2018 Seattle Reign FC season

Seattle Reign FC
2018 season
Owners	Bill and Teresa Predmore
President	Bill Predmore
Head coach	Vlatko Andonovski
Stadium	UW Medicine Pitch at Memorial Stadium
NWSL	3rd
Playoffs	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Jodie Taylor (9); All: Jodie Taylor (9)
Highest home attendance	5,251
Lowest home attendance	3,172
Average home league attendance	3,824
Home colors	Away colors
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OwnersBill and Teresa Predmore

PresidentBill Predmore

Head coachVlatko Andonovski

StadiumUW Medicine Pitch at Memorial Stadium

The 2018 Seattle Reign FC season was the club's sixth season of play and their sixth season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. After finishing fifth in the league for two consecutive seasons, the Reign finished third to return to the playoffs, where they lost to Portland Thorns FC in the semi-final.

Vlatko Andonovski replaced Laura Harvey as head coach on November 7, 2017.^[1] Andonovski was previously the head coach of FC Kansas City.

This was ultimately the club's last season of their first stint in Seattle, as well as its last as Seattle Reign FC. During the 2018–19 offseason, the club's principal owners, Bill and Teresa Predmore, announced that the team would move to Tacoma, Washington for 2019 and beyond, rebranding as Reign FC. In addition, the team gained two new minority investors—the ownership group of the Tacoma Rainiers, a Triple-A Minor League Baseball team in the Pacific Coast League, and Adrian Hanauer, the principal owner of the region's Major League Soccer team, Seattle Sounders FC. Reign FC played in the Rainiers' home of Cheney Stadium. A new soccer stadium in Tacoma, already planned for the Sounders' USL Championship affiliate Tacoma Defiance, was expected to be built by 2021, with Reign FC to move in upon its completion.^[2] However, in December 2021, it was announced that the club would return to Seattle.^[3]

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Position	Staff
Head Coach	Vlatko Andonovski
Assistant Coach	Sam Laity
Assistant Coach	Milan Ivanovic
Director of High Performance	Nick Leman

March 8, 2018	Washington Huskies	1–3	Seattle Reign FC	Seattle, Washington
18:30	Smith 65'	Report	Dallstream 21' Andrews 64' Verdoia 69'	Stadium: Husky Soccer Stadium

March 13, 2018	UCLA Bruins	0–4	Seattle Reign FC	Norco, California
20:00		Report	Taylor 52' Rapinoe 56' Yanez 61', 73'	Stadium: SilverLakes Complex

March 24, 2018 1	Seattle Reign FC	2–1	Washington Spirit	Seattle, Washington
19:00	Rapinoe 7' 64' Taylor 35' Andrews 90'	Box Report	Lohman 68'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,561 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

April 15, 2018 2	Sky Blue FC	0–1	Seattle Reign FC	Piscataway, New Jersey
20:00	McCaskill 50'	Box Report	Rapinoe 6' (pen.) Dallstream 82'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,913 Referee: Marco Vega

2018 Seattle Reign FC season

Coaching staff

Roster

Competitions

Preseason

Regular season

Regular-season standings

Results summary

Results by round

Playoffs

Appearances and goals

Awards

The Best FIFA Women's Player

Ballon d'Or

ESPY Awards

The Guardian 100 Best Footballers in The World

NWSL season awards

Team season awards

NWSL Player of the Month

NWSL Team of the Month

NWSL Player of the Week

NWSL Goal of the Week

NWSL Save of the Week

Contract extensions

Transfers

Transfers in

Draft picks

Loans in

Transfers out

References

External links

Related Articles

April 18, 2018 3	North Carolina Courage	1–0	Seattle Reign FC	Cary, North Carolina
16:00	Hamilton 14' McDonald 70'	Box Report		Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,011 Referee: Kevin Broadley

