Seattle Sounders (1974–1983)
| Full name | Seattle Sounders | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Sounders | ||
| Founded | December 11, 1973 | ||
| Dissolved | September 6, 1983 | ||
| Stadium | Memorial Stadium Kingdome | ||
| Capacity | 17,925 58,218 (limited to 38,000) | ||
| League | NASL | ||
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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.