Tacoma Defiance (formerly Seattle Sounders FC 2) is an American soccer club based in Tacoma, WA, that competes in the United Soccer League, the third tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid, as the reserve team of Seattle Sounders FC. The club was founded on October 14, 2014, and played its first match on March 21, 2015, at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila. Tacoma Defiance is operated and managed by Seattle Sounders FC, while 20 percent of the club is fan-owned through the non-profit Sounders Community Trust.[1] [2] [3] [4] Sounders assistant coach Ezra Hendrickson was named the team's coach on November 13, 2014.[5]
Players who were contracted to the club but never played in a game are not listed.
All statistics are for the USL regular season games only, and are correct .
Key
DF = Defender
MF = Midfielder
FW = Forward/strikerSSFC caps = Seattle Sounders FC Appearances
SSFC goals = Seattle Sounders FC Goals
| Name | Country | Years | Games | Conceded | Shutouts[6] | SSFC Caps | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States | 2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| United States | 2018– | 21 | 40 | 2 | 0 | |||
| United States | 2018– | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| United States | 2017– | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||
| United States | 2015 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| United States | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| United States | 2015–2016 | 41 | 74 | 5 | 0 | |||
| United States | 2017– | 16 | 33 | 2 | 13 | |||
| United States | 2015–2017 | 34 | 55 | 5 | 4 | |||
| United States | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Country | Number of players | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 10 | |
 Argentina | 1 | 26 | |
 Australia | 2 | 14 | |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 18 | |
 Brazil | 1 | 14 | |
 Cameroon | 6 | 120 | |
 Canada | 3 | 56 | |
 Colombia | 3 | 44 | |
| 1 | 7 | ||
 Gambia | 1 | 20 | |
 Haiti | 1 | 18 | |
 Jamaica | 3 | 52 | |
 Japan | 1 | 1 | |
 Kenya | 1 | 8 | |
 Martinique | 1 | 24 | |
 Mexico | 1 | 26 | |
 Nigeria | 2 | 13 | |
 Panama | 1 | 25 | |
 Puerto Rico | 1 | 1 | |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 41 | |
 Sierra Leone | 1 | 4 | |
| 1 | 7 | ||
 Uganda | 1 | 4 | |
| United States | 62 | 796 |
Costa Rica