The residents in the 253 area code have a history of supporting professional soccer.
For the first time in 4 decades, there could be a professional outdoor soccer team in Tacoma, with the announcement that the Sounders are partnering with the Rainiers in exploring the possibility of moving S2 to the City of Destiny.
Washington Youth Soccer
In December of 1966, the organization that we now know as Washington Youth Soccer was founded in Tacoma as the Washington State Junior Soccer Association. Shortly afterward, local club Tacoma Wanderers visited England to play against and train with several English teams.