2023 San Diego Wave FC season

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2023 San Diego Wave FC season
2023 season
Owner Ron Burkle
President Jill Ellis
Head coach Casey Stoney
Stadium Snapdragon Stadium
NWSL 1st (NWSL Shield)
Challenge Cup Group stage
Playoffs Semifinals
Top goalscorer Alex Morgan (6)
Highest home attendance30,854 (vs. CHI, Mar 25)
Average home league attendance20,681
←  2022
2024  →
All statistics correct as of July 8, 2023.

The 2023 San Diego Wave FC season was the team's second as a professional women's soccer team. The Wave competed in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States. The Wave finished the season with the best record, earning the NWSL Shield and a first-round bye to the playoff semi-finals where they were eliminated from the postseason.

Contents

Team

Squad

As of October 15, 2023. [1]
No.Pos.PlayerNation
1 GK Kailen Sheridan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2 DF Abby Dahlkemper Flag of the United States.svg  United States
3 FW Rachel Hill Flag of the United States.svg  United States
4 DF Naomi Girma Flag of the United States.svg  United States
5 MF Emily van Egmond Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
6 FW Kelsey Turnbow Flag of the United States.svg  United States
7 FW Amirah Ali Flag of the United States.svg  United States
8 MF Sierra Enge Flag of the United States.svg  United States
10 FW Sofia Jakobsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
11 FW Jaedyn Shaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States
12 MF Giovanna DeMarco Flag of the United States.svg  United States
13 FW Alex Morgan Flag of the United States.svg  United States
14 DF Kristen McNabb Flag of the United States.svg  United States
15 MF Makenzy Doniak Flag of the United States.svg  United States
16 DF Madison Pogarch Flag of the United States.svg  United States
17 GK Lauren Brzykcy Flag of the United States.svg  United States
18 DF Kaleigh Riehl Flag of the United States.svg  United States
19 FW Kyra Carusa Flag of the United States.svg  United States
20 DF Christen Westphal Flag of the United States.svg  United States
22 MF Taylor Kornieck Flag of the United States.svg  United States
23 MF Belle Briede Flag of the United States.svg  United States
24 MF Danielle Colaprico Flag of the United States.svg  United States
25 FW Melanie Barcenas Flag of the United States.svg  United States
26 DF Mia Gyau Flag of the United States.svg  United States
28 MF Meggie Dougherty Howard Flag of the United States.svg  United States
30 GK Shae Yáñez Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Coaching Staff

As of October 16, 2023. [2]
PositionStaff
Head CoachFlag of England.svg Casey Stoney
Assistant CoachFlag of Sweden.svg Jackie Bachteler
Assistant Coach / Head of GoalkeepingFlag of England.svg Louis Hunt
Technical and Development CoachFlag of the United States.svg Craig Barclay
Tactical Coach AnalystFlag of England.svg Chris Loxston

Competitions

Regular season

March 251 San Diego Wave FC 3–2 Chicago Red Stars San Diego, California
7:00 pm
 Report
Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 30,854
Referee: Elton Garcia
April 12 San Diego Wave FC 3–1 North Carolina Courage San Diego, California
7:00 pm
 Report
Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: JC Griggs
April 153 OL Reign 1–0 San Diego Wave FC Seattle, Washington
7:00 pm Van der Jagt Soccerball shade.svg90+5' Report Hill Yellow card.svg 90+4'Stadium: Lumen Field
Attendance: 9,219
Referee: Tori Penso
April 234 Angel City FC 0–2 San Diego Wave FC Los Angeles, California
5:00 pm Report
Stadium: BMO Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Katja Koroleva
April 295 San Diego Wave FC 1–3 Orlando Pride San Diego, California
7:00 pm
 Report
Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 16,225
Referee: Brad Jensen
May 66 Washington Spirit 3–1 San Diego Wave FC Buzzard Point, Washington D.C.
10:00 am
 Report
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 12,232
Referee: Matthew Thompson
May 147 Kansas City Current 0–2 San Diego Wave FC Kansas City, Kansas
3:00 pm
 Report
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 12,969
Referee: Danielle Chesky
May 208 Houston Dash 0–3 San Diego Wave FC Houston, Texas
5:30 pm
 Report
Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium
Attendance: 5,966
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
May 269 San Diego Wave FC 1–1 Portland Thorns FC San Diego, California
7:00 pm
 Report
Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 18,130
Referee: Elton García
June 410 NJ/NY Gotham FC 0–1 San Diego Wave FC Harrison, New Jersey
2:30 pm Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 15,058
Referee: Eric Tattersall
June 911 Racing Louisville FC 0–0 San Diego Wave FC Louisville, Kentucky
5:00 pm
 Report
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 6,753
Referee: Adorae Monroy
June 1712 San Diego Wave FC 1–2 Angel City FC San Diego, California
1:00 pm
 Report
Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 25,515
Referee: Matthew Thompson
June 2413 San Diego Wave FC 1–2 OL Reign San Diego, California
7:00 pm
 Report
Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 22,682
Referee: Natalie Simon
July 114 Chicago Red Stars 1–0 San Diego Wave FC Bridgeview, Illinois
5:00 pm
 Report
Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Attendance: 5,698
Referee: Thomas Snyder
July 815 San Diego Wave FC 2–2 Washington Spirit San Diego, California
7:00 pm
 Report
Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 14,362
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
August 1916 San Diego Wave FC 2–1 NJ/NY Gotham FC San Diego, California
7:00 pm
 Report
Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 12,045
Referee: Elton Garcia
August 2517 Orlando Pride 1–2 San Diego Wave FC Orlando, Florida
4:00 pm
 Report
Stadium: Exploria Stadium
Attendance: 7,556
Referee: Matt Thompson
September 318 San Diego Wave FC 1–0 Houston Dash San Diego, California
5:00 pm
 Report
Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 24,936
Referee: Katja Koroleva
September 1619 San Diego Wave FC 1–2 Kansas City Current San Diego, California
7:00 pm
 Report
Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 15,832
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
September 3020 Portland Thorns FC 0–2 San Diego Wave FC Portland, Oregon
7:30 pm Report
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 19,947
Referee: Calin Radosav
October 721 North Carolina Courage 0–0 San Diego Wave FC Cary, North Carolina
4:00 pm
 Report
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 10,434
Referee: Anya Voigt
October 1522 San Diego Wave FC 2–0 Racing Louisville FC San Diego, California
2:00 pm
 Report Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 30,312
Referee: Jeremy Scheer

