Washington (state)
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Table:
Club

Sport

League

Stadium and city

Everett AquaSox

Baseball

Northwest League (A)

Everett Memorial Stadium, Everett

Everett Silvertips

Ice hockey

Western Hockey League

Angel of the Winds Arena, Everett

Seattle Majestics

American football

Women's Football Alliance

French Field, Kent

Seattle Mist

Indoor football

Legends Football League

ShoWare Center, Kent

Seattle Saracens

Rugby union

Canadian Direct Insurance Premier League

Magnuson Park, Seattle

Seattle Thunderbirds

Ice hockey

Western Hockey League

ShoWare Center, Kent

Spokane Chiefs

Ice hockey

Western Hockey League

Spokane Arena, Spokane

Spokane Indians

Baseball

Northwest League (A)

Avista Stadium, Spokane

Tacoma Defiance

Soccer

USL Championship

Cheney Stadium, Tacoma

Tacoma Rainiers

Baseball

Pacific Coast League (AAA)

Cheney Stadium, Tacoma

Tacoma Stars

Indoor soccer

Major Arena Soccer League

ShoWare Center, Kent

Tri-City Americans

Ice hockey

Western Hockey League

Toyota Center, Kennewick

Tri-City Dust Devils

Baseball

Northwest League (A)

Gesa Stadium, Pasco

Wenatchee Wild

Ice hockey

British Columbia Hockey League

Town Toyota Center, Wenatchee

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The Everett AquaSox are a Minor League Baseball team of Northwest League and are the Class A Short Season affiliate of the Seattle Mariners . They are located in Everett , Washington , and play their home games at Funko Field which opened in 1984 and has a seating capacity of 3,682 . The team was known as the Everett Giants from 1984 to 1994 , but assumed their current name after ending its affiliation with the San Francisco Giants . The AquaSox have won four division titles and two league championships . Most recently , they won the Northwest League championship in 2010 . They previously won the championship in 1985 . One of the team logos , used on road caps and jerseys , is based on the trident insignia used by the Mariners in the early 1980s ( rotated to look like the letter E for Everett , instead of M for Mariners ) . Their mascot is Webbly , a frog . According to long-time team radio broadcaster Pat Dillon , The frog is a cross between a Pacific tree frog and a Central American red-eyed tree frog - and Brooks Robinson . Previously , the mascot for the Everett Giants was a giant hot dog named Frank . The current manager is Jose Moreno .
The Northwest League of Professional Baseball ( or simply the Northwest League or NWL ) is a Class A Short Season minor league in the northwest United States and western Canada . The NWL 's short season starts in mid-June , after major league teams have signed their amateur draft picks to professional contracts , and ends in early September . All eight teams are affiliated with a major league team . The Northwest League ( or the Northwestern League ) has existed in various forms since 1890 , and has been in its current incarnation since 1955 . The current NWL is the descendant of the Western International League ( WIL ) , a Class B league from 1937 to 1951 ( with a stoppage during World War II ) and Class A from 1952 to 1954 . The league reformed as the Northwest League and dropped to Class B for the 1955 season . The WIL had ten teams in its final season , with four in Canada . In 1955 , the Northwest League was formed , with seven charter teams : Salem Senators , Eugene Emeralds , Yakima Bears , Spokane Indians , Tri-City Braves , Wenatchee Chiefs , and Lewiston Broncs . During its fiftieth season in 2004 , five of the seven original cities were in the league . The Northwest League switched to the short season schedule in 1966 , with only four teams , and expanded to six in 1970 .
In sports , a farm team , farm system , feeder team , or nursery club is generally a team or club whose role is to provide experience and training for young players , with an agreement that any successful players can move on to a higher level at a given point , usually in an association with a major-level parent team . This system can be implemented in many ways , both formally and informally . It is not to be confused with a practice squad , which fulfills a similar developmental purpose but the players on the practice squad are members of the parent team . The term is also used as a metaphor for any organization or activity that serves as a training ground for higher-level endeavors . For instance , business schools are occasionally referred to as farm clubs in the world of business . [ citation needed ]
Everett Memorial Stadium is an outdoor sports complex in Everett , Washington , which includes a stadium for football and a ballpark for baseball . Opened in 1947 , it has been the home field of the Everett AquaSox , a Minor League Baseball team in the Northwest League , and its predecessor , the Everett Giants , since 1984 . In 2019 , the ballpark became known as Funko Field . The football stadium has been home to the Everett Reign , a women 's football team , since 2013 . The complex is owned by the Everett School District , whose schools use both stadiums for their athletic programs . It is also home to the Puget Sound Festival of Bands , an annual marching band competition . The facility was remodeled in 1998 to have a seating capacity of 3,682 people for baseball and 12,000 for football .
