The Seattle Sounders Women is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2003. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues

United Soccer Leagues

The United Soccer Leagues is the organizer of several soccer leagues with teams in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. It includes men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Leagues currently organized are the USL Pro, the USL Premier Development League, the W-League, and...

 W-League

W-League

The USL W-League is a national women's soccer league in the United States on the 2nd level of women's soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, alongside the Women's Premier Soccer League and below Women's Professional Soccer....

, 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

Real Colorado Cougars

Real Colorado Cougars is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2003. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada...

, LA Strikers, Pali Blues

Pali Blues

Pali Blues is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2008. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada...

, Santa Clarita Blue Heat

Santa Clarita Blue Heat

Santa Clarita Blue Heat is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2008. The club was known as the Ventura County Fusion for its first two years of existence. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada...

, Vancouver Whitecaps FC (women) and Victoria Highlanders Women

Victoria Highlanders Women

Victoria Highlanders Women is a Canadian women's soccer team founded in 2010. The women Highlanders join the USL W-League in 2011 , the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada...

.

The Sounders play their home games at Starfire Sports Complex

Starfire Sports Complex

Starfire Sports Complex is a sporting facility in Tukwila, Washington, on the banks of the Green River, near Seattle. It is operated by the non-profit corporation Starfire Sports. At the time of its opening, CEO Chris Slatt believed it to be "the largest synthetic-turf soccer complex in the...

 in Tukwila, Washington

Tukwila, Washington

Tukwila is a city in King County, Washington, United States. The northern edge of Tukwila borders the city of Seattle. The population was 19,107 at the 2010 census.-History:...

, 6 miles south of downtown Seattle

Seattle, Washington

Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

. The team's colors are green and white.

The team was a sister organization of the former men's Seattle Sounders

Seattle Sounders (USL)

Seattle Sounders was an American professional soccer team founded in 1994 as a member of the American Professional Soccer League. In 1997, the team became a member of the USL First Division, the second tier of the United States soccer pyramid, until 2008, after which the majority of the team's...

 team, which played in the USL First Division

USL First Division

The United Soccer Leagues First Division was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico....

. Following that team's reorganization into the Seattle Sounders FC

Seattle Sounders FC

Seattle Sounders FC is an American professional soccer club based in Seattle, Washington. The club competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Sounders FC was established in November 2007 as a MLS expansion team, making it the 15th team in...

 of Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...

, the team's ownership was taken over by Mike Jennings, owner of the USL Premier Development League

USL Premier Development League

The USL Premier Development League is the amateur league of the United Soccer Leagues in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda, forming part of the American Soccer Pyramid...

 franchise Tacoma Tide.

2011 roster

Notable former players

Cori Alexander

Cori Alexander

Corinne Renae Alexander is an American soccer goalkeeper and artistic photographer.- University career :...

 Tina Ellertson Lyndsey Patterson

Lyndsey Patterson

Lyndsey Patterson is an American soccer midfielder who currently plays for Atlanta Beat of Women's Professional Soccer.-External links:*...

 Lisa Sari

Lisa Sari

Lisa Sari is an American soccer midfielder who last played for Los Angeles Sol of Women's Professional Soccer.-External links:* * *...

 Rachel Rodrick

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs
2003	2	USL W-League	2nd, Western
2004	1	USL W-League	2nd, Western
2005	1	USL W-League	5th, Western
2006	1	USL W-League	2nd, Western	National Semifinals (3rd Place)
2007	1	USL W-League	2nd, Western	National Semifinals (3rd Place)
2008	1	USL W-League	3rd, Western	National Semifinals (4th Place)

External links

• Seattle Sounders Women website
• Seattle Sounders Women on USL Soccer