Seattle Sounders
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| Full name | Seattle Sounders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Sounders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Qwest Field, Seattle, Washington |
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| Capacity | 67,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Adrian Hanauer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager |  Brian Schmetzer |
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| League | USL First Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 7th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Seattle Sounders is a U.S. professional soccer team based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1994, the men's team belongs to the USL First Division league, the second overall division of American soccer. The women's team, founded in 2000, belongs to the W-League soccer league. The Sounders Women play their home matches at Starfire Sports Complex.
The Sounders take their name from the original Seattle Sounders soccer team, which played from 1974 to 1983 in the North American Soccer League. The A-League/USL-1 Sounders have three championships to their credit, winning the league cup in 1995, 1996 and again in 2005. Seattle finished with the best regular season record in the league in 1994 and 2002. The Sounders have numerous division titles and advanced to the league finals in both 2004 and 2005. In 2004 the Sounders lost the championship 2-0 at Montreal. In 2005 Seattle drew the Richmond Kickers 1-1 at Qwest Field before claiming the championship 4-3 in penalty kicks. The Sounders have played at Qwest Field full-time since 2003. The Sounders played the first-ever sporting event at the stadium on July 28, 2002 before over 25,000 fans. Before this facility was built, the team played at Memorial Stadium. The NASL Sounders franchise also played at Memorial Stadium for its first two seasons before moving to the Kingdome. When the Sounders were "reborn" in 1994 they also played a few home matches at the Tacoma Dome.
More recently the club have played US Open Cup, friendly, USL-1 regular season and playoff matches at the suburban Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, when Qwest Field has not been available.
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[edit] Year-by-year
| Year | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs | Open Cup |
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| 1994 | APSL | 1st | Semifinals | Did not enter |
| 1995 | A-League | 2nd | Champion | Semifinals |
| 1996 | A-League | 3rd | Champion | Quarterfinals |
| 1997 | USISL A-League | 2nd, Pacific | Division Finals | Did not qualify |
| 1998 | USISL A-League | 2nd, Pacific | Conference Semifinals | Did not qualify |
| 1999 | USL A-League | 3rd, Pacific | Conference Semifinals | 3rd Round |
| 2000 | USL A-League | 1st, Pacific | Conference Semifinals | 2nd Round |
| 2001 | USL A-League | 5th, Western | Did not qualify | 2nd Round |
| 2002 | USL A-League | 1st, Pacific | Conference Semifinals | 3rd Round |
| 2003 | USL A-League | 1st, Pacific | Conference Finals | Quarterfinals |
| 2004 | USL A-League | 4th, Western | Final | Did not qualify |
| 2005 | USL First Division | 4th | Champion | 3rd Round |
| 2006 | USL First Division | 7th | Did not qualify | 3rd Round |
[edit] Rival Clubs
The Seattle Sounders have two bitter rivals, the southern club Portland Timbers and the northern club Vancouver Whitecaps. These three teams compete in the yearly Cascadia Cup. The Sounders would go on to win the trophy in 2006.
[edit] Supporters
The Seattle Sounders were first supported by the "Seattle Sounders Booster Club" in the 1970's and early 1980's. When the club returned in 1994 another supporters group started up. Eventually that group called itself "The Pod" in honor of the club mascot, an Orca whale. In 2005 the "Emerald City Supporters" were born. They drafted the motto "No Equal" that same season as the club won the USL-1 title. In 2007 a social group called the Sounders Legion was started.
