Washington Freedom Futures

Washington Freedom Futures
Nickname(s)Freedom
Founded2009
GroundMaryland SoccerPlex
Capacity5,126
OwnerUnited States John Hendricks
ManagerUnited States Win Puffer[1]
LeagueW-League

Washington Freedom Futures was an American women’s soccer team and the top-level amateur team in the Washington Freedom Soccer Club hierarchy. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team plays in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference. The W-League team folded after the 2010 season.

The team played its home games in the stadium at Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown, Maryland. The club's colors were blue, red and white.

The team was part of the official development system of the Washington Freedom Women's Professional Soccer franchise, one of the most successful women's soccer teams in America. The senior Freedom team originally competed in the professional Women's United Soccer Association from 2001 to 2003, then joined the W-League in 2006. Once play began in WPS, however, the senior team competed in that league, and the Freedom's reserves took their place in the second tier. In November 2009, the team name was changed from the Washington Freedom (W-League) to the Washington Freedom Futures, and Joanna Lohman was named the team's general manager.[2]

  1. ^ "Contact Information". washingtonfreedom.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  2. ^ Plumb, Tierney (24 November 2009). "Washington Freedom taps GM for amateur team". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 25 November 2009.