Tacoma Rangers GAA
Despite a name that sounds like a soccer team, Tacoma Rangers are a Gaelic games club in Pierce County, Washington. Founded in 2013, they play hurling, camogie and Gaelic football for men, women and youth, and every spring they host their own tournament, the Grit City Opener.
Gaelic Games in the South Sound
The Rangers describe themselves as a social and sporting home for Gaelic games in the South Sound. They sit under the Irish Heritage Club and play in the Northwest Division of the USGAA, alongside Seattle Gaels, Portland’s Columbia Red Branch, Butte Wolfe Tones and Thomas Meagher from Montana, Eugene’s Willamette Valley Nomads and fellow Tacoma side Grit City Hounds.
The club runs summer tournaments across the Pacific Northwest and local scrimmages through the winter. No experience is needed to join, and non-playing supporters are welcome too. Sunday sessions run at Jane Clark Park in Tacoma, with a midweek session at Vassault Park.
Hosts of the Grit City Opener
The Rangers host the Grit City Opener, a spring hurling and camogie tournament for clubs from across the Pacific Northwest. The 2025 edition was played in Tacoma on 5 April. In 2026 it moved to the Lacey Regional Athletic Complex near Olympia on 11 April, with Seattle Gaels, Columbia Red Branch, Thomas Meagher, Butte Wolfe Tones, Willamette Valley Nomads and Grit City Hounds all down to play.
The club also hosted the Cascade Cup on 8 June 2024, a day of hurling and camogie with men’s and women’s football on the card. Back in September 2021, the Rangers’ hurlers were among the teams at the USGAA Northwest Regional tournament at Shoreline Stadium, hosted by Seattle Gaels.
A Pacific Northwest GAA Jersey
With hurlers, camogie players and footballers all wearing the same crest, a Tacoma Rangers jersey is a piece of a small but busy corner of American Gaelic games.
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