[edit] Titles & Trophies
- National Conference Champion -1977 (NASL)
- Top of the Table -1980 (NASL)
- Western Division Champion -1980 (NASL)
- Trans-Atlantic Challenge Cup Champion -1981
- Western Division Champion -1982 (NASL)
- Europac Cup Winners -1982
- Top of the Table -1994 (APSL)
- League Champion - 1995 (APSL/A-League)
- League Champion -1996 (APSL/A-League)
- Pacific Division Champion -2000 (A-League)
- Top of the Table -2002 (A-League)
- Pacific Division Champion -2002 (A-League)
- Pacific Division Champion -2003 (A-League)
- Western Conference Champion - 2004 (A-League)
- League Champion - 2005 (USL First Division)
- Cascadia Cup - 2006 (USL-1)
[edit] Current squad
Nationality given from place of birth
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[edit] NASL
[edit] Year-by-year
| Year | League | W | L | T | Pts | Reg. Season | Playoffs |
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| 1974 | NASL | 10 | 7 | 3 | 101 | 3rd, Western | Did not qualify |
| 1975 | NASL | 15 | 7 | — | 129 | 2nd, Pacific Division | Lost Quarterfinal (Portland) |
| 1976 | NASL | 14 | 10 | — | 123 | 2nd, Pacific Conference, Western Division | Won 1st Round (Vancouver) Lost Division Championship (Minnesota) |
| 1977 | NASL | 14 | 12 | — | 123 | 3rd, Pacific Conference, Western Division | Won Division Championship (Vancouver) Won Conference Championship (Minnesota) Won Semifinal (Los Angeles) Lost Soccer Bowl '77 (Cosmos) |
| 1978 | NASL | 15 | 15 | — | 138 | 3rd, National Conference, Western Division | Lost 1st Round (Cosmos) |
| 1979 | NASL | 13 | 17 | — | 125 | 3rd, National Conference, Western Division | Did not qualify |
| 1979/80 | NASL Indoor | Did not enter | |||||
| 1980 | NASL | 25 | 7 | — | 201 | 1st, National Conference, Western Division | Won 1st Round (Vancouver Lost Conference Semifinals (Los Angeles) |
| 1980/81 | NASL Indoor | 9 | 9 | — | — | 4th, Western Division | Did not qualify |
| 1981 | NASL | 15 | 17 | — | 137 | 4th, Northwest | Lost 1st Round (Chicago) |
| 1981/82 | NASL Indoor | 9 | 9 | — | — | 3rd, National Conference, Northwest Division | Lost 1st Round (Edmonton) |
| 1982 | NASL | 18 | 14 | — | 166 | 1st, Western Division | Won 1st Round (Toronto) Won Semifinal (Ft. Lauderdale) Lost Soccer Bowl '82 (Cosmos) |
| 1982/83 | NASL Indoor | Season cancelled | |||||
| 1983 | NASL | 12 | 18 | — | 119 | 3rd, Western Division | Did not qualify |
[edit] Players of note
[edit] NASL
- Kevin Bond
- Jack Brand
- Ian Bridge
- Tony Chursky
- Joe Corrigan
- Steve Daley
- Roger Davies
- Mike England
- Jimmy Gabriel
- Roy Greaves
- Geoff Hurst
- Alan Hudson
- Tommy Hutchison
- Jimmy McAlister
- Bobby Moore
- Mark Peterson
- Harry Redknapp
- Bruce Rioch
- Jeff Stock
- Peter Ward
[edit] APSL/USL
- Mark Baena
- Preston Burpo
- Brian Ching
- Jason Farrell
- Chance Fry
- Maykel Galindo
- Herculez Gomez
- Taylor Graham
- Marcus Hahnemann
- Peter Hattrup
- Danny Jackson
- Dominic Kinnear
- C.J. Klaas
- Leighton O'Brien
- Ian Russell
- George Singh
- Craig Waibel
- Welton Melo
- Cam Weaver
[edit] External links
- Emerald City Supporters
- The Sounders Legion
- Seattle Sounders Trophy Case
- Official Site
- SounderCentral.com
- The Seattle Pitch
- Sounder Nation
- The Puget Sound Pro Soccer Museum
- Current Club Roster
- Latest Results
- Current USL-1 Standings
- Photo Galleries
- Seattle Sounder Saints (W-League Women's Club)
- Qwest Field
- Starfire Sports Complex
