 2015,[26] the Sounders Women moved to the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL). They won a WPSL championship in 2018.[27] The team terminated their branding agreement with the MLS Sounders in January 2020 and were renamed Sound FC.[28]
Stadiums
- Issaquah High School (2001), capacity: 2,500[29]
Current players
As of May 21, 2019[update].[30]
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[10] | Playoffs[10] | Head coach |
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2000 | None | — | — | Chance Fry |
2001 | USL W-League | 2nd, Western | did not qualify | |
2002 | USL W-League | 4th, Western | Western Conference Finals | Dick McCormick |
2003
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USL W-League | 2nd, Western | National Semifinals (3rd Place) | |
2004
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USL W-League | 2nd, Western | Western Conference Finals | |
2005
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USL W-League | 5th, Western | did not qualify | Shawn Percell |
2006
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USL W-League | 2nd, Western | National Semifinals (3rd Place) | Teddy Mitalas |
2007
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USL W-League | 2nd, Western | National Semifinals (3rd Place) | |
2008
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USL W-League | 3rd, Western | National Semifinals (4th Place) | |
2009
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USL W-League | 4th, Western | did not qualify | |
2010
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USL W-League | 3rd, Western | did not qualify | Leighton O'Brien |
2011
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USL W-League | 5th, Western | National Semifinals (4th Place) | |
2012
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USL W-League | 2nd, Western | Western Conference Finals | Michelle French |
2013
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USL W-League | 3rd, Western | did not qualify | Hubert Busby Jr. |
2014 | USL W-League | 3rd, Western | did not qualify | |
2015
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USL W-League | 1st, Western | Conference Playoff | |
2016 | WPSL | 1st, Northwestern | Conference Playoff | |
2017 | WPSL | 1st, Northwestern | Conference Playoff | Scott Ford[31] |
2018 | WPSL | 1st, Northwestern | WPSL Champions | |
2019 | WPSL | 1st, Northwestern | Championship Semifinals[32] |
References
- ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". wleague.uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-10.
- ^ "Sounders Women to re-brand". Sounders Women. January 11, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
- ^ Bird, Liviu (July 6, 2012). "W-League: Sounders Women Carry the Flag". The New York Times. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ^ a b Moschetti, Mark (April 29, 2000). "Fry welcomes task of building women's program". King County Journal. Retrieved December 24, 2022 – via NewsBank.
- ^ "Sounder Selects to field women's team". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. April 22, 2000. p. C9.
- ^ a b Howells, Emily (June 9, 2000). "Seattle has select group of players". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. p. C8.
- ^ "Select Women win inaugural game, 5-0". The Seattle Times. June 11, 2000. p. C16.
- ^ "Select Sounders wrap up season". Snoqualmie Valley Record. August 31, 2000. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
- ^ Moschetti, Mark (September 4, 2000). "Stellar start for Sounders women was no joke". King County Journal. Retrieved December 21, 2022 – via NewsBank.
- ^ a b c Litterer, David A. (June 16, 2011). "USA – United States Women's Interregional Soccer League (W-League)". RSSSF. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
- ^ Moschetti, Mark (August 2, 2002). "Women's soccer". King County Journal. Retrieved December 27, 2022 – via NewsBank.
- ^ Massey, Matt (August 17, 2002). "Sounders' McCormick out with broken leg". The Seattle Times. p. D7.
- ^ Rouse, Jo'el Steven (July 28, 2002). "Sounders christen Seahawks Stadium before 25,515". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. p. E1. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
- ^ Massey, Matt (July 29, 2002). "New stadium gets kick-start". The Seattle Times. p. D5. Archived from the original on October 14, 2002. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
- ^ Rowland, Daniel (August 3, 2002). "Loss ends Heatwave's season". The Arizona Republic. p. C12. Retrieved December 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ewen, Steve (August 7, 2002). "Breakers take on Boston". The Province. p. A47. Retrieved December 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ewen, Steve (August 1, 2003). "Sounders embracing role of the underdog". The Province. p. A49. Retrieved December 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ewen, Steve (August 3, 2003). "Caps fail to finish". The Province. p. A58. Retrieved December 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sounders Women reach league semis". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. August 5, 2003. p. D2. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ White, Paul (August 9, 2003). "Piranhas to face Chicago in W-League Final". The Virginian-Pilot. p. C3.
- The Ottawa Citizen. p. D6. Retrieved December 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Massey, Matt (May 20, 2006). "Soccer star Baumgardt now a mom, playing for kicks". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ "Owner of Tide buys Sounders Women". The News Tribune. December 19, 2008. p. C2. Retrieved December 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bell, Jack (December 15, 2011). "Did W.P.S. Pin Federation in a Corner?". The New York Times. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
- ^ Pentz, Matt (October 1, 2020). "How a group of USWNT stars found a temporary home on a Seattle amateur team". The Athletic. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ "W-League Statement" (Press release). USL W-League. November 6, 2015. Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ Kennedy, Paul (July 23, 2018). "Seattle Sounders Women win first WPSL championship". Soccer America. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ "Sounders Women to re-brand" (Press release). Sounders Women. January 11, 2020. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
- The Issaquah Press. p. B4. Retrieved February 16, 2023 – via SmallTownPapers.
- ^ "Home | Women's Premier Soccer League".
- ^ "Scott Ford". Pacific Lutheran Lutes. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ^ "WPSL". Soccerway. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
External links
- Sound FC website
- USL Soccer profile (archived)