Seattle’s Nationwide Girls’s Soccer League franchise doesn’t have an proprietor or a schedule for the upcoming season, however they do have a brand new (outdated) identify and a brand new crest.
On Tuesday, January 9, the membership introduced that it could revert to the identify it initially had when it joined the league in 2013 — Seattle Reign FC — and unveiled a recolored model of its authentic crest.
The brand new crest replaces the lighter “royal blue” and platinum from the unique crest with a darker blue and gold respectively.
“Today is the start of a new chapter for our unique club, fans and community,” Reign CEO Vincent Berthillot mentioned in a information launch quoted within the Seattle Times. “Bringing back the club’s original name and identity from the 2013 season as the club prepares to enter a new era is our way of honoring the history of this club while respecting the progress and success we’ve experienced firsthand. Seattle Reign FC was a founding club in this growing league, and our OGs, our supporters and our community have remained by our side from the very beginning to help pave the way for the future.”
The crew was generally known as Seattle Reign FC from 2013 to 2018. They relocated to Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Washington, for the 2019 season and simplified their identify to Reign FC.
In 2020, the father or mother firm of French Ligue 1 crew Olympique Lyonnais grew to become majority proprietor of the membership and renamed it OL Reign. The crew moved their residence video games again to Seattle for the 2022 season, taking part in at Lumen Subject (additionally residence to the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks and MLS’s Seattle Sounders).
An organization run by American businessman John Textor purchased Olympique Lyonnais in December 2022 and commenced the method of promoting the Reign, which was the catalyst for the newest identify change. The Sounders are rumored to be a part of the brand new possession group, however no additional updates on that entrance had been shared in Tuesday’s announcement.
OL Reign had been runners-up within the NWSL in 2023, dropping 2-1 to NY/NJ Gotham FC within the championship last. The 2024 NWSL season will start on March 16, although detailed schedules for every crew have but to be introduced.
