2018 Seattle Reign FC season
The 2018 Seattle Reign FC season was the club's sixth season of play and their sixth season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. After finishing fifth in the league for two consecutive seasons, the Reign finished third to return to the playoffs, where they lost to Portland Thorns FC in the semi-final.
Vlatko Andonovski replaced Laura Harvey as head coach on November 7, 2017. Andonovski was previously the head coach of FC Kansas City.
This was ultimately the club's last season in Seattle, as well as its last as Seattle Reign FC. During the 2018–19 offseason, the club's principal owners, Bill and Teresa Predmore, announced that the team would move to Tacoma, Washington for 2019 and beyond, rebranding as Reign FC. In addition, the team gained two new minority investors—the ownership group of the Tacoma Rainiers, a Triple-A Minor League Baseball team in the Pacific Coast League, and Adrian Hanauer, the principal owner of the region's Major League Soccer team, Seattle Sounders FC. Reign FC will play in the Rainiers' home of Cheney Stadium until a new soccer stadium in Tacoma already planned for the Sounders' USL Championship affiliate, Tacoma Defiance, opens. At that time, most likely 2021, the Defiance and Reign FC will move to the new stadium.
Club
Coaching staff
Current roster
Competitions
All times are in PT unless otherwise noted.Preseason
Regular season
Regular season standings
Results summary
Results by round
Playoffs
Appearances and goals
Awards
The Best FIFA Women's Player">The Best FIFA Football Awards 2018">The Best FIFA Women's Player
- Megan Rapinoe
Ballon d'Or">Ballon d'Or Féminin">Ballon d'Or
- Megan Rapinoe
ESPY Awards">2018 ESPY Awards">ESPY Awards
- Best NWSL Player: Megan Rapinoe
- Best International Women's Soccer Player: Jodie Taylor
The Guardian 100 Best Footballers in The World
- No. 10: Megan Rapinoe
- No. 36: Jodie Taylor
- No. 89: Nahomi Kawasumi
NWSL season awards
- Most Valuable Player: Megan Rapinoe
- Goalkeeper of the Year: Lydia Williams
- Coach of the Year: Vlatko Andonovski
- Best XI: Megan Rapinoe
- Second XI: Steph Catley, Lydia Williams
Team season awards
- Most Valuable Player: Megan Rapinoe
- Defender of the Year: Lauren Barnes
- Newcomer of the Year: Allie Long
- Golden Boot: Jodie Taylor
[NWSL Player of the Month]
[NWSL Team of the Month]
[NWSL Player of the Week]
NWSL Goal of the Week
NWSL Save of the Week
Contract extensions
Transfers
For transfers in, dates listed are when the Reign FC officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed, and amateur call-ups are not considered official signings either. For transfers out, dates listed are when the Reign FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, her new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when she was officially removed from the Reign FC roster.Transfers in
Draft picks
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed on the days of the 2018 NWSL College Draft and the 2018 NWSL Dispersal Draft, respectively, will be listed in the notes.| Player | Pos | Previous Club | Notes | Ref |
 Ally Haran | DF | Wake Forest Demon Deacons | College Draft Round 3, Pick 5 ; acquired from Utah Royals FC | |
 Celia Jiménez Delgado | DF | Alabama Crimson Tide | College Draft Round 4, Pick 6 | |
| Megan Oyster | DF | Boston Breakers | Dispersal Draft Round 1, Pick 3 | |
 Elizabeth Addo | MF | Boston Breakers | Dispersal Draft Round 1, Pick 8 ; acquired from Orlando Pride | |
| Morgan Andrews | MF | Boston Breakers | Dispersal Draft Round 2, Pick 2 ; acquired from Orlando Pride | |
| Christen Westphal | DF | Boston Breakers | Dispersal Draft Round 2, Pick 7 | |
| Lindsay Elston | MF | Boston Breakers | Dispersal Draft Round 3, Pick 3 |