Full name | San Diego Women's Football Club SeaLions | ||
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Nickname(s) | SeaLions | ||
Founded | 1988 | ||
Dissolved | 2019 | ||
Stadium | Manchester Stadium | ||
Chairman | Lu Snyder | ||
Coach | Jen Lalor | ||
League | Women's Premier Soccer League | ||
San Diego WFC SeaLions was an American women's soccer team based in San Diego, California. It was founded in 1988 with the local Peninsula Soccer League and originally called the "Has-Beens". [1] The Has-Beens went on to win the Peninsula championship that year. In 1997 Auto Trader Publications became the team's first commercial sponsor and changed the team name to Auto Trader Women's Select and later San Diego Auto Trader. The team was invited to tour Europe to face clubs in Germany, Hungary, and Italy where they went 4-0. [1]
The team became a founding member of the Women's Premier Soccer League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada, finishing in 2nd place. The next year they traveled to Mexico City to play two games against the Mexico women's national team, helping it prepare for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. [1] They won the Las Vegas Silver Mug Tournament with an 8-0 record, allowing only 1 goal. After beating Las Virgines and the So Cal Blues for the California State Cup title, they then traveled to St. Louis where they won the U.S. National Cup over New Jersey's Patrick Real Wykoff in a 14-0 win. Capping-off the year with another 2nd place finish in the WPSL.
In 2000, the San Diego Auto Traders changed their name to San Diego WFC and went on to win their first WPSL Championship. [2] Due to their success, they became a sponsored team of the Women's United Soccer Association's San Diego Spirit. [1] They won another Las Vegas Silver Mug title and took second place in the WPSL despite losing several players to the Spirit the following year. In 2002, the San Diego WFC becomes the SD Spirit's "developmental squad," and scrimmaged the U.S. Under-16, Under-19, and Under-21 Women's National Teams.
By 2006 and led by USWNT member Jen Lalor-Neilsen, Chinese national team captain Zhang Ouying, and Irish national team member Sarah Halpenny, the SeaLions advanced to the WPSL's first Final Four Tournament, held in Salt Lake City, UT.
The team played its home games at Manchester Stadium on the campus of Cathedral Catholic High School. The club's colors were sky blue, royal blue and white.
The team folded after the 2019 season. [3]
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Year | Division | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs |
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1998 | 2 | WPSL | 2nd | n/a |
1999 | 2 | WPSL | 2nd | n/a |
2000 | 2 | WPSL | 1st | Champion via Reg. Season |
2001 | 2 | WPSL | 2nd | n/a |
2005 | 2 | WPSL | 4th, West | |
2006 | 2 | WPSL | 2nd, West | Lost in WPSL Semi-finals |
2007 | 2 | WPSL | 2nd, West | did not qualify |
2008 | 2 | WPSL | 5th, Pacific South | did not qualify |
2009 | 2 | WPSL | 5th, Pacific South | did not qualify |
2010 | 2 | WPSL | 3rd, Pacific South | did not qualify |
2011 | 2 | WPSL | 2nd, Pacific South | Lost in Regional Final |
2012 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, Pacific South | Lost in Regional Final |
2013 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, Pacific South | WPSL Champions |
2014 | 2 | WPSL | 3rd, Pacific South | did not qualify |
2015 | 2 | WPSL | 2nd, Pacific South | Lost in Regional Semi-finals |
2016 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, Pacific South | Lost in WPSL Finals |
2017 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, Pacific South | Lost in WPSL Semi-finals |
2018 | 2 | WPSL | 5th, Pacific South | did not qualify |
2019 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, Pacific South | Lost in Regional Semi-finals |
San Diego W.F.C. was formed in 1988 to give post college players a place to play competitive soccer. WFC was one of original 6 WPSL teams, known as Auto Trader then. The WFC has sent at least 7 players to the WUSA. In 2004 San Diego WFC, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization was created to develop, and maintain a full-service soccer program, providing playing and training opportunities, coaching, instruction and learning opportunities, and offering soccer program administration opportunities, for females of all ages in under-served areas of San Diego. Also in 2004, WFC has created a close relationship with the Fusion Soccer Club, a girls only competitive club based in Santee.
San Diego WFC has won numerous titles including:
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