Seattle
Soccer Fields
Seattle Soccer Fields
Seattle has a large number of soccer fields spread amongst the various parks and schools in the city. Seattle Parks playfields, including soccer, typically require a reservation, although there are a small number of fields designated as drop-in. Many Seattle public schools have soccer fields on the property, and these are usually accessible during non-school hours.
Seattle Parks and Recreation manage a number of playfields throughout the city of Seattle, most of which include soccer fields. While most of the soccer fields are grass, some newer fields are synthetic providing a consistent playing field during the rainy months. Some of the fields also sport lights as well. Most Seattle Park soccer fields require a paid reservation to use, and while not technically allowed, it's fairly common to see small groups using these fields when not in use. Seattle Parks has designated a small number of soccer fields as drop-in and fee free during certain hours, including Miller, Washington Park, Bobby Morris, Lower Woodland, Montlake, Brighton, Genesee Upper, Georgetown, Van Asselt Elementary, and Walt Hundley.
Gilman Park Soccer Fields
Gilman Park, located in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, has a couple of playfields that share a space between baseball and soccer throughout the year - the grassy areas of the playfield serve for soccer games of kids of various ages. There are typically two regulation sized goals off to the side that are moved out onto to the field for games, and you may find smaller moveable goals positioned on the playfield as well depending on the season.
Gilman Park Soccer Fields
Jefferson Park Soccer Fields
The Jefferson Park playfield is a turf field in the Southwestern corner of the park that contains both a soccer field as well as a baseball field. The playfield has lights, and is lined as a full sized soccer field. There are typically a number of additional soccer goals positioned around the outskirts of the field, and oftentimes recreational leagues and pick up games are played on smaller portions of the field. Jefferson Park also has a large grassy area in between the skate park and the Beacon Hill Food Forest, which often has a couple of soccer goals; however the field is not lined for soccer.
Jefferson Park Soccer Fields
Magnolia Playfields
Magnolia Playfields, located in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle, has four soccer fields in what is commonly referred to as Magnolia Playfields North. There are three grass soccer fields at the northern end of the park, and the fields share space with the baseball outfields. The fourth field is at the southern end of the park, is grass and also shared with a baseball field (the baseball infield is on part of the soccer pitch), however this field also has lights.
Magnolia Playfields
Woodland Park Soccer Fields
Woodland Park has two lined turf fields (referred to as Playfield #2 and Playfield #7) located in the lower section in the Eastern edge of the park and are accessed off of West Greenlake Lake North. The fields are lighted, and you often see school and recreational leagues using the lighted fields at night. While reservable for groups, these fields (at least Playfield #2) are available for small groups to use when not reserved.
Woodland Park Soccer Fields