April 28, 2018 4	Orlando Pride	1–1	Seattle Reign FC	Orlando, Florida
16:30	Marta 61'	Box Report	Long 33' Betos 89'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 5,058 Referee: Javier Santos

May 5, 2018 5	Portland Thorns FC	2–3	Seattle Reign FC	Portland, Oregon
12:30	Sonnett 61' Horan 70'	Box Report	Long 31' Yanez 36' Taylor 64' (pen.) Utsugi 75' Kleiner 87'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 16,054 Referee: Karen ABT

May 12, 2018 6	Seattle Reign FC	4–1	Sky Blue FC	Seattle, Washington
19:00	Taylor 5' 88' Rapinoe 38', 60' Long 84'	Box Report	Skroski 21' McCaskill 62'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,607 Referee: Mark Allatin

May 19, 2018 7	Seattle Reign FC	0–0	Chicago Red Stars	Seattle, Washington
19:00	McNabb 86'	Box Report	Stanton 26' Naughton 47' Colaprico 90+1'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,597 Referee: Katja Koroleva

May 23, 2018 8	Houston Dash	2–1	Seattle Reign FC	Houston, Texas
17:00	Mewis 68' Latsko 90+2'	Box Report	Yanez 13' McNabb 67'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 2,376 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez

May 26, 2018 9	Sky Blue FC	0–1	Seattle Reign FC	Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00		Box Report	Rapinoe 64'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,814 Referee: Jasmine Peralta

June 3, 2018 10	Seattle Reign FC	0–0	Orlando Pride	Seattle, Washington
18:00	Spencer 70'	Box Report Report 2	Zadorsky 79'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 5,251 Referee: Danielle Chesky

June 16, 2018 11	Washington Spirit	0–0	Seattle Reign FC	Boyds, Maryland
16:00	Quinn 63' Hatch 90+5'	Box Report	Addo 47' Taylor 90+2'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,509 Referee: Lorant Varga

June 23, 2018 12	Seattle Reign FC	1–4	North Carolina Courage	Seattle, Washington
13:00	Oyster 18'	Box Report	Williams 27' Dunn 33', 70' Mathias 48'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,032 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

August 11, 2018 20	Utah Royals FC	0–1	Seattle Reign FC	Sandy, Utah
12:30	Moros 90'	Box Report	Fishlock 48' (Oyster) 74'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 8,740 Referee: Eric Tattersall

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	North Carolina Courage (C)	24	17	6	1	53	17	+36	57	NWSL Shield
2	Portland Thorns FC	24	12	6	6	40	28	+12	42	NWSL Playoffs
3	Seattle Reign FC	24	11	8	5	27	19	+8	41
4	Chicago Red Stars	24	9	10	5	38	28	+10	37
5	Utah Royals FC	24	9	8	7	22	23	−1	35
6	Houston Dash	24	9	5	10	35	39	−4	32
7	Orlando Pride	24	8	6	10	30	37	−7	30
8	Washington Spirit	24	2	5	17	12	35	−23	11
9	Sky Blue FC	24	1	6	17	21	52	−31	9

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
24	11	8	5	27	19	+8	41	7	4	1	17	8	+9	4	4	4	10	11	−1

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Stadium	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	L
Position^[a]	1	2	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3

June 27, 2018 13	Utah Royals FC	0–0	Seattle Reign FC	Sandy, Utah
19:00		Box Report	Catley 59'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 8,504 Referee: Malik Badawi

June 30, 2018 14	Seattle Reign FC	1–0	Portland Thorns FC	Seattle, Washington
19:00	Barnes 35' Taylor 89'	Box Report	Klingenberg 14'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,781 Referee: Christina Unkel

July 7, 2018 15	Seattle Reign FC	3–1	Houston Dash	Seattle, Washington
19:00	Taylor 37' (Rapinoe) Rapinoe 56' (pen.) 90+4' Long 85' (Rapinoe)	Box Report	Brooks 12' (Huerta) Chapman 59'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,172 Referee: Reyna Fonesca