The Everett Silvertips are an American major junior ice hockey team currently members of the U.S. Division in the Western Conference of the Western Hockey League ( WHL ) . The team is based in Everett , Washington , and joined the WHL as an expansion team for the 2003-04 season . The team name comes from the silvertip bear . The team plays at Angel of the Winds Arena , a $ 71.5 million multipurpose complex built in 2003 that seats 8,300 ( or 8,513 with standing room only seats included ) for hockey . The team 's mascot is Lincoln , a silvertip bear , named after the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln stationed at the time at Naval Station Everett . Notable NHL alumni from the team include Ryan Murray , Radko Gudas , Nikita Scherbak , Noah Juulsen , Byron Froese , Jujhar Khaira , Mirco Mueller , Zach Hamill and Carter Hart . Throughout their history , the team has developed heated rivalries with the Seattle Thunderbirds and Portland Winterhawks .
Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice , usually in a rink , in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent 's net to score goals . The sport is known to be fast-paced and physical , with teams usually fielding six players at a time : one goaltender , and five players who skate the span of the ice trying to control the puck and score goals against the opposing team . Ice hockey is most popular in Canada , central and eastern Europe , the Nordic countries , Russia , and the United States . Ice hockey is the official national winter sport of Canada . In addition , ice hockey is the most popular winter sport in Belarus , Croatia , the Czech Republic , Finland , Latvia , Russia , Slovakia , Sweden , and Switzerland . North America 's National Hockey League ( NHL ) is the highest level for men 's ice hockey and the strongest professional ice hockey league in the world . The Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) is the highest league in Russia and much of Eastern Europe . The International Ice Hockey Federation ( IIHF ) is the formal governing body for international ice hockey , with the IIHF managing international tournaments and maintaining the IIHF World Ranking . Worldwide , there are ice hockey federations in 76 countries . In Canada , the United States , Nordic countries , and some other European countries the sport is known simply as hockey ; the name ice hockey is used in places where hockey more often refers to the more popular field hockey , such as countries in South America , Asia , Africa , Australasia , and some European countries including the United Kingdom , Ireland and the Netherlands . Ice hockey is believed to have evolved from simple stick and ball games played in the 18th and 19th centuries in the United Kingdom and elsewhere . These games were brought to North America and several similar winter games using informal rules were developed , such as shinny and ice polo .
The Western Hockey League ( WHL ) is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States . The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League ( CHL ) as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada . Teams play for the Ed Chynoweth Cup , with the winner moving on to play for the Memorial Cup , Canada 's national junior championship . WHL teams have won the Memorial Cup 19 times since the league became eligible to compete for the trophy . Many players have been drafted from WHL teams , and have found success at various levels of professional hockey , including the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . The league was founded in 1966 , as the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League ( CMJHL ) , with seven western Canadian teams in Saskatchewan and Alberta . From 1968 , the league was renamed the Western Canada Hockey League ( WCHL ) , before the admission of American-based teams in the league and then renaming as the Western Hockey League ( WHL ) commencing in 1978 , up to present day . The league was the brainchild of Bill Hunter , who intended to build a western league capable of competing with the top leagues in Ontario and Quebec . Originally considered an outlaw league by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association , the WCHL ( WHL ) was sanctioned as the top junior league in Western Canada when junior hockey was reorganized in 1970 . The WHL is composed of 22 teams as of 2019 , divided into two conferences of two divisions . The Eastern Conference comprises 12 teams from Manitoba , Saskatchewan and Alberta , while the Western Conference comprises ten teams from British Columbia , and the US states of Washington and Oregon .
