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=NASL attendance=


 * Record progression
 * April 27, 1974 – season opener: Dallas Tornado 2–1 St. Louis Stars (23,904) at Texas Stadium
 * May 18, 1974: Philadelphia Atoms 1–0 Denver Dynamos (24,093) at Veterans Stadium
 * June 29, 1975: Washington Diplomats 2–9 New York Cosmos (35,620) at RFK Memorial Stadium
 * July 26, 1975: Portland Timbers 2–1 Seattle Sounders (27,310) at Civic Stadium; largest non-Cosmos attendance
 * April 9, 1976: Seattle Sounders 1–3 New York Cosmos (58,128) at Kingdome stadium debut for preseason match
 * June 6, 1976: Tampa Bay Rowdies 5–1 New York Cosmos (42,611) at Tampa Stadium
 * Broken a week later
 * June 9, 1976: Minnesota Kicks 1–2 New York Cosmos (47,164) at Metropolitan Stadium
 * June 19, 1977: New York Cosmos 3–1 Tampa Bay Rowdies (62,394) at Giants Stadium
 * August 14, 1977 (playoffs): New York Cosmos 8–3 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (77,691) at Giants Stadium

Preparations

 * Teams
 * Friendlies in USA and abroad
 * 6 June warmup doubleheader at Civic Stadium in Portland, featuring first women's soccer broadcast on terrestrial/broadcast TV
 * Australians tour North Korea
 * Residency camps
 * North Korea in New Jersey
 * Algarve Cup in March
 * Won by China
 * Travel logistics and scheduling
 * United States plays in every stadium except Portland and Spartan, due to projected knockout path


 * Other resources
 * Use
 * Use

Details for Final article

 * "Cheating" causes outcry in China
 * Only World Cup to be won by hosts
 * US title credited to Title IX
 * Victory tour for USWNT (11 matches in indoor venues), self-organized for better pay
 * Other disputes leave team members, including Hamm, out of rosters for some years
 * Reception at White House a week after the final
 * Continued popularity on par with USMNT due to latter's struggles at world stage

Venues

 * Low attendance for opening weekend due to lack of recognizable teams, competition with fall sports, and ticket packages bought by fans waiting for American and knockout matches (Carson)

Squads

 * Mention number of WUSA players (per team?)

Knockout stage
The knockout stage of the Women's World Cup, played entirely in early October, consisted of three single-elimination rounds leading to a final and a third-place playoff. Following a tie in regulation time, two 15-minute periods of extra time would be used to determine a winner. For the second and final time in Women's World Cup history, the golden goal would be used during extra time to instantly decide the winner in sudden death. If the score remained tied at the end of extra time, a penalty shootout would ensue.

=Washington State Adult Soccer Association=

The Washington State Adult Soccer Association (WSASA)

History

 * "Adult" added to name in 2000s?

Organization

 * Affiliation with Youth Soccer Association?
 * Women's Soccer Association?
 * Leagues and tournaments

History

 * Study launched in December 2017
 * Proposed in 2018 as part of S2 moving to Tacoma
 * Reign added in January 2019
 * July 2019: $300 million plan unveiled, on site of current 34-acre Heidelberg/Davis complex next to Foss High School
 * To open in 2021, with light rail in 2039
 * As of January 2020: Negotiations are ongoing, stakeholder outreach
 * As of February 2020: Funding shortfall to be filled by government
 * 2021: Reign propose upgrade to 10,000 seats, to open in 2024

Proposed design
As of July 2019:


 * 5,500 seat stadium (72,000 sq ft)
 * Mixed-use sports village with 520 residential units, 70,000 sq ft of retail
 * Multi-field sports complex (eight fields, $34 million)
 * $300 million cost, including $52 million private; $60 million just for stadium

Road to the final

 * Match reports
 * First final under the Lamar Hunt name (changed on September 7, 1999)
 * 86th edition overall
 * 146 teams entered
 * Different rules from MLS due to shootouts and clocks
 * Rochester defeated three MLS teams in earlier rounds (MLS champion Chicago, Open Cup champion Dallas, Columbus)
 * 1996 Rhinos reached the final, losing to D.C.
 * City was considered for MLS franchise several times
 * Semifinals played in Virginia Beach around the time of Hurricane Dennis

Venue

 * Predetermined?