July 11, 2018 16	Seattle Reign FC	1–0	Utah Royals FC	Seattle, Washington
19:30	Rapinoe 54' (Catley) Long 45+3'	Box Report	Johnson 12' Corsie 45+2' Gunnhildur 66'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,191 Referee: Katja Koroleva

July 14, 2018 17	Chicago Red Stars	1–0	Seattle Reign FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00	Kerr 86' (Nagasato)	Box Report	Fishlock 35'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,375 Referee: Natalie Simon

July 21, 2018 18	Orlando Pride	1–1	Seattle Reign FC	Orlando, Florida
12:30	Pressley 21'	Box Report	Taylor 70' (Kawasumi) Barnes 90+1'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 5,074 Referee: Carol-Anne Chenard
Note: Televised on Lifetime.

August 5, 2018 19	Seattle Reign FC	2–0	Washington Spirit	Seattle, Washington
18:00	Spencer 44' (Long) Taylor 71' (Rapinoe) Oyster 84'	Box Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,704 Referee: Mark Allatin

August 15, 2018 21	Seattle Reign FC	0–0	Chicago Red Stars	Seattle, Washington
19:30	Oyster 47'	Box Report	Kerr 27' Colaprico 44' Gilliland 75'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,341 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

August 21, 2018 22	Seattle Reign FC	2–0	Houston Dash	Seattle, Washington
19:30	Oyster 28' Taylor 58' (Nielsen), 61' (Rapinoe)	Box Report	Brooks 83'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,193 Referee: Katja Koroleva

August 25, 2018 23	Seattle Reign FC	1–1	North Carolina Courage	Seattle, Washington
13:00	Nielsen 67' (Fishlock) Taylor 79'	Box Report	McDonald 23' O'Sullivan 45+3' Williams 90+6'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,455 Referee: Ramy Touchan

September 7, 2018 24	Portland Thorns FC	3–1	Seattle Reign FC	Portland, Oregon
19:00	Horan 30', 82' (Heath) Heath 49' Sonnett 60'	Box Report	Fishlock 4' (Addo) Addo 62' Catley 87'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Tim Ford

September 15, 2018 Semifinal	Portland Thorns FC	2–1	Seattle Reign FC	Portland, Oregon
18:00	Sonnett 27' Heath 43' (Horan) Menges 50' Horan 77' (Sinclair)	Box Report	Spencer 29' Fishlock 40' Rapinoe 54' Long 60'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 14,179 Referee: Ramy Touchan

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regular season		Playoffs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers:
1	GK	AUS	Lydia Williams	17	0	16	0	1	0
18	GK	USA	Michelle Betos	8	0	8	0	0	0
Defenders:
2	DF	USA	Yael Averbuch	1	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	USA	Lauren Barnes	20	0	18+1	0	1	0
4	DF	USA	Megan Oyster	21	1	20	1	1	0
7	DF	AUS	Steph Catley	17	0	16	0	1	0
8	DF	DEN	Theresa Nielsen	21	1	18+2	1	1	0
19	DF	USA	Kristen McNabb	20	0	12+8	0	0	0
21	DF	USA	Christen Westphal	12	0	9+3	0	0	0
24	DF	USA	Alyssa Kleiner	10	0	4+6	0	0	0
Midfielders:
6	MF	USA	Allie Long	20	3	19	3	1	0
10	MF	WAL	Jess Fishlock	19	2	18	2	1	0
11	MF	GHA	Elizabeth Addo	13	0	8+4	0	0+1	0
12	MF	USA	Morgan Andrews	16	0	7+8	0	0+1	0
20	MF	JPN	Rumi Utsugi	16	1	15	1	1	0
Forwards:
5	FW	USA	Kiersten Dallstream	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
9	FW	JPN	Nahomi Kawasumi	14	0	11+3	0	0	0
13	FW	CAN	Adriana Leon	6	0	1+5	0	0	0
14	FW	ENG	Jodie Taylor	25	9	24	9	1	0
15	FW	USA	Megan Rapinoe	17	7	15+1	7	1	0
16	FW	USA	Jaycie Johnson	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
17	FW	USA	Beverly Yanez	20	2	14+5	2	0+1	0
22	FW	USA	Jasmyne Spencer	23	2	8+14	1	1	1
Players who left the club during the season:
26	DF	USA	Maddie Bauer	1	0	0+1	0	0	0

