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| Founded | November 21, 2012[1] | ||
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| Stadium | Lumen Field Seattle, Washington | ||
| Capacity | 10,000[i] | ||
| Owners | The Carlyle Group (majority) Seattle Sounders FC | ||
| Governor | Adrian Hanauer | ||
| Head coach | Laura Harvey | ||
| League | National Women's Soccer League | ||
| 2024 | 13th of 14 | ||
| Website | https://www.reignfc.com/ | ||
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Seattle Reign FC is an American professional women's soccer team based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 2012, it was one of eight inaugural members of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and continues to play in the league. Since June 2024, the Reign are owned by the private equity firm Carlyle Group and the Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC.[3]
In 2020, OL Groupe, the parent company of French clubs Olympique Lyonnais and Olympique Lyonnais Féminin, became the team's majority owner and the team played as OL Reign from 2020 to 2023.[4][5] Laura Harvey is the team's head coach; she led the team to two consecutive NWSL Shield wins in 2014 and 2015 and a third in 2022.[6]
Seattle Reign FC has played its home matches at Lumen Field since 2022. The team previously played at Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila (2013), at Memorial Stadium (2014–18), and at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma (2019–21).
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