8 Facts About Sounders FC

1. On October 17, 2009, Sounders FC became the second MLS expansion team in league history to qualify for the playoffs in its first season.

2. On September 2, 2009, Sounders FC became the second MLS expansion team in league history to win the US Open Cup tournament in its first season.

3. Seattle Sounders FC are a major league soccer team, sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, based in Seattle, Washington with origins that go back to the 1970s and the North American Soccer League.

4. The Seattle Sounders FC finished their first year in the MLS playoffs, but lost in the semi-finals.

5. In 2017, the Sounders FC announced that the team would move to Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, with business operations transferred to the Tacoma Rainiers baseball club, ahead of a planned rebrand and soccer-specific stadium to be built in 2020.

6. On October 17, 2009, the Sounders FC became the third MLS expansion team in league history to qualify for the playoffs in its first season.

7. On September 2, 2009, the Sounders FC became the second MLS expansion team in league history to win the US Open Cup tournament in its first season.

8. Seattle Sounders FC is an American professional soccer club based in Seattle, Washington.