Seattle Sounders Women

For other similarly named teams, see Seattle Sounders (disambiguation).

Seattle Sounders Women

Full name	Seattle Sounders Women
Nickname(s)	Sounders
Founded	2001
Stadium	Starfire Sports Stadium (capacity: 4,500)
Owner	Cliff McElroy, Lane Smith & Mike Jennings
Community Relations	Teddy Mitalas
Head Coach	Hubert Busby, Jr.
League	USL W-League
2012	Regular Season: 2nd, West Playoffs: Did not qualify
Website	Club home page
Home colors Away colors

The Seattle Sounders Women is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2001. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States, and as a club in the Western Division, they play against Colorado Force, Colorado Rush, LA Strikers, Pali Blues, Santa Clarita Blue Heat, Vancouver Whitecaps FC (women) and Victoria Highlanders Women.

The Sounders play their home games at Starfire Sports Stadium in Tukwila, Washington, 6 miles south of downtown Seattle. The team's colors are green and white.

The team was a sister organization of the men's Seattle Sounders team, which played in the USL First Division. Following that team's reorganization into the Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer, the team's ownership was taken over by Mike Jennings, owner of the USL Premier Development League franchise Tacoma Tide (Sounders U-23). In 2011, Cliff McElroy & Lane Smith of Datec Inc. became majority owners while Mike Jennings has maintained a minority stake.

Players

Roster

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

No. Position Player 5 MF Isabel Farrell 7 MF Elizabeth Russell 9 MF Julia Roberts 10 MF Sophie Reiser 11 MF Keelin Winters

No. Position Player 19 DF Annie Sittauer 20 DF Ashley Willis 21 MF Lindsay Elston 22 MF Victoria Frederick 23 DF Kelli Smith 24 MF Kara Kuttler 25 DF Lindsey Johnson 26 FW Allie Beahan 27 MF Nicole Stanton 28 DF Brooke Gilbert 33 GK Katie Hultin 38 GK Megan Kufeld

Notable former players

• Hope Solo
• Alex Morgan
• Megan Rapinoe
• Keelin Winters
• Stephanie Cox
• Sydney Leroux
• Veronica Perez
• Kate Deines
• Megan Manthey
• Lyndsey Patterson
• Cori Alexander
• Tina Ellertson
• Rachel Rodrick
• Lisa Sari

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs
2001	2	USL W-League	3rd, Western
2002	2	USL W-League	4th, Western	Western Conference Finals
2003	2	USL W-League	2nd, Western
2004	2	USL W-League	2nd, Western	Western Conference Finals
2005	2	USL W-League	5th, Western
2006	2	USL W-League	2nd, Western	National Semifinals (3rd Place)
2007	2	USL W-League	2nd, Western	National Semifinals (3rd Place)
2008	2	USL W-League	3rd, Western	National Semifinals (4th Place)
2009	2	USL W-League	4th, Western
2010	2	USL W-League	3rd, Western
2011	2	USL W-League	5th, Western	National Semifinals (4th Place)
2012	2	USL W-League	2nd, Western	Western Conference Finals

External links

• Seattle Sounders Women website
• Seattle Sounders Women on USL Soccer
• W-League: Sounders Women Carry the Flag (The New York Times Soccer Blog)