In the last match of the season, Seattle Reign FC took on their rivals from the south, Portland Thorns FC. While USWNT star Alex Morgan was unavailable due to injury, Canadian national team captain Christine Sinclair led the Thorns to a 2-1 victory, scoring both of their goals. Megan Rapinoe …
On Tuesday, a good number of folks showed up at Starfire to catch their first glimpse of the newest Seattle Sounder in action, Clint Dempsey. But they would have to come back because he stayed home sick. Today there was a slightly smaller crowd, but Clint participated in the full …
US Women’s National Team star Megan Rapinoe led the Seattle Reign to a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Red Stars with 2 goals. It was definitely a whole team effort, though. Kaylyn Kyle scored from the penalty spot and Liz Bogus finished it off with a goal late in the …
Jessica McDonald scored a brace on Sunday, giving the Seattle Reign a 2-1 come-from-behind win against the Washington Spirit in front of a sold out crowd of ~3800. The Reign are now 4-0-2 over the last six matches, and might actually have a chance of getting to the playoffs if …
On Sunday night, Seattle Reign met the USA Women’s Under-20 National Team in a friendly at Starfire Sports complex in Tukwila, WA. After a scoreless first half, the U-20s scored 2 goals. But in the 81st minute Christine Nairn curled in a beautiful free kick to get the Reign on …
On Friday night, in their last home match of the regular season the Sounders Women gave up two early goals to Santa Clarita Blue Heat. But just before halftime they pulled one back with a goal by Annie Sittauer in first half stoppage time. In the 52nd minute, Jenna Richardson …
On June 30, the Sounders Women lost to Colorado Rapids by a score of 2-1. Here are some photos from the match. Follow @mikerussellfoto (Click on the photos below to view them in a gallery)
It’s been a long time coming, but Seattle Reign won their first match at home on Saturday, June 29. The victory over Chicago Red Stars comes on the heels of their first win of the season in the previous match. The goals were scored by arguably three of the teams …
The Sounders Women opened their season on Monday with an exciting 4-2 victory over the LA Strikers. It was a unique day out at Starfire, at least for us photographers–daylight from the start of the match all the way to the final whistle! I know that’s not very exciting to …
Arguably the league’s best team, Portland Thorns, played spoilers to Hope Solo’s debut appearance as Seattle Reign‘s number one after missing the beginning of the season due to a wrist surgery. The Reign looked like the better team for much of the first half. They kept US Women’s National Team …