Wikipedia - OSA Seattle FC

OSA Seattle FC, formerly FC Tacoma 253, is an American association football (soccer) club based in the Seattle metro area. The team plays within the Northwest Conference of the National Premier Soccer League, a national league generally considered the fourth-tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.

It is affiliated with a women's team, OSA XF (formerly AC Seattle), which competes in the semi-professional Women's Premier Soccer League. Both are run by OSA Soccer Academy, LLC.

History

League

FC Tacoma 253 was announced as an National Premier Soccer League expansion team in November 2014, with plans to begin play the following season. Tacoma tied Real San Jose, 1-1, at home in its first-ever league match on March 28, 2015. Abdi Galgalo scored the team's first league goal.

The club's first notable signing was of Oussama Essabr, a Moroccan product of the Juventus F.C. Youth Sector. Shortly thereafter, the club acquired Samuele Piccinotti from Serie D A.S. Varese 1910's academy along with Marco Dugo, Gianmarco Peressini, and Stefano Layeni.

The team finished its inaugural season as champions of the Northwest Conference, which secured qualification for the 2015 NPSL West Region playoffs. However, the team lost to Sacramento Gold FC, 3–2, in extra time in its first match.

During the offseason, following meetings between head coach Filippo Milano and owner Giuseppe Pezzano, the team re-branded to OSA FC with plans to integrate more Italian talent alongside young American players. The newly branded team finished the 2016 NPSL season first in the Northwest Conference for a second straight year, defeating Portland Spartans FC, 2–1, on July 2. OSA earned the organizations first playoff win the West Region first round when it beat CD Aguiluchos USA, 3–2, on the road. The team fell to West Region top seed Albion SC Pros in the region semifinal.

Prior to the 2020 NPSL season, the team changed its name to OSA Seattle FC.

U.S. Open Cup

Prior to the 2015 regular season's start Tacoma played its inaugural match on February 20, 2015 in a qualifier for the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, in which they defeated fellow Northwest Conference team and Oregon-based Spartans Futbol Club, 2–1, at Starfire Sports. On March 22, 2015, In its second match, FC Tacoma beat Southwest Conference representative San Diego Flash, 6–1, at Memorial Stadium (Seattle), and officially qualified for the 2015 U.S. Open Cup.

Tacoma faced the Kitsap Pumas in the first round of the tournament on May 13, 2015, and lost, 5–2. Steven Wright scored the team's first ever goal in the tournament, while Pedro Milan picked up the second.

The team, now playing under the OSA name, qualified for a second time via an at-large bid based on its 2016 NPSL results. In the 2017 U.S. Open Cup First round, OSA won its first ever tournament game when it defeated Seattle Sounders FC U-23 in a penalty kick shootout, 0-0 (5-3), on May 10, 2017. A week later in the second round, the team played to a second straight penalty kick shootout against United Soccer League side Reno 1868 FC where it lost, 1-1 (3-4).

L'OSA Seattle est une équipe de football américaine fondée en 2017 et basée à Seattle, dans l'État de Washington. L'équipe évolue en National Independent Soccer Association (NISA), le troisième niveau du système des ligues de football aux États-Unis.

L'OSA Seattle a été fondée par des supporters de football locaux qui souhaitaient créer une équipe professionnelle représentant la ville de Seattle. L'équipe a rejoint la NISA en 2019 et a terminé à la 5ème place de la première division lors de sa saison inaugurale.

L'OSA Seattle joue ses matchs à domicile au Starfire Sports Complex à Tukwila, Washington. Le stade a une capacité de 4 500 places et est partagé avec le Seattle Reign FC de la National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

Les couleurs de l'équipe sont le bleu marine, le blanc et l'or. L'emblème de l'équipe représente un hibou, qui est le symbole de la ville de Seattle.

L'entraîneur-chef de l'OSA Seattle est Sammy Ngalambule, qui a été nommé en 2019. L'équipe comprend un mélange de joueurs expérimentés et de jeunes talents.

L'OSA Seattle est une équipe ambitieuse qui souhaite remporter le championnat NISA et se qualifier pour la Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. L'équipe a le soutien d'une base de fans passionnés qui créent une atmosphère animée lors des matchs à domicile.