On Monday morning I got the opportunity to catch Seattle Reign‘s training session at their new home, Memorial Stadium at Seattle Center. It’s an old stadium in a great location. I wrote a lot more about it on Sounder at Heart, so be sure to check out my post over …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Rather than go into why the Seattle Reign are struggling or debate who’s to blame for their 0-6-1 start to the new league, I’m going to just focus on the photos. I’ll leave the analysis to the analysts. It was another beautiful evening out at Starfire. I admit to having …
The Seattle Reign managed to score their first two home goals on Thursday night against the Washington Spirit. But they were not enough to secure that elusive victory. The Spirit went on to win 4-2. Follow @mikerussellfoto (Click on the photos below to view them in a gallery)
It’s a new league and a new team. Seattle Reign FC has had a tough beginning to their inaugural season in the new NWSL. Winless after three matches, a win in their first match at home would have been a nice way to greet their new fans. But FC Kansas …