Tacoma Stars
Founded2003; 21 years ago (2003)
Stadiumaccesso ShoWare Center,
Kent, Washington
Capacity6,500
ChairmanLane Smith
CoachAdam Becker
LeagueMajor Arena Soccer League
USL League Two
2022–234th, Western Division
Playoffs: Play-in Round
WebsiteClub website

The Tacoma Stars are an American soccer organization that fields teams in both the Major Arena Soccer League, an indoor soccer league, and USL League Two, a minor outdoor league. Founded in 2003, the indoor team plays at ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington.

History

The Stars were founded in 2003 as a member of the Premier Arena Soccer League (PASL-Premier). The team is named after the Tacoma Stars that played in the original Major Indoor Soccer League from 1983 to 1992. The Stars won two PASL-Premier Championships (Summer 2004 & Winter 2009-2010).[1]

The Stars made the transition to professional status and joined the Professional Arena Soccer League (PASL) for the 2010-11 season. In 2012–13 season, the head coach was Joe Waters as the team moved into the new Pacific Sports Center.[2]

The Stars went on hiatus on August 23, 2013. An amateur version of the club participated in the Premier Arena Soccer League as the Tacoma Galaxy in the 2013-14 season.[3] On January 10, 2014, the Pacific Sports Center was placed into receivership, putting the future of the facility and the franchise in question.[4]

In June 2014, it was announced that the Tacoma Stars would return to play in the Western Indoor Soccer League (WISL) at the Tacoma Soccer Center.

In January 2015, team owner Lane Smith acquired the assets of the failed Seattle Impact of the Major Arena Soccer League and announced that the Stars would complete the Impact's 2014–15 season at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington, while completing their WISL obligations.[5][6][7][8]

The Stars joined the National Premier Soccer League in 2020, and planned to field an outdoor team in the Northwest Conference through a partnership with Washington Premier FC. The outdoor team planned to play at Washington Premier FC Field in Waller, Washington, near Puyallup.[9] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic NPSL halted play in the 2020 season, and the Northwest division did not play in 2021. Tacoma left NPSL in 2022 without having played a match.[citation needed]

On January 4, 2024, the Tacoma Stars was announced as an expansion team for the outdoor USL League Two, joining the Northwest Division. The team will play their home matches at Bellarmine Preparatory School in Tacoma.[10] An affiliated women's team, named the Tacoma Galaxy, will play in the USL W League beginning in 2024.[11]

Franchise Leaders (Regular and Post)
Appearances Raphael Cox - 112 Danny Waltman - 109 Chase Hanson - 104
Points Nick Perera - 177 Mike Ramos - 146 Raphael Cox - 86
Goals Nick Perera - 94 Mike Ramos - 91 Raphael Cox - 61
Assists Nick Perera - 84 Mike Ramos - 55 Raphael Cox - 34
Saves Danny Waltman - 2175 Piotr Silwa - 190 Chris Kintz - 175
Fouls Vince Mcluskey - 154 Nick Perera - 119 Mike Ramos - 99

Year-by-year

League Champions Runners-up Division champions Playoff berth
Year League Record GF GA Finish Playoffs Avg. attendance U.S. Open Cup
2003 PASL
2004 PASL[12][13] 4–0–0 56 26 1st, Northwest Won Championship
2004–05 PASL[14][15][16] 6–2–0 64 34 2nd, Northwest Eliminated in National Round Robin 138[17]
2005–06 PASL[18][19] 3–4–0 32 36 4th, Northwest Suspended
2006–07 PASL[20][21] 10–1–0 101 40 1st, Northwest Lost National Elimination
2007–08 PASL[22][23] 5–5–2 187 149 4th, Northwest Lost Division Final
2008–09 PASL-Premier[24][25] 7–0–1 56 31 1st, Northwest Lost National Semifinal Lost semifinal
2009–10 PASL-Premier 6–1–1 50 25 1st, Northwest Won Championship Lost Round of 16
2010–11 PASL-Pro 10–6 110 104 2nd, Western Lost quarterfinal 331 Lost semifinal
2011–12 PASL 3–13 92 150 5th, Western Did not qualify 242 Lost quarterfinal
2012–13 PASL 8–7 116 136 3rd, Pacific Did not qualify 314 Lost quarterfinal
2013–14 PASL-Premier 6–0–2 55 33 1st, Northwest Eliminated in National Group Play
2014–15 WISL 8–0–0 67 25 1st, WISL Won Championship
2014–151 MASL 4–16 120 215 5th, Pacific Did not qualify 1,038
2015–162 MASL 13–7 116 109 3rd, Pacific Lost Division Semifinals 2,475
2016–17 MASL 10–10 114 120 3rd, Pacific Did not qualify 2,894
2017–18 MASL 11–11 134 134 2nd, Pacific Lost Division Finals 2,635
2018–19 MASL 12–12 162 143 2nd, Pacific Lost Division Finals 2,672
2019–20 MASL 8–12 112 124 5th, Western Did not qualify 2,519
2021 MASL 4–7 53 62 6th, MASL Lost quarterfinals NHG*
2021-22 MASL 6-18 135 192 4th, West Did Not Quality 1,200
2022-23 MASL 12-12 155 139 4th, West Lost Western Conference play-in 1,175

1 Completing last 7 games of 20-game season after taking over for the Seattle Impact.

2 First full season competing in MASL.

* The Stars had no home games due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Professional Playoffs

Year Won Lost GF GA Avg. attendance
2011 0 1 6 9 NHG
2016 0 2 10 19 2,036
2018 1 2 10 17 2,386
2019 0 2 9 13 2,412
2021 0 2 10 12 NHG*
2023 0 1 6 9 TBA

* The Stars had no home games due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Personnel

Active players

As of May 22, 2020.[26]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
00 GK United States USA Nate Salveson
1 GK United States USA Mike Arguello
2 DF United States USA Chase Hanson
3 DF United States USA Cory Keitz
7 DF United States USA Alex Caceres
8 MF Denmark DEN Philip Lund
9 FW Guam GUM Eddie Na
10 FW United States USA Nick Perera
11 MF United States USA Jamael Cox
12 MF United States USA Adrian Gutierrez
14 FW United States USA Vince McCluskey
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF United States USA Debray Hollimon
23 MF United States USA Raphael Cox
24 GK United States USA Danny Waltman
25 MF United States USA Micheal Ramos
26 FW United States USA Ismael Deluna
27 MF United States USA Lamar Neagle
28 FW Brazil BRA Vinicius Dantas
30 MF Brazil BRA Douglas Lima
33 MF United States USA Adrian Correa
41 MF United States USA Ty Hall
77 FW United States USA Alex Megson

Arena

References

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