The Angel of the Winds Arena ( originally known as the Everett Events Center ) is a multi-purpose complex , in Everett , Washington , designed and developed by the Everett Public Facilities District . The arena opened in October 2003 . Naming rights were sold to Comcast in 2007 . Angel of the Winds Casino Resort , operated by the Stillaguamish Tribe , signed a 10-year , $ 3.4 million contract to become the arena 's new naming rights sponsor in 2017 . The 10,000-seat venue has hosted a variety of concerts and other types of performances . A few events that have showcased at Angel of the Winds Arena include Ringling Brothers Circus , The Spa , Pool , and Swimspa Show , moto cross , and family shows such as Disney on Ice , Harlem Globetrotters , Sesame Street Live and a myriad of others . The venue served as the host for 2008 Skate America , a three-day ice-skating championship featuring world class skaters . The events were both nationally and internationally televised on NBC . It was the first event of six in the 2008-2009 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating , a senior-level international invitational competition . This was Skate America 's largest attendance ever recorded in its history . In 2016 , the arena served as the host for the 2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships . It also hosted WWEs flagship TV show Monday Night Raw on February 17 , 2020 .
The Seattle Majestics are a Women 's American football team based in Seattle , Washington . The Seattle Majestics play in the WNFC . Home games are played at French Field on the campus of Kent Meridian High School in Kent , Washington . The team began as the Tacoma Majestics in 2002 before moving to Seattle in 2006 and merging with the former Women 's American Football League franchise , the Seattle Warbirds . The franchise is currently owned by Scott McCarron . Sponsorships and fundraising under the team 's non-profit 501c3 status provide finances for the team , but players also have to contribute . The Seattle Majestics have won the WFA 's Pacific Northwest Division title four times , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , and 2016 . The Seattle Majestics also won the IWFL 's Northwest Division title six times , from 2003 to 2005 and again from 2007 from 2009 . The team has also had the distinction of entertaining the crowd at Qwest Field prior to the kickoff of the Seattle Seahawks and has been featured on ESPN . After the conclusion of the 2017 season , the Seattle Majestics moved back to the IWFL .
American football , referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron , [ nb 1 ] is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end . The offense , the team with possession of the oval-shaped football , attempts to advance down the field by running with the ball or passing it , while the defense , the team without possession of the ball , aims to stop the offense 's advance and to take control of the ball for themselves . The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs or plays ; if they fail , they turn over the football to the defense , but if they succeed , they are given a new set of four downs to continue the drive . Points are scored primarily by advancing the ball into the opposing team 's end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent 's goalposts for a field goal . The team with the most points at the end of a game wins . American football evolved in the United States , originating from the sports of soccer and rugby . The first American football match was played on November 6 , 1869 , between two college teams , Rutgers and Princeton , using rules based on the rules of soccer at the time . A set of rule changes drawn up from 1880 onward by Walter Camp , the Father of American Football , established the snap , the line of scrimmage , eleven-player teams , and the concept of downs . Later rule changes legalized the forward pass , created the neutral zone and specified the size and shape of the football . The sport is closely related to Canadian football , which evolved in parallel with and at the same time as the American game ( although their rules were developed independently from that of Camp 's ) . Most of the features that distinguish American football from rugby and soccer are also present in Canadian football . The two sports are considered the primary variants of gridiron football .
The Women 's Football Alliance ( WFA ) is a full-contact Women 's American football league that began play in 2009 . It is the largest , 11-on-11 , football league for women . The league is owned and operated by Jeff and Lisa King of Exeter , California .
French Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Kent , Washington , United States . It is a stadium for high school teams in the area including Kent-Meridian High School , Kentlake High School , Kentridge High School and Kentwood High School football , soccer and track teams . It is also home for The Seattle Majestics , a professional Women 's American football team in the Women 's Football Alliance and was home to The King County Jaguars , a semi-professional American football team in the North American Football League . It is used for Kent-Meridian 's Physical Education curriculum . French Field is also used for community organizations like Kent Youth Soccer Association . The Kent School District uses this field for Middle School and Elementary School sporting events such as Track . The Stadium is adjacent to Kent-Meridian High School and has been used since 1982 . The Stadium is open to the general public daily , but you can only jog .
