The future of S2 just got a lot more clear. The Seattle Sounders announced on Saturday that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Tacoma Rainiers intending to result in S2 moving home games to a new 5,000-seat soccer-specific stadium on the footprint of historic Cheney stadium.
“We are absolutely thrilled to be moving forward with the Tacoma Rainiers and City of Tacoma, progressing toward construction of a soccer-specific stadium,” Sounders FC Owner Adrian Hanauer said in a release. “Our vision of having players begin their time with the club playing at Starfire with the Academy, then move up to the USL team with matches in Tacoma, before finally getting the call-up to the First Team at CenturyLink Field – all while playing within the Puget Sound region – really reinforces our commitment to bringing quality soccer to the communities of Western Washington.