# Seattle BigFoot

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{{Short description|Defunct American soccer club}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
The '''Seattle BigFoot''' were an American [soccer](/source/soccer) team based in [Seattle](/source/Seattle), Washington. They were founded in 1995 as the '''Everett BigFoot''' and played in the [USISL Pro League](/source/USL_Second_Division) with home matches at [Everett Memorial Stadium](/source/Everett_Memorial_Stadium).<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Craig |date=June 23, 1995 |title=Playing the field |page=D1 |work=[The Seattle Times](/source/The_Seattle_Times)}}</ref> They merged with the '''Puget Sound Hammers''' of the [USISL Premier League](/source/Premier_Development_League) to become the '''Puget Sound BigFoot''' who played in the [USISL PDSL](/source/Premier_Development_League) during the 1997 season at [West Seattle Stadium](/source/West_Seattle_Stadium).<ref>{{cite news |date=March 12, 1997 |title=Memorial for ex-Franklin RB |page=C4 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=May 12, 2000 |title=Around the PDL: Team Previews |page=C2 |work=[Yakima Herald-Republic](/source/Yakima_Herald-Republic)}}</ref> The Hammers were previously based in the southern [Puget Sound region](/source/Puget_Sound_region) and played home matches in 1995 at [high school](/source/high_school) stadiums in [Sumner](/source/Sumner%2C_Washington), [Tacoma](/source/Tacoma%2C_Washington), and on [Vashon Island](/source/Vashon_Island). They played in 1996 at [Peninsula High School](/source/Peninsula_High_School_(Washington)) in [Gig Harbor](/source/Gig_Harbor%2C_Washington) with a roster of players from local colleges.<ref>{{cite news |last=Milles |first=Todd |date=April 20, 1996 |title=Hammers have a home for the new season |page=C2 |work=[The News Tribune](/source/The_News_Tribune) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115626318/hammers-have-a-home-for-the-new-season/ |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) |accessdate=January 1, 2023}}</ref>

The team moved to Seattle for their final season; in February 1999, owner Bill Hurme announced that the team would be renamed to the [Seattle Sounders Select](/source/Seattle_Sounders_Select) as part of an affiliation with the [Seattle Sounders](/source/Seattle_Sounders_(1994%E2%80%932008)) of the A-League, who had already used them as an unofficial development squad in the past.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 10, 1999 |title=BigFoot becomes Sounder Selects |page=C5 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rice |first=Micah |date=April 4, 1998 |title=Sounders search for offense |page=C2 |work=The News Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115002758/sounders-search-for-offense/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=January 1, 2023}}</ref>

==Year-by-year results==
thumb|130px|Everett BigFoot logo
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Division
!League
!Reg. season
!Playoffs
!Open Cup
|-
! colspan=6 | Everett BigFoot (1995–1996)
|-
|[1995](/source/1995_USISL_Pro_League)
|3
|USISL Pro League
|3rd, Northwest
|1st Round
|1st Round
|-
|[1996](/source/1996_USISL_Pro_League)
|3
|USISL Pro League
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, Western
|Conference Finals
|''Did not qualify''
|-
! colspan=6 | Puget Sound Hammers (1995–1996)
|-
|[1995](/source/1995_USISL_Premier_League_season)
|"4"
|USISL Premier League
|5th, Western
|''Did not qualify''
|''Did not qualify''
|-
|[1996](/source/1996_USISL_Premier_League_season)
|"4"
|USISL Premier League
|3rd, Western Northern
|Division Semifinals
|''Did not qualify''
|-
! colspan=6 | Puget Sound/Seattle BigFoot (1997–1998)
|-
|[1997](/source/1997_PDSL_season)
|"4"
|USISL PDSL
|5th, Northwest
|''Did not qualify''
|''Did not qualify''
|-
|[1998](/source/1998_PDSL_season)
|"4"
|USISL PDSL
|3rd, Northwest
|''Did not qualify''
|''Did not qualify''
|}

==References==
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