Starfire Sports

Starfire Sports Stadium
	The stadium's playing field pictured in 2009
Former names	Fort Dent Park; Starfire Sporting Complex; Starfire Sports Complex
Location	6840 Fort Dent Way; Tukwila, Washington, U.S.
Owner	Starfire Sports
Operator	Starfire Sports
Capacity	4,500 (main stadium)
Surface	5 grass fields ; 7 outdoor FieldTurf fields (inc. stadium) ; 2 indoor FieldTurf fields
Construction
Broke ground	June 20, 2003
Opened	April 23, 2005
Construction cost	$10 million USD
Architect	HOK Sport
Tenants
	Seattle Sounders Women (WPSL) (2005–2019); FK Pacific (PCSL) (2005–2007); Hibernian & Caledonian (PCSL) (2005–2006); Seattle Sounders (USL-1) (2008); Seattle Sounders FC (MLS) (select matches, 2009–present); Tacoma Stars (PASL) (2011–2012); Seattle Reign FC (NWSL) (2013); Tacoma Defiance (MLS Next Pro) (2015–2017, 2022–present); OSA Seattle FC (NPSL) (2015, 2017–present); OSA XF (WPSL) (2022–present); Seattle Seawolves (MLR) (2018–present); ;

Starfire Sports is a multi-purpose stadium and sporting facility in Tukwila, Washington, United States. It is located on the banks of the Green River, just south of Seattle. The stadium is operated by the nonprofit corporation Starfire Sports and is home to several soccer and rugby teams. At the time of its opening, CEO Chris Slatt claimed it was "the largest synthetic-turf soccer complex in the U.S."

From 2008 to 2024, Seattle Sounders FC of MLS has had offices and training facilities at the complex, whose main stadium hosted the Sounders' second-division incarnation in 2008 and has since staged the team's Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup matches. The Sounders' affiliate team, the Tacoma Defiance, played at Starfire from 2015 to 2017 and has returned for select games starting in 2022. The Sounders vacated the Starfire complex in favor of a new facility at Longacres in nearby Renton, Washington, which opened in 2024.

Starting in February 2023, Seattle-based Seattle Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League will use the Starfire complex for training facilities as the complex's primary tenant, having previously played home games there for their 2013 season.

The Seattle franchise of Major League Rugby, the Seattle Seawolves, began play at Starfire Sports in spring 2018.

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