Tacoma Defiance

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Tacoma Defiance
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Template: Infobox football company / maintenance / no picture
Football company
Template: Infobox football company / maintenance / no picture
Surname Tacoma Defiance
Seat Tacoma , Washington , USA
founding October 14, 2014
owner 80%: Seattle Sounders
20%: Sounders Community Trust
Website tacdefiance.com
First team
Head coach Chris Little
Venue Cheney Stadium
Places 6,500
league USL Championship
2019 Western Conference: 17th place

Tacoma Defiance , former Seattle Sounders 2 , is a franchise of professional football - League USL Championship from Tacoma , Washington . The franchise is majority owned by the Seattle Sounders from Major League Soccer and serves as the farm team for the Sounders.

history

Following the dissolution of the MLS Reserve Division and a cooperation agreement between the United Soccer League and Major League Soccer , the Seattle Sounders 2 were announced on October 14, 2014 as the new United Soccer League franchise for the 2015 season. The franchise is owned 80 percent by the Seattle Sounders from Major League Soccer and 20 percent by the Sounders Community Trust , a fan-owned non-profit organization . The Seattle Sounders 2 serve as the Seattle Sounders' farm team . The first head coach in franchise history was Ezra Hendrickson , who had previously been an assistant coach on the MLS team.

For the 2019 season , the franchise was renamed Tacoma Defiance and received a new logo.

Stadion

In the 2015 , 2016 and 2017 seasons, the team played at Starfire Sports in Tukwila , Washington . For the 2018 season , the franchise moved to Cheney Stadium in Tacoma , Washington .

Coach history

Seattle Sounders 2
Tacoma Defiance

Seasonal balance sheets

season League (level) Western Conference Play-offs Lamar Hunt US Open Cup
Seattle Sounders 2
2015 United Soccer League (III) 06/12 Conference quarterfinals 4th round
2016 12/15 not qualified not participated
2017 United Soccer League (II) 12/15
2018 16/17
Tacoma Defiance
2019 USL Championship (II) 17/18 not qualified not participated

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Sounders FC Unveils Second Team Sounders FC 2 , soundersfc.com, October 14, 2015, accessed February 10, 2020.
  2. Sounders FC 2 Names Ezra Hendrickson First Head Coach in Team History , soundersfc.com, November 13, 2014, accessed February 10, 2020.
  3. Sounders' second-division squad rebrands as Tacoma Defiance , seattletimes.com, January 30, 2019, accessed February 10, 2020.
  4. S2 Heads to Tacoma's Cheney Stadium for 2018 , uslsoccer.com, November 1, 2017, accessed February 10, 2020.
  5. Sounders FC announces technical staff updates ahead of 2018 campaign , soundersfc.com, January 30, 2018, accessed February 10, 2020.
  6. Chris Little promoted to Sounders FC 2 Head Coach following departure of previous manager John Hutchinson , soundersfc.com, January 23, 2019, accessed February 10, 2020.