Month	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Forwards	Ref.
March			Megan Rapinoe	^[16]
May		Steph Catley		^[17]
July		Theresa Nielsen	Megan Rapinoe	^[18]
August	Lydia Williams	Theresa Nielsen Megan Oyster		^[19]

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
1	Nominated	Megan Rapinoe	^[22]
6	Nominated	Rumi Utsugi	^[23]
7	Nominated	Megan Rapinoe	^[24]
14	Nominated	Jodie Taylor	^[25]
16	Nominated	Megan Rapinoe	^[26]
17	Nominated	Jodie Taylor	^[27]
19	Nominated	Jasmyne Spencer	^[28]
20	Nominated	Jess Fishlock	^[29]
22	Nominated	Jodie Taylor	^[30]

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
1	Nominated	Michelle Betos	^[31]
4	Nominated	Michelle Betos	^[32]
5	Nominated	Michelle Betos	^[33]
6	Nominated	Michelle Betos	^[34]
7	Nominated	Lydia Williams	^[35]
8	Nominated	Lydia Williams	^[36]
10	Nominated	Lydia Williams	^[37]
13	Nominated	Lydia Williams	^[38]
19	Nominated	Lydia Williams	^[39]
21	Nominated	Lydia Williams	^[40]
22	Nominated	Lydia Williams	^[41]

Date	Player	Pos	Notes	Ref
October 23, 2017	Haley Kopmeyer	GK	Club options exercised	^[42]
October 23, 2017	Maddie Bauer	DF	Club options exercised	^[42]
October 23, 2017	Rachel Corsie	DF	Club options exercised	^[42]
October 23, 2017	Merritt Mathias	DF	Club options exercised	^[42]
October 23, 2017	Kristen McNabb	DF	Club options exercised	^[42]
October 23, 2017	Rebekah Stott	DF	Club options exercised	^[42]
October 23, 2017	Christine Nairn	MF	Club options exercised	^[42]
October 23, 2017	Larissa Crummer	FW	Club options exercised	^[42]
October 23, 2017	Kiersten Dallstream	FW	Club options exercised	^[42]
October 23, 2017	Katie Johnson	FW	Club options exercised	^[42]
October 23, 2017	Beverly Yanez	FW	Club options exercised	^[42]
November 29, 2017	Nahomi Kawasumi	FW	Re-signed	^[43]
November 29, 2017	Jess Fishlock	MF	Re-signed	^[44]
November 30, 2017	Rumi Utsugi	MF	Re-signed	^[45]
December 5, 2017	Lydia Williams	GK	Signed to a new contract	^[46]
January 22, 2018	Lauren Barnes	DF	Re-signed	^[47]

