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More Than a Club: How Dragons FC levels the soccer field for immigrant families

February 26, 2026

Grizelda Sarria does a lap around Field 11 at Tukwila’s Starfire Sports complex. Like all the other fields at Starfire…

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Returning home: Gunfire, tear gas, and a Palestinian homecoming on the pitch

December 19, 2025

Gunshots punctuate the night air, making 18-year-old Zjada Baydass freeze. She’s in the middle of one of her first training…

On Friday nights in White Center, futsal becomes community

January 29, 2026

On Friday nights at the Salvation Army gym in White Center, the thud of basketballs is replaced with the sound…

How one Seattle woman helped change the course of U.S. Women’s Soccer

January 29, 2026

The first U.S. women’s national soccer team gathered to celebrate its 40th anniversary this past August at a Seattle’s women’s…

Latest Articles

Returning home: Gunfire, tear gas, and a Palestinian homecoming on the pitch

December 19, 2025

More Than a Club: How Dragons FC levels the soccer field for immigrant families

February 26, 2026

Inside Seattle’s Friday-night pick-up soccer habit

December 28, 2025

Community first, soccer second: How Rain City creates a safe field for queer and trans players

December 20, 2025

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Home Fields tells the story of soccer in Puget Sound through collaborative and community based multimedia. Through profiles of individuals, clubs, and neighborhoods, the project highlights not only the struggles these communities face, but also their resilience, solidarity, and joy.

Home Fields is a partnership between the University of Washington’s Jackson School of International Studies Global Sport Lab, the University of Washington Department of Communication, and the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (IAS) at UW Bothell (UWB)