2024 San Diego Wave FC season

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2024 San Diego Wave FC season
Ron Burkle
PresidentJill Ellis
Head coachCasey Stoney
StadiumSnapdragon Stadium
Challenge CupChampions
NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer CupGroup stage
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The 2024 San Diego Wave FC season is the team's third as a professional women's soccer team. Wave FC plays in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.

Team

Current squad

As of March 15, 2024.[1][2]
No. Pos. Player Nation
1 GK Kailen Sheridan  Canada
2 DF Abby Dahlkemper  United States
4 DF Naomi Girma  United States
5 MF Emily van Egmond  Australia
6 DF Hanna Lundkvist  Sweden
7 FW Amirah Ali  United States
8 DF Sierra Enge  United States
10 FW Sofia Jakobsson  Sweden
11 FW Jaedyn Shaw  United States
12 DF Kennedy Wesley  United States
13 FW Alex Morgan  United States
14 DF Kristen McNabb  United States
15 FW Makenzy Doniak  United States
16 DF Kaitlyn Torpey  Australia
18 FW Mya Jones  Canada
19 FW Kyra Carusa  Republic of Ireland
20 DF Christen Westphal  United States
21 MF Savannah McCaskill  United States
22 GK Hillary Beall  United States
23 FW Elyse Bennett  United States
24 MF Danielle Colaprico  United States
25 FW Melanie Barcenas  United States
35 GK Morgan Messner  United States

Coaching staff

As of December 9, 2023.[3]
Position Staff
Head Coach Casey Stoney
Assistant Coach Jackie Bachteler
Assistant Coach / Head of Goalkeeping Louis Hunt
Technical and Development Coach Craig Barclay
Tactical Coach Analyst Chris Loxston

Competitions

Friendlies

Wave FC will open the 2024 preseason at the Coachella Valley Invitational.[4]

February 20 San Diego Wave FC v Bay FC Indio, California
12 pm PT Stadium: Empire Polo Club
February 24 San Diego Wave FC v Portland Thorns FC Indio, California
11 am PT Stadium: Empire Polo Club

NWSL Challenge Cup

Main article: 2024 NWSL Challenge Cup

Challenge Cup has been reformatted to open each season as a single contest with the prior campaign’s winner of the NWSL Shield, presented by CarMax, against the reigning NWSL Champion. [5]

March 15 NJ/NY Gotham FC 0–1 San Diego Wave FC Harrison, New Jersey
5:00 pm PT Report
  • Morgan 88'
 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 14,241
Referee: Danielle Chesky

