Lawmakers in Wright's native Mississippi voted late last month to remove and replace the state’s flag, which had flown for 126 years. Seattle Sounders FC won the U.S. Open Cup in the team's inaugural season of 2009. SEATTLE — Seattle sports power couple Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird shared the news of their engagement on Instagram Friday evening.
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The current version of the Sounders plays at CenturyLink Field. The city of Seattle has a total of 18 national championship honors, including one Stanley Cup, one NBA Championship, one Super Bowl Championship, four WNBA championships, four U.S. Open Cup championships, one MLS Supporters' Shield, two MLS Cup championships, two NWSL Shields and two MLR Championship Shields. 2018 WNBA All-Stars Jewell Loyd, league and Finals MVP Breanna Stewart, and veteran Olympic gold medalist Sue Bird along with the rest of the Seattle Storm seek a back-to-back championship in 2019. Seattle's first professional sports championship was brought to the city by the Seattle Metropolitans in 1917, when they became the first American team to win the coveted Stanley Cup by beating the Montreal Canadiens three games to one. In 1967, the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics (more commonly known as the "Sonics") became the first modern-day major professional sports franchise in Seattle. The Mariners’ retro-style T-Mobile Park is one of the most beautiful ballparks in the country. Bird has played for the Seattle Storm since being drafted in 2002 and this year helped the team win its fourth WNBA championship. Temporary homes during renovations to Climate Pledge Arena. Watch them battle it out on the ice this season at the ShoWare Center in Kent, just south of Seattle. The Sounders beat the Chicago Fire 2–0 in front of a then record-setting MLS crowd of 35,615 at CenturyLink Field on October 4, 2011.
Low 66F. On September 16, 2014, the Sounders captured their fourth U.S. Open Cup title, overcoming the Philadelphia Union – on the Union's home pitch – in extra time by a final score of 3–1. It’s also one of only a handful of stadiums with a retractable roof (which can open or close in 10-20 min. Website. Two of Seattle Reign’s brightest stars, Megan Rapinoe and Hope Solo, were instrumental in helping the U.S. win gold at both the 2012 London Olympics and the 2015 FIFA World Cup, and silver at the 2011 FIFA World Cup.
SPU also has won the GNAC All-Sports championship twice: 2005-06 and again in 2006-07.The Directors Cup is an all-sports compilation encompassing all members of NCAA Division II – 282 schools altogether. Between 2005-10, SPU had five straight top-30 finishes, and last year was among the upper third of the 234 schools that scored Directors Cup points.
The Pilots' sole season was immortalized in Jim Bouton's book Ball Four.
In 1977, following years of legal wrangling over the move of the Seattle Pilots to Milwaukee (to become the Milwaukee Brewers), the MLB awarded Seattle a new baseball franchise, the Seattle Mariners.