The Seattle Mist were a team in the Legends Football League , formerly the Lingerie Football League , and were founded as part of the Lingerie Bowl 's expansion into a full-fledged league in 2009 . They played their home games at the ShoWare Center in Kent , Washington . The league rebranded as the Legends Football League in 2013 and shifted away from the Super Bowl halftime shows . Following the 2019 season , the LFL ceased operations and relaunched as the Extreme Football League ( X League ) for the 2020 season . All former LFL teams received new brands and the Mist were replaced by the Seattle Thunder .
Indoor American football is a variation of gridiron football played at ice hockey-sized indoor arenas . While varying in details from league to league , the rules of indoor football are designed to allow for play in a smaller arena . It is a distinct discipline and not be confused with traditional American/Canadian football played in larger domed or open-air stadiums , as is done by some teams at the college and professional levels .
The Extreme Football League ( X League ) is an American women 's tackle football league , with games played during the spring and summer months in arenas and stadiums . The league was originally founded in 2009 as the Lingerie Football League ( LFL ) , and later rebranded as the Legends Football League in 2013 . On December 13 , 2019 , The LFL announced that it would not be holding a 2020 season and instead restructured as the X League , placing new teams mostly in the same locations as the 2019 LFL season . The league 's administrative offices are located in Los Angeles .
The accesso ShoWare Center is a multi-purpose arena in Kent , Washington , United States .
The Seattle Saracens ( formerly Seattle RFC and Old Puget Sound Beach after a merger ) is a rugby union club based in Seattle . The club travels throughout the US and into Canada . In 2014 the club was ranked as the number one US club while also playing in a Canadian league based in British Columbia ( BCRU ) . Old Puget Sound Beach was a charter member of the now defunct USA Super League in the Pacific Coast USA Rugby territory .
Rugby union , widely known simply as rugby , is a contact team sport that originated in England in the first half of the 19th century . One of the two codes of rugby football , it is based on running with the ball in hand . In its most common form , a game is played between two teams of 15 players using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field with H-shaped goalposts at either end . Rugby union is a popular sport around the world , played by male and female players of all ages . In 2014 , there were more than 6 million people playing worldwide , of whom 2.36 million were registered players . World Rugby , previously called the International Rugby Football Board ( IRFB ) and the International Rugby Board ( IRB ) , has been the governing body for rugby union since 1886 , and currently has 101 countries as full members and 18 associate members . In 1845 , the first football laws were written by pupils at Rugby School ; other significant events in the early development of rugby include the decision by Blackheath F.C . to leave the Football Association in 1863 and , in 1895 , the acrimonious split between the then amateur rugby union and the professional rugby league . Historically rugby union was an amateur sport , but in 1995 formal restrictions on payments to players were removed , making the game openly professional at the highest level for the first time . Rugby union spread from the Home Nations of Great Britain and Ireland and was embraced by many of the countries associated with the British Empire . Early exponents of the sport included Australia , New Zealand , South Africa and France . Countries that have adopted rugby union as their de facto national sport include Fiji , Georgia , Madagascar , New Zealand , Samoa , and Tonga .
The Canadian Direct Insurance Premier League ( also known as the CDI Premier League ) is a provincial rugby union competition currently contested by eight clubs in British Columbia , Canada and one in the U.S. state of Washington . The CDI Premier League is organized by the British Columbia Rugby Union . The Canadian Direct Insurance Premier League runs from September to April each year . The league consists of teams from the Lower Mainland , Vancouver Island and Seattle . The teams compete for the prestigious Rounsefell Cup . The trophy was donated by F.W . Rounsefell , a Vancouver insurance broker and financier and former British Columbia rugby star . The Rounsefell Cup was first awarded to the Central Athletic Club in March 1922 . Central Rugby Team Wins Cup by Default , stated the March 10 , 1922 headline from the Vancouver Daily World . The cup has been competed for annually ever since .
Magnuson Park is a 350-acre ( 140 ha ) park on Sand Point , Lake Washington , in the Sand Point neighborhood of Seattle , Washington . The park is the second largest in Seattle , after 534-acre ( 2.16 km2 ) Discovery Park in Magnolia . It is located on the spot of the former Naval Station Puget Sound . Sand Point is the peninsula with Pontiac and Wolf bays that juts into Lake Washington in northeast Seattle .
