Featured Articles

Community first, soccer second: How Rain City creates a safe field for queer and trans players

December 20, 2025
Salem Lemmon has been going to Rain City Soccer Club’s Sunday Kickabouts long before living in Seattle.  “I didn’t even
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More Than a Club: How Dragons FC levels the soccer field for immigrant families

December 20, 2025
Grizelda Sarria does a lap around Field 11 at Tukwila’s Starfire Sports complex. Like all the other fields at Starfire
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Returning home: Gunfire, tear gas, and a Palestinian homecoming on the pitch

December 19, 2025
Gunshots punctuate the night air, making 18-year-old Zjada Baydass freeze. She’s in the middle of one of her first training
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Home Fields tells the story of soccer in Puget Sound through collaborative and community based multimedia.

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