century; they were two professional men's ice hockey teams that played home games at the Portland Ice Arena and one Negro league baseball team in the West Coast Baseball Association that was also known as the "Portland Roses". The first hockey team played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1914–1918. During the 1915–1916 season the Rosebuds became the first American team to participate in the Stanley Cup finals. The second hockey team played in the Western Hockey League's fifth and final season (1925–1926). Other teams have incorporated the "Rose City" nickname into their brand. The Rose City Rollers, an all-female roller derby league within the Women's Flat Track Derby Association, was established in 2004 and supports four local teams and two traveling teams. The Rollers support a junior league known as the Rosebuds. Two women's professional football teams have been named the Rose City Wildcats, the first formed for the 2001 season of the Women's American Football League and the second for the 2011 season of the Women's Spring Football League. A women's soccer team named the Portland Thorns FC was formed in 2012 by the Portland Timbers and have played in the National Women's Soccer League since 2013. See also Portland Japanese Garden, another garden within Washington Park Rose trial grounds Royal Rosarians References Further reading Culture of Portland, Oregon Portland Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition