Seattle Sounders (1974–1983)

Seattle Sounders
Full nameSeattle Sounders
Nickname(s)Sounders
FoundedDecember 11, 1973
DissolvedSeptember 6, 1983 (1983-09-06)
StadiumMemorial Stadium
Kingdome
Capacity17,925
58,218 (limited to 38,000)
LeagueNASL

The Seattle Sounders were an American professional soccer team based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1974, the team belonged to the North American Soccer League where it played both indoor and outdoor soccer. The team folded after the 1983 NASL outdoor season but the name was revived in 1994 for a lower-division team and Seattle Sounders FC of the top-flight Major League Soccer, founded in 2007.