The Seattle metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States is home to several professional and amateur sports teams. They include seven teams in major leagues, several in minor leagues, and collegiate programs for two National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I universities and one NCAA Division II university.
Jodie Lee Taylor is an English former professional footballer who last played as a striker for Arsenal of WSL. She began her club career with local team Tranmere Rovers and had brief spells in her home country with Birmingham City and Lincoln Ladies. A well-traveled player, she has also played abroad in the United States, Canada, Australia, Sweden and France.
Seattle Reign FC is an American professional women's soccer team based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 2012, it was one of eight inaugural members of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and continues to play in the league. Since June 2024, the Reign are owned by private equity firm The Carlyle Group and the Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC.
Amber Jean Brooks is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Dallas Trinity FC in the USL Super League. She has previously played for Adelaide United, Houston Dash, OL Reign, Washington Spirit, Portland Thorns, Bayern Munich, and Vancouver Whitecaps.
Lauren Kate Barnes is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Seattle Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously played for the Philadelphia Independence in the WPS and represented the United States on the under-15, under-20, and under-23 national teams. As of the end of the 2023 season, she has played the most-ever games and minutes of any NWSL player.
Taylor Peay is an American professional soccer player.
Spencer McNair Richey is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire.
Joshua David Heard is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for and captains Pacific FC of the Canadian Premier League.
Sydney Ann Cummings is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for USL Super League club Spokane Zephyr FC. Born in the United States, she represents Guyana at international level.
Emina Ekić is a Bosnian-American professional women's footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spokane Zephyr FC of the USL Super League, and for the Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national football team.
Sophie Wais Braun, known as Sophia Braun, is an Argentine footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spokane Zephyr FC in the USL Super League, on loan from National Women's Soccer League club Kansas City Current. Born and raised in the United States to an American father and an Argentine mother, she plays for the Argentina women's national team.
Taylor Aylmer is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Spokane Zephyr FC in the USL Super League.
The USL Super League (USLS) is a professional women's soccer league in the highest level of the United States league system, alongside the National Women's Soccer League. Organized by the United Soccer League (USL), it operates as its premier league for women above the pre-professional USL W League. The league consists of eight clubs who annually play four round-robins – two in the fall and two in the spring – to earn four places in a playoff tournament that determines the league's champion. Additional clubs are expected to join the league in the future. Clubs in the league have no cap on salaries or squad sizes, while minimum salaries are around US$35,000 to 37,000. There is no draft system, and squads are primarily built with free agents. The league's matches are streamed nationally on Peacock.
Marley Angelina Canales is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Spokane Zephyr FC of the USL Super League.
The 2023 OL Reign season was the team's eleventh season of play and their eleventh season in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's soccer in the United States.
Riley Madison Tanner Rintala is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for USL Super League club Spokane Zephyr FC. Born in the United States, she represents Panama at international level.
Katie Murray is an American soccer player. She plays as a midfielder for Spokane Zephyr of the USL Super League.
Spokane Zephyr FC is a professional women's soccer team based in Spokane, Washington, United States. It is a member of the USL Super League, a new Division I league operated by the United Soccer League, and debuted in August 2024. Zephyr FC is owned by Aequus Sports, which also operates Spokane Velocity FC of USL League One, another stadium tenant.
The 2024 season is the twelfth for Seattle Reign FC, a professional women's soccer team based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is their twelfth season in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's soccer in the United States.
The 2024–25 season of Dallas Trinity FC is the team's inaugural season as a professional women's soccer team and as well as the first for the USL Super League (USLS), one of two leagues to be in the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.