Regular season standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 San Diego Wave FC (S)2211473122+937 Playoff semifinals and W Champions Cup
2 Portland Thorns FC 2210574232+1035
3 North Carolina Courage 229672922+733 Playoff quarterfinals
4 OL Reign 229582924+532
5 Angel City FC 228773130+131
6 NJ/NY Gotham FC (C)228772524+131
7 Orlando Pride 22101112728−131
8 Washington Spirit 227962629−330
9 Racing Louisville FC 226972524+127
10 Houston Dash 226881618−226
11 Kansas City Current 2282123036−626
12 Chicago Red Stars 2273122850−2224
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions; (S) NWSL Shield

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
2211473122 +9375241816 +2623136 +7

Last updated: October 15, 2023.
Source: NWSLsoccer.com

Results by matchday

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122
StadiumHHAAHAAAHAAHHAHHAHHAAH
ResultWWLWLLWWDWDLLLDWWWLWDW
Position2233355342156666312121
Updated to match(es) played on October 15, 2023. Source: NWSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Playoffs

NWSL Challenge Cup

Group stage

April 19 San Diego Wave FC 1–0 Portland Thorns FC San Diego, California
7:00 p.m.
 Report Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 9,504
Referee: Brandon Stevis
May 31 San Diego Wave FC 0–3 OL Reign San Diego, California
7:00 p.m.
 Report
Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 9,763
Referee: Anya Voigt
June 28 Angel City FC 2–1 San Diego Wave FC Los Angeles, California
7:00 p.m.
 Report
Stadium: BMO Stadium
Attendance: 13,648
Referee: Katja Koroleva
July 21 Portland Thorns FC 4–1 San Diego Wave FC Portland, Oregon
7:30 p.m.
 Report
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 16,393
Referee: Ricardo Fierro
July 28 OL Reign 1–0 San Diego Wave FC Seattle, Washington
7:00 p.m.
 Report
Stadium: Lumen Field
Attendance: 7,513
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
August 5 San Diego Wave FC 1–1 Angel City FC San Diego, California
4:30 p.m. PDT (UTC-7)
 Report
Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 14,408
Referee: Elijio Arreguin

West Division standings

PosTeam
PldWTLGFGAGDPtsQualification RGN LA POR SD
1 OL Reign 642070+714Advance to knockout stage — 0–0 0–0 1–0
2 Angel City FC 622278−18 0–2 — 2–1 2–1
3 Portland Thorns FC 621387+17 0–1 3–2 — 4–1
4 San Diego Wave FC 6114411−74 0–3 1–1 1–0 —
Source: NWSL

Results by matchday

Matchday123456
StadiumAHHHAA
ResultWLLLLD
Position234444
Updated to match(es) played on August 5, 2023. Source: NWSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Squad statistics

Goalscorers

As of match played November 5, 2023
RankNo.Pos.Nat.NameNWSLPlayoffsCupTotal
113FW Flag of the United States.svg Alex Morgan 6006
211FW Flag of the United States.svg Jaedyn Shaw 5016
315FW Flag of the United States.svg Makenzy Doniak 3003
410FW Flag of Sweden.svg Sofia Jakobsson 2002
7FW Flag of the United States.svg Amirah Ali 2002
8MF Flag of the United States.svg Sierra Enge 2002
19FW Flag of Ireland.svg Kyra Carusa 2002
522MF Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Kornieck 1012
62DF Flag of the United States.svg Abby Dahlkemper 1001
23MF Flag of the United States.svg Belle Briede 1001
14DF Flag of the United States.svg Kristen McNabb 1001
16DF Flag of the United States.svg Madison Pogarch 1001
34DF Flag of the United States.svg Cheyenne Shorts 1001
724MF Flag of the United States.svg Danielle Colaprico 0011
Own goals1012
Total290433

