Puget Sound Soccer Academy Rapids (more commonly known as PSSA Rapids) is an American soccer team, founded in 2001. The team is a member of the Pacific Coast Soccer League

Pacific Coast Soccer League

The Pacific Coast Soccer League is a soccer league featuring teams from British Columbia, although the league has also featured teams from Washington in the past as well...

 (PCSL), a recognized Division IV league in the American Soccer Pyramid

American Soccer Pyramid

The United States soccer pyramid is a term used in soccer to describe the structure of the league system in the United States. The country's governing body for the sport, the United States Soccer Federation , oversees the system but does not operate any of its component leagues—with one temporary...

 which features teams from western Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 and the Pacific Northwest

Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...

 region of the United States of America.

The team plays its home matches in the stadium on the campus of Whatcom Community College

Whatcom Community College

Whatcom Community College , known as Whatcom, is a community college located in Bellingham, Washington, the county seat of Whatcom County. Whatcom, a public associate degree-granting college, has course and program offers in the liberal arts, professional/technical, basic education and...

 in the city of Bellingham, Washington

Bellingham, Washington

Bellingham is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the twelfth-largest city in the state. Situated on Bellingham Bay, Bellingham is protected by Lummi Island, Portage Island, and the Lummi Peninsula, and opens onto the Strait of Georgia...

. The team's colors are navy blue and white.

Until 2005 the team competed as Skagit Rapids, and were based in the city of Mount Vernon, Washington

Mount Vernon, Washington

Mount Vernon is a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The population was 31,743 at the 2010 census. It is one of two principal cities of and included in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the county seat of Skagit County...

, after which they became part of the larger Puget Sound Soccer Academy organisation.

Current roster

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	US Open Cup
2001	4	PCSL	9th		Did not qualify
2002	4	PCSL	2nd		Did not qualify
2003	4	PCSL	5th		Did not qualify
2004	4	PCSL	6th		Did not qualify
2005	4	PCSL	6th, North	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2006	4	PCSL	11th		Did not qualify
2007	4	PCSL	10th		Did not qualify
2008	4	PCSL	5th		Did not qualify
2009	4	PCSL