The Seattle Thunderbirds are a major junior ice hockey team based in the city of Kent , Washington , south of Seattle . They are part of the U.S. Division of the Western Conference in the Western Hockey League . They play their games at home in accesso ShoWare Center .
The Spokane Chiefs are a major junior ice hockey team that plays in the Western Hockey League based out of Spokane , Washington . The team plays its home games at the Spokane Arena . Their uniforms are similar to those of the NHL 's Montreal Canadiens . Spokane consistently ranks in the top 10 in the Canadian Hockey League in attendance . The Chiefs won the Memorial Cup in 1991 and 2008 . They also hosted the first outdoor hockey game in WHL history on January 15 , 2011 , at Avista Stadium versus the Kootenay Ice .
Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena ( Spokane Arena ) is a multi-purpose arena in the western United States , located in Spokane , Washington . It is home to the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League .
The Spokane Indians are a Minor League Baseball team of the Northwest League ( NWL ) and the Class A Short Season affiliate of the Texas Rangers . They are located in Spokane Valley , a suburb of Spokane , Washington , in the Pacific Northwest . The team plays its home games at Avista Stadium , which opened in 1958 and has a seating capacity of 6,752 . From 1958 through 1982 , excluding 1972 , the Indians were in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League ( PCL ) . They have won 12 league titles : four in the PCL and eight in the NWL . The Spokane region has over a century of history in Minor League Baseball , dating back to the 1890s .
Minor League Baseball ( MiLB ) is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball ( MLB ) and provide opportunities for player development and a way to prepare for the major leagues . All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses . Most are members of the umbrella organization formally known as National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues ( NAPBL ) , which operates under the Commissioner of Baseball within the scope of organized baseball . Several leagues , known as independent baseball leagues , do not have any official links to Major League Baseball . Except for the Mexican League , teams in the organized minor leagues are generally independently owned and operated but are directly affiliated with one major league team through a standardized Player Development Contract ( PDC ) . These leagues also go by the nicknames the farm system , farm club , or farm team ( s ) because of a joke passed around by major league players in the 1930s when St. Louis Cardinals general manager Branch Rickey formalized the system , and teams in small towns were growing players down on the farm like corn . Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball teams may enter into a PDC for a two- or four-year term . At the expiration of a PDC term , teams may renew their affiliation , or sign new PDCs with different clubs , though many relationships are renewed and endure for extended time periods . For example , the Omaha Storm Chasers ( formerly the Omaha Royals and Omaha Golden Spikes ) have been the Triple-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals since the Royals joined the American League in 1969 , but the Columbus Clippers changed affiliations , after being associated with the New York Yankees from 1979 , to the Washington Nationals in 2007 , and have been affiliated with the Cleveland Indians since 2009 . A few minor league teams are directly owned by their major league parent club , such as the Springfield Cardinals , owned by the St. Louis Cardinals , and all of the Atlanta Braves ' affiliates except the Florida Fire Frogs . Minor League teams that are owned directly by the major league club do not have PDCs with the parent club and are typically not part of the reaffiliation shuffles that occur after each even-numbered season . Today , there are 14 MLB-affiliated minor leagues with a total of 160 revenue-generating teams , located in large , medium , and small cities and suburbs across the United States and Canada , and there are three MLB-affiliated rookie leagues with a total of 80 teams , located in Arizona , Florida , and the Dominican Republic , though these teams do not generate revenue .
Avista Stadium is a baseball park in the northwest United States , located in Spokane Valley , Washington . It is the home ballpark of the Spokane Indians , a minor league baseball team in the Class A-Short Season Northwest League .
