Pro Soccer at Starfire

Starfire Matches Photo Galleries: June 25 v. Salinas (US Open Cup) July 8 v. Portland: George Holland  YCJ  ECS

The Sounders played their 2005 playoff matches at Starfire leading up to the Final.

Seattle is undefeated at Starfire Sports Stadium.

The Seattle Sounders played three matches at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila in 2005. A local friendly v. the Seattle All Nations Bosnia team on June 17 resulted in a 3-0 Seattle victory. On June 25 the Sounders eliminated the Salinas Valley Samba at Starfire in a hard-fought 3-1 US Open Cup triumph. The culminating match at Starfire came on July 8th as Seattle played Portland on national TV on the Fox Soccer Channel in a USL-1 & Cascadia Cup match. Moved out of Qwest and to Starfire due to conflicts with the Gold Cup soccer series, the match was a cracker that ended 4-2 Sounders before over 3,200 fans. In the 2005 playoffs the Sounders eliminated Portland with a 2-0 win at Starfire, then fell to a 2-2 draw after leading the Montreal Impact 2-0 as late as the 85th minute. The Sounders eventually overcame Montreal and played the 2005 USL-1 final at Qwest Field before over 8,000 fans.