Orange County Waves

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Orange County Waves
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Full nameOrange County Waves
NicknamesThe OC, Waves
Founded2011
Dissolved2011
Stadium Orange Coast College,
Costa Mesa, California
2011 Women's Premier Soccer League, 1st

The Orange County Waves was a professional women's soccer team, based in Orange County, California. The team began play in 2011, won the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) National Championship and then folded at the end of its first season.

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History

Orange County Waves was one of two professional teams founded for the 2011 Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) by the same team of investors; alongside the Bay Area Breeze, based in Northern California.

Originally conceived as Orange County Sol, the team aimed to be a continuation of the defunct Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) franchise Los Angeles Sol. Anschutz Entertainment Group, rightholders of the Sol name, blocked its use for the new teams. [1]

Former Sol coach Abner Rogers was recruited as well as several ex-Sol players. It was intended that the Waves would progress to WPS, then the top level of professional women's football in the United States. [2] Experienced Ajax America Women coach Brian Boswell joined as assistant to Rogers, who flew to the 2011 Algarve Cup to scout for players. [1] A strong squad was assembled, comprising professionals except for five amateur players who needed to preserve their college soccer eligibility. [3]

The team won the national WPSL Championship in its only season of existence, beating Chicago Red Stars 2–1 after extra time in the final. Rogers was named Coach of the Year. [4] In December 2011 the team's owners withdrew funding from Orange County Waves, in order to focus their attentions on Bay Area Breeze. [5]

2011 squad

[6] [7] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
0 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Katie Loomis
1 GK Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Sophia Perez
2 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Kelly Lawrence
3 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brittany Klein
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jenny Hammond
5 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sabrina DeMonte
6 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Colette Swensen
7 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tanya Taylor
8 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Dani Bosio
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kiki Bosio
No.Pos.NationPlayer
10 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kika Toulouse
11 MF Flag of Iceland.svg  ISL Katrín Ómarsdóttir
12 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ashlee Elliott
13 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Laurel Pastor
14 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kristina Larsen
15 DF Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Vendula Strnadova
18 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Shannon Cross
19 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Meagan Snell
20 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kimberly Allard
21 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tracy Hamm

Year-by-year

YearDivisionLeagueReg. seasonPlayoffsNational Cup
20112WPSL1st, Pacific SouthChampions

References

  1. 1 2 "NAME CHANGE - WPSL team will be OC Wave". LA Soccer News. February 24, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  2. ↑ French, Scott (May 21, 2011). "LOCALS: 2 OC teams, 2 visions in WPSL". ESPN . Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  3. ↑ French, Scott (July 22, 2011). "LOCALS: Waves make waves in women's game". ESPN . Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  4. ↑ "OC Waves Champs". Soccer Nation. August 12, 2012. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  5. ↑ French, Scott (May 18, 2012). "LOCALS: No champs as WPSL starts". ESPN . Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  6. ↑ "OC Waves 2011 Roster". Orange County Waves. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  7. ↑ "WPSL 2011 National Championship" (PDF). Mutiny Soccer. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2013.


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