Tacoma Defiance
| Nickname(s) | Defiance | ||
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| Founded | October 14, 2014 (as Seattle Sounders FC 2) | ||
| Stadium | Starfire Sports Complex | ||
| Capacity | 4,500 | ||
| Owner | Seattle Sounders FC | ||
| Head coach | Hervé Diese | ||
| League | MLS Next Pro | ||
| 2023 | 2nd, Western Conference Playoffs: Conference Semifinals | ||
| Website | www | ||
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The Tacoma Defiance, formerly Seattle Sounders FC 2, are an American professional soccer team based in the Puget Sound region in Tukwila, Washington, United States. The team competes in MLS Next Pro, a league in the third tier of the United States soccer league system, as the reserve team of Seattle Sounders FC. Formerly, 20 percent of the club was fan-owned through the non-profit Sounders Community Trust.
The club was established in 2014 as Seattle Sounders FC 2 (S2) and originally played at Starfire Sports in Tukwila. The team moved to Tacoma's Cheney Stadium in 2018 and was rebranded as the Defiance the following season. The club operates out of the Sounders headquarters and training facility at Longacres in Renton, Washington.