Tacoma Defiance , formerly Seattle Sounders FC 2 , is an American professional soccer team based in Tacoma , Washington , U.S. that competes in the USL Championship , the second tier of the national soccer pyramid , as the reserve team of Seattle Sounders FC . The Defiance is operated by The Baseball Club of Tacoma ( operator/owner of the Tacoma Rainiers ) and managed by Seattle Sounders FC , while 20 percent of the club is fan-owned through the non-profit Sounders Community Trust . The club was established in 2014 as Seattle Sounders FC 2 ( S2 ) and originally played at Starfire Sports in Tukwila , Washington . The team moved to Tacoma 's Cheney Stadium in 2018 and was rebranded as the Defiance the following season . The Defiance plans to move into a new soccer-specific stadium near Cheney Stadium in the 2020s .
The USL Championship ( USLC ) , is a professional men 's soccer league in the United States that began its inaugural season in 2011 . The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation ( U.S. Soccer ) as a Division II Professional League since 2017 , placing it under Major League Soccer ( Division I ) in the hierarchy . The USL is headquartered in Tampa , Florida . The league is owned and operated by United Soccer League ( originally United Soccer Leagues ) and was formed as result of the merger of their USL First ( USL-1 ) and Second Divisions ( USL-2 ) , following the controversial 2010 season which saw neither the USL-1 nor the North American Soccer League ( NASL ) receive Division II sanctioning from the USSF , resulting in the temporary USSF Division 2 Pro League . United Soccer Leagues stated that the merger would strengthen the league 's position within the American professional soccer landscape through stability , commercial growth and the professional development of soccer in four main regions throughout the United States and Canada . Formerly known as United Soccer League ( USL ) and USL Pro , in January 2013 , United Soccer Leagues and MLS reached an agreement to integrate the USL league competition with the MLS Reserve League , primarily to improve player development in North America , strengthen league competition and build ties between leagues in the American soccer pyramid . This multi-year deal encourages MLS and USL team affiliations and player loans , aiming to have more games for teams and developing players . As of the 2020 season , 14 USL Championship teams are affiliated to MLS teams . Most teams have an affiliate in either the USL Championship or third-level USL League One ( USL1 ) , but Columbus Crew SC , FC Cincinnati , Los Angeles FC , Montreal Impact , Nashville SC , and Vancouver Whitecaps FC have no affiliated team in these leagues .
The Tacoma Rainiers are a Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League ( PCL ) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners . They are located in Tacoma , Washington , and play their home games at Cheney Stadium which opened in 1960 . At only 26 miles ( 42 km ) south of Seattle , the Rainiers have the shortest distance between a Triple-A team and its major league parent . Tacoma , which has the longest current active streak of PCL membership , operated under several monikers before becoming the Rainiers in 1995 . They have won the PCL championship five times ( 1961 , 1969 , 1978 , 2001 , and 2010 ) , more than any other active PCL team .
The Pacific Coast League ( PCL ) is a Minor League Baseball league operating in the Western , Midwestern , and Southeastern United States . Along with the International League and the Mexican League , it is one of three leagues playing at the Triple-A level , which is one grade below Major League Baseball . It is officially named the Pacific Coast League of Professional Baseball Clubs , Inc. Its headquarters are in Round Rock , Texas . Upon its founding in 1903 , the Pacific Coast League fielded six teams from the Pacific States of California , Oregon , and Washington . Today , the league is composed of 16 teams across 11 states stretching from Sacramento , California , to Nashville , Tennessee , and from Tacoma , Washington , to San Antonio , Texas . The PCL was one of the premier regional baseball leagues in the first half of the 20th century . Although it was never recognized as a true major league , to which it aspired , its quality of play was considered very high . A number of top stars of the era , including Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams , were products of the league . In 1958 , with the arrival of major league teams on the west coast and the availability of televised major league games , the PCL 's modern era began with each team signing Player Development Contracts to become farm teams of major league clubs . A league champion is determined at the end of every season . The San Francisco Seals won 14 Pacific Coast League titles , the most in the league 's history , followed by the Los Angeles Angels ( 12 ) and the Albuquerque Dukes and Portland Beavers ( 8 ) . After the season , the PCL champion plays in the Triple-A National Championship Game against the International League champion to determine an overall champion of Triple-A baseball .
