SportsDatabase Atlas

Where the global sports dataset comes to life.

Browse verified leagues, teams, players, events, and curated collections sourced from the SportsDatabase community. Every record links back to moderation trails you can trust.

Soccer79% complete

Gender:Male

Est:2014

Players:14

Tacoma Defiance

Also known as: Seattle Sounders FC 2

📍 Tacoma, Washington, USA, United States•MLS Next Pro

ID: team_138866

Show 3 missing fields

Contribute data

Data completion11/14 fields

About

Tacoma Defiance, formerly Seattle Sounders FC 2, is an American professional soccer team based in Tacoma, Washington, U.S. that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the national soccer pyramid, as the reserve team of Seattle Sounders FC. The Defiance is operated by The Baseball Club of Tacoma (operator/owner of the Tacoma Rainiers) and managed by Seattle Sounders FC, while 20 percent of the club is fan-owned through the non-profit Sounders Community Trust. The club was established in 2014 as Seattle Sounders FC 2 (S2) and originally played at Starfire Sports in Tukwila, Washington. The team moved to Tacoma's Cheney Stadium in 2018 and was rebranded as the Defiance the following season. The Defiance plans to move into a new soccer-specific stadium near Cheney Stadium in the 2020s.

City:Tacoma, Washington, USA

Country:United States

Stadium:Cheney Stadium

Capacity:6,500

Stadium

Cheney Stadium

Capacity:6,500

Location:Tacoma, Washington, USA

Cheney Stadium is a Minor League Baseball stadium located in Tacoma, Washington. It currently serves as home of the Tacoma Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League, as well as Tacoma Defiance of the USL Championship and Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League. The stadium opened in 1960 and has a capacity of 6,500. It is next to Henry Foss High School, and the stadium has an agreement with the school to use the school parking lot for parking.