Sound FC (women)

The Seattle Sounders of the second-division A-League announced plans for a women's team in April 2000 and hired Chance Fry as head coach.[4] The organization had planned for a women's team for several years and named them Seattle Sounders Select Women as part of their development system, which already included the men's Seattle Sounders Select in the USL Premier Development League.[5][6] The team held an open tryout at the end of the month that included 55 players, mostly from Washington state. They played exhibition matches in the provisional Pacific Northwest Division of the USL W-League, with home games primarily at Memorial Stadium in Seattle that would precede men's Sounders games.[4][6]

The Select Women played their inaugural match on June 10, 2000, against the Spokane Chill at Joe Albi Stadium and won 5–0 with two goals by forward Janelle Munnis.[7] The team finished the 2000 season with an undefeated 8–0–3 record and outscored their opponents 40–4 in provisional league matches and friendlies.[8] The women's team drew approximately 5,000 total spectators at Memorial Stadium, including 2,222 at the home opener on June 29 against the Vancouver Lady 86ers; an additional exhibition game at Mount St. High School in Snoqualmie drew 1,300 in attendance.[9] The Select Women formally joined the W-League's 1st Division in 2001 and was placed in the Western Conference alongside the Portland Rain and Vancouver Breakers (successor to the Lady 86ers). Seattle played their home matches at Issaquah High School and finished second in the conference with a 12–4–4 record, but failed to qualify for the playoffs.[10]

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.[11] It was their first season under head coach Dick McCormick, who was also an assistant coach for the men's team and played several matches during the year.[12] They were the first team to play at the new Seahawks Stadium (now Lumen Field) as part of a doubleheader with the Sounders against their respective Vancouver opponents on July 27, 2002. The Select Women won 4–3 in overtime.[13][14] The team won 5–1 in their opening playoffs match against the Arizona Heatwave in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, with four goals scored by Shelby Brownfield.[15] The Select Women advanced to face hosts Denver Lady Cougars for a semifinal berth, but lost 2–1 in overtime.[16]

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 team signed several professional players, including U.S. national team members Hope Solo, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, and Sydney Leroux, for the 2012 season following the collapse of the Women's Professional Soccer league. 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.[24] After the W-League folded in November 2015,[25] the Sounders Women moved to the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL). They won a WPSL championship in 2018.[26] The team terminated their branding agreement with the MLS Sounders in January 2020 and were renamed Sound FC.[27]

• Issaquah High School (2001), capacity: 2,500[28]

As of May 21, 2019.[29]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Laurel Ivory 2 DF  USA Alyssa Conarton 3 DF  USA Kaylene Pang 4 DF  USA Jodi Ulkekul 5 MF  USA Kristina O'Donnell 6 FW  USA Morgan Weaver 7 FW  AUS Melina Ayres 8 FW  USA Kaylee Dao 9 MF  USA Summer Yates 10 MF  JPN Yuuka Kurosaki 11 DF  USA Kirsten Pavlisko 12 DF  USA Jordan Thompson 13 DF  USA Kimberly Hazlett 14 MF  USA Taylor Nielsen 15 DF  USA Emily Madril 16 DF  USA Samantha Hiatt

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  USA Sianna Siemonsma 18 DF  PHI Alicia Barker 19 MF  USA Taylor Radecki 20 MF  USA Sophie Hirst 21 MF  USA Olivia Van der Jagt 22 FW  USA Leahi Manthei 23 MF  USA Holly Rothering 24 FW  USA India Jencks 25 FW  JAM Mireya Grey 26 DF  USA Stephanie Spiekerman 27 MF  JPN Hikari Yamada 28 DF  USA Rachel Bowler 29 MF  USA Anna Henderson 30 GK  USA Riley Travis 31 GK  USA Madeline Nielsen

• Sound FC website
• USL Soccer profile (archived)