Broadcasting

 * ESPN
 * First time that the final has been broadcast nationally

Summary

 * Resources
 * Rochester recap: front page, D1 story, D1 column
 * U.S. Soccer recap
 * Video replay
 * 2020 recap

Details

 * MLS details

Post-match

 * Tribute coverage: FFT, DC 2013
 * CNN/SI coverage: A milestone game

Road to the final

 * Amateur team's cinderella run

Aftermath

 * 8 May 2020: "Charity shield" style match between Suwon and K-League winners Jeonbuk to open season amid coronavirus
 * AFC Champions League performance

Route to the final
The United States and Mexico are major rivals and had won all but one edition of the Gold Cup since its conception in 1991. The two teams met in the 1993 final and the 2003 final, which were both won by Mexico. Both teams were automatically entered into the tournament as members of the North American Football Union, alongside Canada.

United States

 * Controversy over semifinal result

Post-match
The United States and Mexico had already been invited to participate in the 2007 Copa América, held in Venezuela. The U.S. finished last, while Mexico were eliminated in the semi-finals and earned third place. Both teams reached the 2009 Gold Cup Final, which Mexico won 5–0; the United States had sent a reserve team to the tournament, which was played immediately after they had finished as runners-up in the FIFA Confederations Cup.

The 2019 Gold Cup Final was played at Soldier Field between the U.S. and Mexico, with the latter winning 1–0.

Match

 * 38,000 tickets sold out of 40,000 expected by October 14
 * Prices: $25, $40, $65, $80
 * Pre-game gala at Reagan Center for postseason awards
 * MLSnet notes

Summary

 * Notable attendees: Lamar Hunt (missing rare Chiefs-Raiders game); Johan Cruyff for Stoitchkov, visited Chicago locker room
 * Kansas City oral history
 * 22-6 shot difference (Chicago vs KC); 3 saves in final 10 minutes for Meola
 * 2000 in Year video

Post-match

 * First Western Conference victory
 * First major league championship for Kansas City since Royals in 1985
 * First major non-indoor soccer title since Kansas City Spurs won NASL in 1969
 * First league championship for owner Lamar Hunt since 1970 Super Bowl
 * Molnar announces retirement
 * Victory rally the following day at Arrowhead with 2,000 fans
 * Frosted Flakes for winners?
 * U.S. Open Cup final (October 21 vs Miami)
 * Chicago loses 2003 cup, Kansas loses 2004 cup (wins in 2013 after rebrand)
 * 2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup (includes 2001 champion): Chicago eliminated in QF and KC in SF by Morelia

Match

 * Notable attendees: FIFA president Joao Havelange and Univision commentator Andres Cantor.

Summary

 * Recaps: Washington Post, Boston Globe, Modesto Bee
 * Retrospectives: MLSsoccer.com Oral History, Wahl/Straus at SI, Carlisle/Davis at ESPN, AP

Post-match

 * Season summaries
 * Earthquakes name change

United States
The United States qualified for the Gold Cup as winners of their group in the CONCACAF Champions League A, ahead of Canada and Cuba. They entered the tournament as the second-highest ranked team in CONCACAF and were seeded into Group B.


 * Canada rematch
 * Nations League Final

Mexico

 * Roster impacts due to Olympics

Background

 * Overview of CONCACAF tournaments and US involvement (nil until 1990s?)
 * 1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup: APSL incarnation advanced to final group stage and finished last

2009 to 2015

 * 2010 CCL: debut against Isidro Metapan in preliminaries, then placing last in Group C

2015 to 2021

 * Lagerwey era

2022 FIFA Club World Cup

 * Also qualified for 2025

Other competitions

 * First MLS club to reach Leagues Cup Final
 * Including friendlies?

Background
The original Seattle Sounders played in the North American Soccer League from 1974 until 1983, shortly before the league folded. An amateur team for local players, FC Seattle Storm, formed the following year to compete in exhibition matches and the Western Soccer Alliance, which later became a full league. The league was merged with the American Soccer League to form the professional APSL in 1990. The Storm played one season in the APSL and had an average attendance of more than 3,000, but went on hiatus the following year and later folded.

A bid for an APSL expansion team named the Sounders was announced in September 1993 by former Microsoft executives Scott Oki and Neil Farnsworth.


