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Table of Content

• Regular Season Schedule
• Pulisic goal advances US in World Cup with 1-0 win over Iran
• Temporary move to the University of Washington
• Wales converts PK, US settles for 1-1 draw in World Cup opener
• Season records
• Regular season attendance
• Defending WNBA champion Seattle Storm to split home games in 2019 between UW and Everett

Though Seattle did not make the playoffs in the 2001 season, Jackson's impressive rookie performance provided a solid foundation for the franchise to build on. The Storm will host three-time WNBA All-Star Game MVP Maya Moore and the Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday, June 4 at 7 p.m. Last season, Breanna Stewart joined Minnesota’s Sylvia Fowles as two of only six players in WNBA history to win regular season MVP and Finals MVP honors in the same year. The Storm moved to their new home at Climate Pledge Arena for the 2022 season and played their regular season game there on May 6, 2022.

The Dream and Liberty ended up having the worst records in the WNBA. However, they finished the month with a 12–9 overall record, and an eye toward a playoff berth. The month ended on a high note when they secured a playoff berth on August 29. They finished the season strong, going 3–1 in September to lock up the number six playoff seed. Like several early WNBA teams, the Storm was owned by their NBA counterpart, the Seattle SuperSonics, and closely related to the team.

Regular Season Schedule

The grass is always greenest during baseball season, and this year, so is The Diamond. Fresh off a complete ballpark paint job this offseason, Storm Stadium looks nearly brand new. Enjoy the freshness brought in by a new season from some of our many premium seating options. The Diamond has every kind of premium seating option to fit your needs, whether as a large group or with a few friends. If you’re planning a great time with a large group, consider the Hangar 24 Flight Deck, a multi-level party deck complete with couches, bar rails, high-tops and more. New just last season, the Hangar 24 Flight Deck is an ideal option for large group picnics and parties.

On April 16, 2015, Seattle drafted Jewell Loyd #1, UCONN sharpshooter Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis #3, Vicky McIntyre #20 and Nneka Enemkpali #26 in the 2015 WNBA Draft. In the 2015 WNBA season, despite missing out on the playoffs with a record, the number-one drafted Jewell Loyd would win the Rookie of the Year Award. As the #6 seed, Seattle hosted the #7 seed Minnesota Lynx in the first round of the playoffs. The Storm were able to advance to the second round with a ten point win.

Pulisic goal advances US in World Cup with 1-0 win over Iran

He stated that the franchise provided a good example for young girls with big dreams. He praised the Storm for the community service they perform and stated that being champions did not end when they step off the court. In March 2021, the team released an entirely new logo and updated color scheme. The Space Needle, depicted in a new, more minimalist style, is interlinked with the ribs of a basketball and incorporates a small lightning bolt into the tower.

In 2012, with Jackson absent for the early season training with the Australia national team and injuries to most of the team, including Bird, only Camille Little and Katie Smith played on all the games of the regular season. Upon her return, Jackson missed some games due to a hamstring injury but reached 6,000 points on her WNBA career playing against the San Antonio Silver Stars. The record put the Storm fourth in the West, facing the Lynx, who posted the league's best record during the regular season, in the playoffs.

Temporary move to the University of Washington

All games are broadcast to the WNBA LiveAccess game feeds on the league website. Furthermore, some Storm games are broadcast nationally on ESPN, ESPN2, CBS, CBS Sports Network and ABC. The WNBA has reached an eight-year agreement with ESPN, which will pay rights fees to the Storm, as well as other teams in the league. Fast forward to April 2015, the month of the WNBA Draft, where Seattle now held the #1, #3, #20 and #26 picks. Days before the draft, Notre Dame guard Jewell Loyd and Minnesota center Amanda Zahui B. Shook up the draft order, both forgoing NCAA eligibility and declaring for the WNBA Draft.

Taking their cue from the Sonics' team colors at the time, known colloquially as the "wine and pine" era of the team, the Storm's original team colors were pine green, maroon red, bronze, and white. The Storm, however, retained their colors as a way to uniquely market the team. The Storm have qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in sixteen of its twenty-one years in Seattle.

