The previously-named Sounders 2 team had been positioned for rebranding since a move last season from its former Tukwila home stadium to Tacoma.
A long awaited rebranding of the Sounders’ second-division United Soccer League squad has seen it renamed the Tacoma Defiance and partnered with MultiCare Health System as its first jersey sponsor.
The previously-named Sounders 2 team had been positioned for rebranding since a move last season from its former Tukwila home stadium to Tacoma, where the Sounders and Rainiers Class AAA baseball team are partnering on a soccer-specific stadium to open in coming years. The team’s new name was chosen from a mix of factors, including Tacoma’s Point Definance Park and the USS Point Defiance combat craft used in the Vietnam War.