 * New bid, MLS competition
 * Plans for a permanent home with 15K to 20K seats and grass pitch

Preseason and friendlies

 * Tryouts and training camps?
 * 15 players by May, all from Puget Sound region
 * Preseason friendlies: Canadian national team and UNAM Pumas

Regular season

 * By July: 1,700 season tickets and 8,000 expected per home match
 * Cancelled matches vs. Houston Force: August 26 (H at Tacoma Dome)
 * Stadiums: Memorial (4; capacity of 11,050 and small dimensions), Tacoma Dome (5; turf), Kingdome (1) vs. Vancouver on July 30?
 * Kingdome tiles need immediate replacement in July 1994 and forces game to be moved
 * Tacoma Dome replaced Kingdome for July 30; Husky Stadium was also considered
 * July 30 match includes 2 ejections for Vancouver, 5-0 victory
 * Six wins at Tacoma Dome; first game in Seattle on September 9 (first Sounders game in Seattle since August 24, 1983)
 * Final three games at Memorial
 * Five matches against the 86ers
 * "League-high average attendance of 6,300 fans"

Match results
Key


 * In the result column, Seattle's score is shown first.
 * H = Home match
 * A = Away match


 * OT = Overtime
 * SO = Shootout
 * pen. = Penalty kick
 * o.g. = Own goal

APSL regular season

 * Source: RSSSF

League standings

 * 6 points for a win in regulation
 * 4 points for a shootout win
 * 2 points for a shootout loss
 * 0 points for a loss
 * up to 3 extra points per game for each goal

Players

 * Players list from Seattle Pitch
 * StatsCrew
 * Former NASL Sounders who returned: Fry, Schmetzer
 * Former Stars player Gary Heale (37 years old), Hoggan, and Medved
 * Twin brothers Jason and James Dunn signed from Seattle Pacific


 * End of season honors
 * Coach of the Year: Hinton
 * Rookie of the Year: Jason Dunn
 * All-League First Team: Hahnemann (GK), Megson (DF), Medved (MF), Fry (FW)
 * All-League Second Team: James Dunn (DF), Hoggan (MF), Jason Dunn (FW)

Aftermath

 * Pumas would later play Sounders in 2022 CCL Final, complete with Brian Schmetzer as coach

Friendlies

 * November 19, 1995: Sounders host Vissel Kobe for charity match to raise $20,000 for earthquake relief; win 3–2 with over 7,000 in attendance

=2023 Seattle Sounders FC season=

Overall statistics
Last updated: May 2, 2023

=2021 Seattle Sounders FC season=

Summary

 * Winter transfers
 * João Paulo loan ends, later bought outright
 * Free transfers of Montero and Rowe
 * Loan for Morris (ended after 5 matches)


 * New away jersey
 * 11 matches without conceding a goal in run of play
 * Austin match with many injuries and callups – From Atencio to Vargas: Meet the Seattle Sounders' teenage sensations
 * 13 match unbeaten streak to tie MLS record
 * Home unbeaten streak of 14 matches (September 2020 to July 7, 2021)


 * Summer transfers
 * Benezet in trade from Colorado
 * Léo Chú with U22 Initiative

Players

 * Total salary: $12.16 million (12th in league) as of May release
 * 66 percent spent on top 5 players
 * Roster preview: The Sounders' roster is different entering the 2021 MLS season, but the goal remains the same
 * Roster notes: 30 maximum (20 senior, 10 supplemental in 3 tranches), 3 DPs, 8 international slots?
 * International slots (green cards exempt)

Background

 * Wade Webber hired in 2021
 * Finished 12th in the Western Conference (2021)
 * Moved to MLS Next Pro as part of dissolution of MLS–USL affiliate partnership

Summary

 * All regular season matches are in-conference
 * Roster preview
 * 7 returning players
 * Site recaps
 * MLS Next Pro rules: 3 points for win, 1 point for draw, 0 for loss; tied matches go to PK shootout, winner gets additional point

Match results
The MLS Next Pro schedule was announced on February 24, 2022. The regular season—from late March to September—comprised 24 matches that were primarily against teams in the same division. The Defiance played the four other teams in the Pacific Division three times and the remaining six teams in the Western Conference twice.