Triple-A or Class AAA is the highest level of play in Minor League Baseball in the United States and Mexico . Before 2008 , Triple-A leagues also fielded teams in Canada . A total of 30 teams play in the Triple-A International League ( IL ) and Pacific Coast League ( PCL ) , with 14 teams in the IL and 16 in the PCL . The MLB-independent Mexican League fields 16 teams . Triple-A teams are typically located in large metropolitan areas that do not have Major League Baseball teams , such as San Antonio ; Austin ; Columbus ; and Indianapolis . Interleague play between the International League and Pacific Coast League occurs twice each season . In July , each league 's All-Star team competes in the Triple-A All-Star Game . In September each league 's regular season champions play each other in the Triple-A National Championship Game to determine an overall champion of Triple-A baseball . The Triple-A classification was created before the 1946 season . Prior to then , the top level of the minors had been designated as Double-A since 1912 . The modern Double-A classification also dates to 1946 , when the former Class A1 level was renamed .
The Tacoma Stars are an American soccer organization that fields teams in both the indoor soccer Major Arena Soccer League and the National Premier Soccer League . Founded in 2003 , the indoor team plays at ShoWare Center in Kent , Washington .
Indoor soccer or arena soccer ( known internationally as indoor football , minifootball , fast football , floorball or showball ) , is a game derived from association football adapted for play in a walled indoor arena . Indoor soccer , as it is most often known in the United States and Canada , was originally developed in these two countries as a way to play soccer during the winter months , when snow would make outdoor play difficult . In those countries , gymnasiums are adapted for indoor soccer play . In other countries the game is played in either indoor or outdoor arenas surrounded by walls , and is referred to by different names ( such as fast football ( futbol rapido ) in Mexico , showbol in South America , and indoor football ( futbol indoor ) in Spain ) . Indoor soccer has different regulations from other versions of association football designed for indoor play , such as futsal and five-a-side football . Unlike futsal , which is played on wooden or ceramic surfaces , indoor soccer is played on synthetic turf ( or , in the case of the British Masters Football variety , synthetic carpet ) . Indoor soccer courts are either delimited by walls or lines , and there are no player throw-ins . FIFA , the international body that oversees international association football competitions , does not sanction the synthetic turf version of indoor soccer , having developed its own code of indoor football ( which they refer to as futsal ) . Indoor soccer is most popular in the United States , Canada , and Mexico , with several amateur , collegiate and professional leagues functioning . While internationally less popular than futsal , indoor soccer is also played at the league level in many countries outside North America . The World Minifootball Federation ( WMF ) is the governing body of indoor soccer at the international level , having replaced the International Fast Football Federation ( FIFRA ) . The term minifootball , which was originally coined in Europe , has been adopted by the WMF as a standard international name for the sport .
The Major Arena Soccer League ( MASL ) is a North American indoor soccer league representing the highest level of professional arena soccer in the world . The MASL features teams across North America , with teams playing coast-to-coast in the United States and Mexico .
The Tri-City Americans are a major junior ice hockey team of the Western Hockey League , based in Kennewick , Washington . The team plays its home games at the Toyota Center . Every game is broadcast locally on the Tri-City Americans flagship radio station 870 AM KFLD , and each game can also be heard streaming live at KFLD 's UStream Channel , as well as from time-to-time being telecast on Saturday nights on KVEW 42.2 . The Tri-City Americans have also been featured in the television series Z Nation episode Day One .
The Toyota Center is a multi-purpose arena in the northwest United States , located in Kennewick , Washington . Opened 32 years ago in 1988 as the Tri-Cities Coliseum , the arena 's name was changed in 2004 to the Three Rivers Coliseum to match the Three Rivers Convention Center , which was built next door in the same year . In October 2005 , a deal was reached between the city of Kennewick and Toyota , which agreed to pay $ 2 million over ten years for naming rights . The city uses the funds for needed improvements and upgrades to the facility . A smaller facility next door , built by the city in 1998 , was named Toyota Arena . In 2016 , the Kennewick Public Facilities District will put to the voters an expansion of what is now known as the Three Rivers Complex . This expansion is called The Link , an ambitious $ 35 million project that would build a 2,300-seat theater , add 50,000 square feet ( 4,650 m2 ) of convention space , and renovate the arena . The Toyota Center is located west of central Kennewick , just northwest of Vista Field , which closed seven years ago in 2013 . The elevation at ground level is approximately five hundred feet ( 150 m ) above sea level .
