The Seattle Sounders joined fellow local professional sports teams — the NWSL’s Reign, MLB’s Mariners, NFL’s Seahawks and WNBA’s Storm — on Tuesday for a joint press conference to support LGBT equality.
The five franchises partnered with Athlete Ally, a national nonprofit committed to supporting LGBT equality in sports. Representatives from each team composed a panel that consisted of Athlete Ally founder Hudson Taylor and pro ambassador Mary Harvey, Mariners owner and CEO John Stanton, Storm owner Ginny Gilder, Sounders owner Adrian Hanauer, Seahawks General Counsel and Vice President of Government Affairs Ed Goines, Sounders defender Brad Evans and Reign forward Megan Rapinoe.