Tell us about Gray’s Harbor Gulls - when was the club founded and what is its mission?
Our club was founded is 2018 by brothers Ben and Alex Barene. We are celebrating our 5th anniversary this year! The mission of the club is to allow a place for Grays Harbor soccer players to continue playing soccer after high school as we do not have a local college soccer program. Additionally with our new academy, we have become the first competitive soccer program in our county and our goal is to lower the cost barriers to make competitive soccer an option for every family. We will soon be adding a women's team as well.

Tell us about your badge and colors – what is the inspiration, and does it connect to your community in any way?
Our badge features two shades of blue, representing the sky and the ocean, as well as a sun setting over water. We chose the name Gulls as a call back to old minor league baseball teams that called Grays Harbor home. The seagull on the logo is also designed to be similar to the logo of the former Grays Harbor Paper Company.

What league or leagues do you play in? Why did you choose that league?
We play in the Cascadia Premier League, formerly the western Washington premier league. We are a founding club of the league. We joined this league because we believed the growth of the league and promotion and development within a league, helping each club play at an appropriate level.

Do you sell merchandise or have plans to? If so, where can we find it and what are you most excited about?
We sell some merchandise online and at games. It's not much, but we do have scarves. HERE

How has this season gone for you? What were the goals and aspirations heading into it? What is something to work on for the future?
The 2023 season has been successful for us as we are currently in second, in position for the promotion playoff, with 2 games remaining. Our goal was to reach the promotion playoff in 2023 and rebuild our team with hungry, young players.

If there were one or two teams, within a 100 miles of you, to play a friendly against – who would you play and why?
We would love to play a friendly against Lacey. Lacey is another founder of the CPL and we have had a rivalry against them from the beginning. Our matches are always a physical battle and they have a very good squad, but we don't get to play them this year.

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