On April 21, 2010, the Storm and the WNBA announced a sponsor agreement with Bing, a search engine from Microsoft, to place the company's logo on their jerseys for the 2010 season. The Bing sponsorship ended after the 2013 season, and the Storm played without a sponsor for two seasons, before signing a new uniform deal with Swedish Medical Center for the 2016 season. On January 8, 2008, Bennett sold the team to a Seattle group of women called Force 10 Hoops, LLC. The sale was given unanimous approval from the WNBA Board of Governors on February 28, 2008. This kept the team in Seattle and disconnected it from the Sonics. The Sonics moved to Oklahoma City in July, during the WNBA season.

Pointed jags meant to evoke lightning bolts streak through the team name from right to left. The Storm’s main home will be Alaska Airlines Arena on the University of Washington campus, but they will also play five games next season at Everett’s Angel of the Winds Arena. The WNBA’s all-time leader in games coached, Dan Hughes enters his second season at the helm of the Storm.

Previously done at Connecticut, June 27, and Detroit, June 29, 2008. Monique Billings finished with 15 points off the bench, her fifth game in double-digits. Atlanta nailed a season-high 14 three-point field goals, while Seattle outscored the Dream in the paint. An alternate logo, which placed the S from the Storm wordmark on a green oval, was used on the team's jerseys on and off until 2020 in place of the more complicated primary mark. Christian Pulisic scored while crashing headfirst into the goalkeeper in the 38th minute and the United States advanced to the knockout round of the World Cup with a 1-0 win over Iran. The Netherlands eliminated the United States from the World Cup with a 3-1 victory Saturday that advanced the Dutch to the quarterfinals.

This would lead the Storm back into playoff contention as they finished as the 6th seed with a record under the league's new playoff format, but would lose to the Atlanta Dream in the first round elimination game. For the first six games of the season, the Storm alternated winning a game and losing a game. Through the month of June, they could not win more than two games in a row, and finished June with an 8–6 record. July was a streak filled month, with the team winning four games in a row, after starting the month with two home losses to Atlanta Dream and New York Liberty.

Stewart would become an all-star for the first time in her career and was one of two all-stars representing the Storm in the 2017 WNBA All-Star Game along with Sue Bird. The Storm finished as the 8th seed with a record but would lose yet again in the first round elimination game by the Phoenix Mercury. With the same lineup as the previous year, the Storm had much expectation for the 2011 WNBA season. But right in the second round a two-year home invincibility was broken by the Minnesota Lynx, who even left the Storm scoreless for the first seven minutes.

The Saturday, May 25 home opener is a rematch of the Storm’s thrilling 2018 semifinal series vs. Phoenix. Sporting a facemask to protect the broken nose that she suffered in Game 4, Sue Bird scored 14 points in the fourth quarter of the winner-take-all Game 5 to clinch the Storm’s third appearance in the WNBA Finals. Bird, the league’s all-time leader in assists and games played , will begin her 17th WNBA season facing former UConn teammate Diana Taurasi, the WNBA’s all-time leader in points , field goals and 3-point field goals . SEATTLE – The Seattle Storm today announced that the University of Washington’s Alaska Airlines Arena will be the team’s primary venue for the Storm regular season games during the 2019 WNBA season. The team will relocate due to the previously announced renovation and complete shutdown of KeyArena, set to take place in 2019 and 2020. The January 2016 branding update changed the official team colors.

The relaunch of the XFL got a little bit more real with the reveal of the uniforms for all eight teams, including the Seattle Sea Dragons. With the KeyArena site under construction to make way for a new Seattle Center arena under the iconic Seattle Coliseum roof, the defending WNBA champion Seattle Storm needed a new home for the 2019 season. For a complete list of 2019 Storm promotions, visit stormbaseball.com. Play some of your favorite video games on the concourse and enjoy themed in-game promotions while the Storm takes on the Inland Empire 66ers.