{{football box collapsible }}
 * round     = 20
 * date      = August 15
 * time      = 5:00 p.m. PDT
 * team1     = Minnesota United FC 2
 * score     = 2–1
 * report    = https://www.mlsnextpro.com/competitions/mls-next-pro/2022/matches/minvstac-08-15-2022/
 * team2     = Tacoma Defiance
 * goals1    =
 * Gutiérrez {{yel|45}}
 * Kibunguchy {{yel|46}}
 * Jackson {{goal|74}}, {yellow: 88'
 * Arce {{goal|90+2}}
 * goals2    =
 * Hafferty {{yel|51}}
 * Cissoko {{goal|70|pen.}}
 * Sousa yellow: 79'
 * Baker-Whiting {{yel|83}}
 * Sabella {{yel|89}}
 * Ocampo-Chavez {{yel|90+4}}
 * referee   = Drew Klemp
 * stadium   = National Sports Center
 * location  = Blaine, Minnesota
 * attendance =
 * result    = L

{{football box collapsible }}
 * round     = 22
 * date      = August 26
 * time      = 6:00 p.m. PDT
 * team1     = Real Monarchs
 * score     = 1–0
 * report    = https://www.mlsnextpro.com/competitions/mls-next-pro/2022/matches/slcvstac-08-26-2022/
 * team2     = Tacoma Defiance
 * goals1    =
 * Schmitt ⚽ 7'
 * Kei yellow: 40'
 * Reedy yellow: 42'
 * Rodriguez sent off: 64'
 * Holt yellow: 68'
 * Bikyeombe {{yel|79}}
 * Fonseca yellow: 90+9'
 * goals2    =
 * Teves yellow: 1'
 * Mendoza yellow: 65'
 * Vargas yellow: 66'
 * referee   = Jordan Downs
 * stadium   = Zions Bank Stadium
 * location  = Herriman, Utah
 * attendance =
 * result    = L

{{football box collapsible }}
 * round     = 24
 * date      = September 18
 * time      = 4:00 p.m. PDT
 * team1     = Tacoma Defiance
 * score     = 0–2
 * report    = https://www.mlsnextpro.com/competitions/mls-next-pro/2022/matches/tacvspor-09-18-2022/
 * team2     = Portland Timbers 2
 * goals1    =
 * Mendoza sent off: 54', 60'
 * Cissoko yellow: 90+3'
 * goals2    =
 * Hinestroza yellow: 10'
 * Miscic yellow: 63'
 * Gutierrez ⚽ 66', 76'
 * Vom Steeg {{yel|88}}
 * referee   = Adorae Monroy
 * stadium   = Starfire Sports Stadium
 * location  = Tukwila, Washington
 * attendance =
 * result    = L

Transfers

 * MLS Next Pro rules (no salary cap)

In

 * Loans from MFK Vyškov (Czechia): Minoungou

Aftermath

 * Roster decisions on October 28

Match

 * LAFC land at 11 pm Thursday
 * Watch parties:
 * Columbus – Commons, various bars
 * LAFC – The Fields LA by BMO Stadium

Summary

 * Weather: Cloudy, then rainy mid-match
 * lineups
 * Halftime: 1 "weak shot" for LAFC

Post-match

 * LA notes
 * First goal breaks Crepeau's shutout streak in playoffs at 353 playoff minutes
 * Bouanga's goal brings him to 38 total, matching Vela's record
 * Several key players now out of contract, including Vela (the last 2018 player)

Venue

 * Grass laid over turf only a day before the match

Team awards

 * Philip F. Anschutz Trophy
 * Supporters' Shield – Overseen by Independent Supporters Council
 * MLS Fair Play Award

Honors

 * MLS Best XI
 * MLS All-Stars

Individual awards

 * Statistical awards
 * MLS Golden Boot


 * Fan votes
 * Goal of the Year
 * Save of the Year


 * Votes
 * Landon Donovan MVP Award
 * Coach of the Year
 * Goalkeeper of the Year
 * Young Player of the Year
 * Defender of the Year
 * Comeback Player of the Year
 * Newcomer of the Year
 * Referee of the Year
 * Fair Play

Seasons
=Seattle Sounders FC draft history=
 * Based on Detroit Lions draft history and others


 * Describe MLS SuperDraft format (pre- and post- online)
 * Eventual All-Stars?


 * Sources
 * MLS Fact and Record Book (2024, pp. 220 to 235)
 * FBref Draft History