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Seattle's professional sports history began at the start of the 20th century with the PCHA's Seattle Metropolitans, which in 1917 became the first American hockey team to win the Stanley Cup, and continues today with the city's five major professional teams, the NFL's Seattle Seahawks, the MLB's Seattle Mariners, the MLS's Seattle Sounders FC, the WNBA's Seattle Storm and the NWSL's Seattle Reign FC. Seattle also boasts a strong history in collegiate sports, with two NCAA Division I schools, the University of Washington and Seattle University, and one NCAA Division II school, Seattle Pacific University. ==Major professional teams== Seattle, now the fastest growing major city in the United States, is the largest metropolitan area in the U.S to have less than three teams representing the traditional "Big Four" - Baseball, Ice Hockey, Basketball and Football - American professional sports. In 1976, the NFL's Seattle Seahawks began play. The Seahawks played at the Kingdome until its implosion in 2000. The Seahawks now play in CenturyLink Field. Professional soccer in Seattle has always involved the Seattle Sounders, whose original team played in the defunct NASL in the 1970s through to its demise in 1983. The name lived on in a second incarnation of the team, which played in the second level of US soccer from 1994 through 2008. In November 2007, Major League Soccer announced that Seattle would host the league's fifteenth franchise to start play in 2009. The team held a vote among its fan base for the team's name between March 27 and 31, 2008 and Seattle Sounders FC was chosen. The current version of the Sounders plays at CenturyLink Field. In 1977, following years of legal wrangling over the move of the Seattle Pilots, the MLB awarded Seattle a new baseball franchise, the Seattle Mariners. From 1978 the Mariners played in the Kingdome until it was imploded in 2000. The Seattle Mariners now play in Safeco Field. The WNBA's Seattle Storm arrived in Seattle in 2000, and they currently play in KeyArena. In 2013, Seattle's professional women's soccer team - Seattle Reign FC - composed of a number of members of the decorated US Women's National Soccer team - opened their first season at Starfire Sports Complex and now reside at Memorial Stadium (Seattle) in Seattle Center. In September 2012, the Seattle City Council agreed to move forward in a process towards building a $490 million new stadium in the SoDo neighborhood. This could bring the NBA back to Seattle along with the NHL. The NHL has proposed relocating or expanding to Seattle. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sports in Seattle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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