Regular season

Main article: 2024 National Women's Soccer League season
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 Racing Louisville FC 6 1 5 0 10 6 +4 8 Playoffs
7 Portland Thorns FC 6 2 1 3 12 11 +1 7
8 San Diego Wave FC 5 2 1 2 4 4 0 7
9 Angel City FC 6 2 1 3 7 10 −3 7
10 Bay FC 6 2 0 4 10 14 −4 6
Updated to match(es) played on April 28, 2024. Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
March 23 1 San Diego Wave FC 1–2 Kansas City Current San Diego, California
7:00 pm PT
Report
Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 32,066
March 29 2 San Diego Wave FC 1–0 Seattle Reign FC San Diego, California
7:00 pm PT
Report Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 16,746
Referee: Alex Billeter
April 13 3 Racing Louisville FC 0–0 San Diego Wave FC Louisville, Kentucky
4:30 pm PT Report Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 6,818
Referee: Rebeca Pagan
April 19 4 Orlando Pride 1–0 San Diego Wave FC Orlando, Florida
5:00 pm PT Yates 26' Report Stadium: Inter&Co Stadium
Attendance: 7,701
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
April 27 5 San Diego Wave FC 2-1 Bay FC San Diego, California
7:00 pm PT
Report
Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 17,206
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
May 3 6
Seattle, Washington
7:00 pm PT Stadium: Lumen Field
May 8 7 San Diego Wave FC v Utah Royals San Diego, California
7:00 pm PT Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
May 12 8 San Diego Wave FC v NJ/NY Gotham FC San Diego, California
5:00 pm PT Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
May 17 9 Bay FC v San Diego Wave FC San Jose, California
7:30 pm PT Stadium: PayPal Park
May 23 10
Los Angeles, California
7:00 pm PT Stadium: BMO Stadium
June 7 11 San Diego Wave FC v Orlando Pride San Diego, California
7:00 pm PT Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
June 15 12 Washington Spirit v San Diego Wave FC Washington, D.C.
4:30 pm PT Stadium: Audi Field
June 19 13 NJ/NY Gotham FC v San Diego Wave FC Harrison, New Jersey
4:00 pm PT Stadium: Red Bull Arena
June 22 14
Houston, Texas
4:30 pm PT Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium
June 28 15 San Diego Wave FC v Chicago Red Stars San Diego, California
7:00 pm PT Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
July 5 16 Portland Thorns FC v San Diego Wave FC Portland, Oregon
7:00 pm PT Stadium: Providence Park
August 24 17 San Diego Wave FC v Angel City FC San Diego, California
1:00 pm PT Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
September 1 18 San Diego Wave FC v Washington Spirit San Diego, California
5:00 pm PT Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
September 8 19 San Diego Wave FC v North Carolina Courage San Diego, California
5:00 pm PT Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
September 14 20 Utah Royals v San Diego Wave FC Sandy, Utah
7:00 pm PT Stadium: America First Field
September 21 21 Chicago Red Stars v San Diego Wave FC Bridgeview, Illinois
6:30 pm PT Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
September 28 22 San Diego Wave FC v Portland Thorns FC San Diego, California
7:00 pm PT Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
October 5 23 North Carolina Courage v San Diego Wave FC Cary, North Carolina
4:00 pm PT Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
October 13 24 San Diego Wave FC v Houston Dash San Diego, California
5:00 pm PT Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
October 19 25 Kansas City Current v San Diego Wave FC Kansas City, Missouri
10:00 am PT Stadium: CPKC Stadium
November 3 26 San Diego Wave FC v Racing Louisville FC San Diego, California
2:30 pm PT Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium

NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

Main article: 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

Pos Team
 Pld Pts LA SD BAY AME
1 United States Angel City FC 0 0 — Aug 1 — Jul 20
2 United States San Diego Wave FC 0 0 — — Jul 20 Jul 26
3 United States Bay FC 0 0 Jul 26 — — Aug 2
4 Mexico Club América 0 0 — — — —
First match(es) will be played: July 20, 2024. Source: Liga MX Femenil[6]
July 20 1 San Diego Wave FC
PDT
 Stadium: Torero Stadium
August 1 3
PDT
 Stadium: Titan Stadium

2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup

Main article: 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup

San Diego Wave FC qualified as the 2023 National Women's Soccer League Shield winners.

Transactions

2024 NWSL Draft

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster.

Round Pick Player Pos. College Status
1 12 United States Kennedy Wesley
DF
 Stanford [7]
3 42 Canada Mya Jones
FW
 Memphis [8]

Transfers in

Date Player Pos. Previous club Fee/notes Ref.
December 17, 2023 United States Sierra Enge
MF
 United States Houston Dash In exchange for midfielder Belle Briede, the Wave’s 2024 natural third-round NWSL Draft pick, and $60,000 in allocation money. [9]
December 17, 2023 United States Elyse Bennett
FW
 United States Utah Royals In exchange for $40,000 in allocation money. [10]
December 20, 2023 United States Savannah McCaskill
MF
 United States Angel City Free agent [11]
January 8, 2024 United States Hillary Beall
GK
 United States Racing Louisville FC In exchange for natural second-round pick in the 2025 NWSL Draft. [12]
February 1, 2024 Sweden Hanna Lundkvist
DF
 Spain Atlético Madrid In exchange for an undisclosed fee. [13]
February 5, 2024 Australia Kaitlyn Torpey
DF
 Australia Melbourne City In exchange for an undisclosed fee. [14]