The Tri-City Dust Devils are a minor league baseball team in the northwest United States , based in Pasco , Washington . The team 's first season was in 2001 , moving up the Columbia River from Portland , Oregon . A member of the short-season Class A Northwest League , the Dust Devils are a farm team of the San Diego Padres . The Devils play their home games at Gesa Stadium , which opened in 1995 and has a seating capacity of 3,654 . The games are carried on the radio on Newstalk 870 AM KFLD and on their website . The club had a long affiliation with the Colorado Rockies , which ended after the 2014 season .
Minor League Baseball ( MiLB ) is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball ( MLB ) and provide opportunities for player development and a way to prepare for the major leagues . All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses . Most are members of the umbrella organization formally known as National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues ( NAPBL ) , which operates under the Commissioner of Baseball within the scope of organized baseball . Several leagues , known as independent baseball leagues , do not have any official links to Major League Baseball . Except for the Mexican League , teams in the organized minor leagues are generally independently owned and operated but are directly affiliated with one major league team through a standardized Player Development Contract ( PDC ) . These leagues also go by the nicknames the farm system , farm club , or farm team ( s ) because of a joke passed around by major league players in the 1930s when St. Louis Cardinals general manager Branch Rickey formalized the system , and teams in small towns were growing players down on the farm like corn . Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball teams may enter into a PDC for a two- or four-year term . At the expiration of a PDC term , teams may renew their affiliation , or sign new PDCs with different clubs , though many relationships are renewed and endure for extended time periods . For example , the Omaha Storm Chasers ( formerly the Omaha Royals and Omaha Golden Spikes ) have been the Triple-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals since the Royals joined the American League in 1969 , but the Columbus Clippers changed affiliations , after being associated with the New York Yankees from 1979 , to the Washington Nationals in 2007 , and have been affiliated with the Cleveland Indians since 2009 . A few minor league teams are directly owned by their major league parent club , such as the Springfield Cardinals , owned by the St. Louis Cardinals , and all of the Atlanta Braves ' affiliates except the Florida Fire Frogs . Minor League teams that are owned directly by the major league club do not have PDCs with the parent club and are typically not part of the reaffiliation shuffles that occur after each even-numbered season . Today , there are 14 MLB-affiliated minor leagues with a total of 160 revenue-generating teams , located in large , medium , and small cities and suburbs across the United States and Canada , and there are three MLB-affiliated rookie leagues with a total of 80 teams , located in Arizona , Florida , and the Dominican Republic , though these teams do not generate revenue .
Gesa Stadium ( formerly Dust Devils Stadium ) is a Minor League Baseball park in the northwest United States , located in Pasco , Washington . Opened in 1995 , it is the home field of the Tri-City Dust Devils of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League ( NWL ) .
The Wenatchee Wild is a Junior A ice hockey team in the British Columbia Hockey League . The team plays its home games at the 4,300-seat Town Toyota Center in Wenatchee , Washington . Initially , the team was part of the North American Hockey League , joining as an expansion club for the 2008-09 season , and in that time they were well known for their rivalry with the Fairbanks Ice Dogs . The Wild moved to the BCHL for 2015-16 , after seeking approval from both Hockey Canada and USA Hockey for three years .
The British Columbia Hockey League is a Junior A ice hockey league from British Columbia under Hockey Canada , a subsection of the Canadian Junior Hockey League . Founded in Vernon in 1961 , the BCHL now includes 17 teams . These teams play in three divisions , known as the Interior , Island and Mainland divisions . The winner of the BCHL playoffs ( Fred Page Cup ) continues on to play the Alberta Junior Hockey League champion in the Doyle Cup for the right to compete in the National Junior A Championship .
Town Toyota Center is a 4,300-seat multi-purpose arena in Wenatchee , Washington . The arena was built and is owned and managed by the Wenatchee Public Facilities District , or PFD . It is home venue of the Wenatchee Wild of the British Columbia Hockey League and will become home to the arena football team the Wenatchee Valley Skyhawks in 2019 . It was formerly home to the Wenatchee Fire FC and the Wenatchee Valley Venom . During planning and early construction , the arena was known as the Greater Wenatchee Regional Events Center , but in August 2008 , a local auto dealer bought the naming rights of the arena for an undisclosed amount , giving the arena its current name .