Shutouts

As of match played November 5, 2023
RankNo.Pos.NameNWSLPlayoffsCupTotal
11GK Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kailen Sheridan 90110
Total90110

Transactions

2023 NWSL Draft

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2023 NWSL Draft was held on January 12, 2023. [3]

RoundPickPlayerPos.CollegeStatus
213 Flag of the United States.svg Sierra Enge
MF
 Stanford Signed [4]
333 Flag of the United States.svg Lauren Brzykcy
GK
 UCLA Signed [5]
445 Flag of the United States.svg Giovanna DeMarco
MF
 Wake Forest Signed [6]

Transfers in

DatePlayerPos.Previous clubFee/notesRef.
December 2, 2022 Flag of the United States.svg Rachel Hill
FW
 Flag of the United States.svg Chicago Red Stars Free agent signing. [7]
December 5, 2022 Flag of the United States.svg Danielle Colaprico
MF
 [8]
January 12, 2023 Flag of the United States.svg Megan Dougherty Howard
MF
 Flag of the United States.svg Orlando Pride [9]
March 28, 2023 Flag of the United States.svg Cheyenne Shorts
DF
 Flag of the United States.svg Portland Thorns FC Short-term injury replacement player signing. [10]
April 26, 2023 Flag of the United States.svg Shae Yanez
GK
 Flag of England.svg London City Lionesses Transferred for an undisclosed fee. [11]
June 27, 2023 Flag of the United States.svg Chai Cortez
DF
 Flag of the United States.svg Oregon Ducks Short-term national team replacement player signings. [12]
Flag of the United States.svg Shea Connors
FW
 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brisbane Roar FC
Flag of the United States.svg Sydney Cummings
DF
 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Western United FC
August 16, 2023 Flag of Ireland.svg Kyra Carusa
FW
 Flag of England.svg London City Lionesses Free transfer. [13]

Transfers out

DatePlayerPos.Destination clubFee/notesRef.
November 15, 2022 Flag of the United States.svg Jackie Altschuld
FW
Out of contract. [14]
Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Hansen
DF
Flag of the United States.svg Katie Johnson
FW
 Flag of the United States.svg Angel City FC
Flag of the United States.svg Melissa Lowder
GK
Flag of the United States.svg Sydney Pulver
MF
Flag of the United States.svg Kayla Bruster
DF
The club chose not to exercise contract options.
Flag of Germany.svg Marleen Schimmer
FW

Retirements

DatePlayerPos.Ref.
March 15, 2023 Flag of England.svg Carly Telford
GK
 [15]

Preseason trialists

Trialists are non-rostered invitees during preseason and are not automatically signed. The Wave released their preseason roster on February 6, 2023. [16]

PlayerPos.Previous team
Flag of the United States.svg Melanie Barcenas [A]
FW
 Flag of the United States.svg San Diego Surf SC
Flag of the United States.svg Trinity Watson
DF
 Flag of the United States.svg Pepperdine Waves
Flag of the United States.svg Maisie Whitsett
MF
 Flag of the United States.svg Louisville Cardinals
  1. ^
    Signed to first team contract.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Roster". San Diego Wave FC . Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  2. ↑ "technical-staff". San Diego Wave FC . Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  3. ↑ "2023 NWSL Draft tracker: Complete list of picks as phenom Alyssa Thompson goes No. 1 to Angel City FC". CBS Sports . January 12, 2023.
  4. ↑ "San Diego Wave FC Signs Local Product Sierra Enge" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. March 9, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  5. ↑ "San Diego Wave FC Signs Goalkeeper Lauren Brzykcy" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. March 14, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  6. ↑ "San Diego Wave FC Signs Midfielder Giovanna DeMarco" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. March 22, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  7. ↑ "San Diego Wave FC Signs Forward Rachel Hill" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. December 2, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  8. ↑ "San Diego Wave FC Signs Midfielder Danielle Colaprico" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. December 5, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  9. ↑ "San Diego Wave FC Signs Midfielder Megan Dougherty Howard" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. January 12, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  10. ↑ "San Diego Wave FC sign defender Cheynne Shorts as Injury Replacement player" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. March 28, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  11. ↑ "San Diego Wave FC Signs Goalkeeper Shae Yanez" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. April 26, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  12. ↑ "San Diego Wave FC Sign Shea Connors, Chai Cortez and Sydney Cummings as National Team Replacement Players" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. June 27, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  13. ↑ "San Diego Wave FC Acquire Forward Kyra Carusa" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. August 16, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  14. ↑ "San Diego Wave FC Announces Initial Roster Decisions Ahead of 2023 NWSL Season" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. November 15, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  15. ↑ "San Diego Wave FC Goalkeeper Carly Telford Announces Retirement" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. March 15, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  16. ↑ Rodriguez, Alicia (February 6, 2023). "San Diego Wave FC release initial 2023 preseason roster". LAG Confidential. Retrieved April 30, 2023.