Transfers out

Date Player Pos. Destination club Fee/notes Ref.
November 20, 2023 United States Mia Gyau
DF
 Waived [15]
November 20, 2023 United States Giovanna DeMarco
MF
 Out of contract [15]
November 20, 2023 United States Madison Pogarch
DF
 United States Utah Royals Free agent [15]
November 20, 2023 United States Kaleigh Riehl
DF
 In exchange for $60,000 in Allocation Money and 2024 Expansion Protection from Utah Royals. [16]
December 15, 2023 United States Rachel Hill
FW
 United States Bay FC
2024 NWSL Expansion Draft
 [17]
December 15, 2023 United States Sierra Enge
MF
December 17, 2023 United States Belle Briede
MF
 United States Houston Dash In exchange for midfielder Sierra Enge. [10]
January 5, 2024 England Shae Yanez
GK
 England Bristol City For an undisclosed transfer fee. [18]
January 12, 2024 United States Meggie Dougherty Howard
MF
 United States Angel City FC For $40,000 in Allocation Money [19]
January 22, 2024
Taylor Kornieck
MF
 United States Racing Louisville FC For $150,000 in Allocation Money [20]
January 26, 2024 United States Kelsey Turnbow
MF
 Retirement [21]

References

  1. ^ "Roster". San Diego Wave FC. Archived from the original on August 7, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "San Diego Wave FC Announces 23-Player Opening Week Roster". San Diego Wave FC. March 13, 2024.
  3. ^ "technical-staff". San Diego Wave FC. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  4. ^ "2024 COACHELLA VALLEY INVITATIONAL". sandiegowavefc.com.
  5. ^ "National Women's Soccer League Official Site | NWSL". www.nwslsoccer.com.
  6. ^ "Liga MX Femenil y NWSL anuncian "Summer Cup", su histórica primera colaboración" [Liga MX Femenil and NWSL announce "Summer Cup", their historic first collaboration] (Press release) (in Spanish). Liga MX Femenil. March 20, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  7. ^ "San Diego Wave FC Signs 2024 NWSL Draft First-Round Pick Kennedy Wesley" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. January 8, 2024. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  8. ^ "San Diego Wave FC Signs 2024 NWSL Draft Pick Mya Jones" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. January 6, 2024. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  9. ^ "San Diego Wave FC Acquires Sierra Enge" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. December 17, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  10. ^ a b "San Diego Wave FC Acquire Elyse Bennett from Utah Royals" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. December 17, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  11. ^ "San Diego Wave FC Signs Free Agent Midfielder Savannah McCaskill" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. December 20, 2023. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  12. ^ "San Diego Wave FC Acquires Goalkeeper Hillary Beall from Racing Louisville" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. January 8, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  13. ^ "San Diego Wave FC Acquire Swedish Defender Hanna Lundkvist from Club Atlético de Madrid" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  14. ^ "San Diego Wave FC Acquire Australian Defender Kaitlyn Torpey from Melbourne City FC" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  15. ^ a b c "San Diego Wave FC Announce 2023 Roster Decisions" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. November 20, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  16. ^ "San Diego Wave FC Acquires Allocation Money & Expansion Draft Protection, Trades Kaleigh Riehl to Utah Royals FC" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. November 20, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  17. cbssports.com
    . December 15, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  18. ^ "San Diego Wave FC Transfers Goalkeeper Shae Yanez to Bristol City" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  19. ^ "San Diego Wave FC Acquires $40,000 in Allocation Money from Angel City FC" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. January 12, 2024. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  20. ^ "San Diego Wave FC Acquires Allocation Money, Trades Taylor Kornieck to Racing Louisville" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. January 12, 2024. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  21. ^ "San Diego Wave FC Midfielder Kelsey Turnbow Announces Retirement" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. January 26, 2024. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
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