Date	Player	Pos	Previous club	Notes	Ref
November 22, 2017	Jodie Taylor	FW	Arsenal	Free transfer after guest-player stint with Melbourne City	^[48]
January 11, 2018	Allie Long	MF	Portland Thorns FC	Traded for a conditional 2nd-round draft pick in the 2020 NWSL College Draft and the rights to Caitlin Foord	^[49]
January 18, 2018	Yael Averbuch	DF	Utah Royals FC	Traded, along with the 25th pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft, for Diana Matheson	^[50]
January 29, 2018	Jasmyne Spencer	FW	Orlando Pride	Traded for Haley Kopmeyer and the club's natural 3rd-round pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft	^[51]
January 30, 2018	Michelle Betos	GK	Vålerenga	Free transfer	^[52]
January 30, 2018	Megan Oyster	DF	Boston Breakers	Contracted dispersal draft pick	^[53]
January 30, 2018	Elizabeth Addo	MF	Boston Breakers	Contracted dispersal draft pick	^[53]
January 30, 2018	Morgan Andrews	MF	Boston Breakers	Contracted dispersal draft pick	^[53]
January 30, 2018	Christen Westphal	DF	Boston Breakers	Contracted dispersal draft pick	^[53]
January 31, 2018	Theresa Nielsen	DF	Vålerenga	Free transfer	^[54]
March 23, 2018	Adelaide Gay	GK	ÍBV	National Team Replacement player for Lydia Williams	^[55]
March 30, 2018	Jaycie Johnson	FW	Nebraska Cornhuskers	National Team Replacement player; signed standard player agreement on July 10	^[56]^[57]
May 1, 2018	Alyssa Kleiner	DF	Washington Spirit	Free transfer	^[58]
June 12, 2018	Adriana Leon	FW	Sky Blue FC	Traded for a 4th-round pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft	^[59]

Player	Pos	Previous club	Notes	Ref
Ally Haran	DF	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	College Draft Round 3, Pick 5 (25th overall); acquired from Utah Royals FC	^[50]^[60]
Celia Jiménez Delgado	DF	Alabama Crimson Tide	College Draft Round 4, Pick 6 (36th overall)	^[60]
Megan Oyster	DF	Boston Breakers	Dispersal Draft Round 1, Pick 3 (3rd overall)	^[53]
Elizabeth Addo	MF	Boston Breakers	Dispersal Draft Round 1, Pick 8 (8th overall); acquired from Orlando Pride	^[61]^[53]
Morgan Andrews	MF	Boston Breakers	Dispersal Draft Round 2, Pick 2 (11th overall); acquired from Orlando Pride	^[61]^[53]
Christen Westphal	DF	Boston Breakers	Dispersal Draft Round 2, Pick 7 (16th overall)	^[53]
Lindsay Elston	MF	Boston Breakers	Dispersal Draft Round 3, Pick 3 (21st overall)	^[53]

Date	Player	Pos	Destination Club	Notes	Ref
September 22, 2017	Elli Reed	DF		Retired	^[63]
October 23, 2017	Madalyn Schiffel	GK		Retired	^[64]
January 11, 2018	Rebekah Stott	DF	Sky Blue FC	Traded, along with Katie Johnson, for the rights to Caitlin Foord	^[49]
January 11, 2018	Katie Johnson	FW	Sky Blue FC	Traded, along with Rebekah Stott, for the rights to Caitlin Foord	^[49]
January 18, 2018	Diana Matheson	MF	Utah Royals FC	Traded for Yael Averbuch and the 25th pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft	^[50]
January 29, 2018	Carson Pickett	DF	Orlando Pride	Traded, along with Christine Nairn, for Steph Catley	^[51]
January 29, 2018	Christine Nairn	MF	Orlando Pride	Traded, along with Carson Pickett, for Steph Catley	^[51]
January 29, 2018	Haley Kopmeyer	GK	Orlando Pride	Traded, along with the club's natural 3rd-round pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft, for Jasmyne Spencer	^[51]
January 31, 2018	Merritt Mathias	DF	North Carolina Courage	Traded, along with the club's natural 2nd-round pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft, for the Courage's natural 1st-round pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft	^[65]
January 31, 2018	Rachel Corsie	DF	Utah Royals FC	Waived	^[66]^[67]
February 19, 2018	Larissa Crummer	FW	Newcastle Jets	Waived	^[68]
April 25, 2018	Adelaide Gay	GK	Portland Thorns FC	National Team Replacement contract concluded	^[69]^[70]
July 16, 2018	Maddie Bauer	DF	Djurgården	Waived	^[71]^[72]