CenturyLink Field is known first and foremost as home of the Seattle Seahawks, who are tied for the fifth-best regular season home record in the NFL since the stadium opened in 2002. Seattle Sounders FC have had the best attendance for Major League Soccer home matches since they joined the league in 2009, although Atlanta United SC topped Seattle’s season average in 2017.
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup awarded to the United States, Canada, and Mexico — with 60 of the 80 games held in the US — decisions have to be made on which cities get to be a part of The Beautiful Game’s biggest ever tournament.