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2023 San Diego Wave FC season

The 2023 San Diego Wave FC season was the team's second as a professional women's soccer team. Wave FC played 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.

2023 San Diego Wave FC season
2023 season
OwnerRon Burkle
PresidentJill Ellis
Head coachCasey Stoney
StadiumSnapdragon Stadium
NWSL1st (NWSL Shield)
Challenge CupGroup stage
PlayoffsSemifinals
Top goalscorerAlex 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.

Team edit

Squad edit

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

Coaching Staff edit

As of October 16, 2023.[2]
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 edit

Regular season edit

March 25 1 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 1 2 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 15 3 OL Reign 1–0 San Diego Wave FC Seattle, Washington
7:00 pm Van der Jagt   90+5' Report Hill   90+4' Stadium: Lumen Field
Attendance: 9,219
Referee: Tori Penso
April 23 4 Angel City FC 0–2 San Diego Wave FC Los Angeles, California
5:00 pm Report
Stadium: BMO Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
April 29 5 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 6 6 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 14 7 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 20 8 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 26 9 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 4 10 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 9 11 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 17 12 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 24 13 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 1 14 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 8 15 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 19 16 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 25 17 Orlando Pride 1–2 San Diego Wave FC Orlando, Florida
4:00 pm
Report
Stadium: Exploria Stadium
Attendance: 7,556
Referee: Matt Thompson
September 3 18 San Diego Wave FC 1–0 Houston Dash San Diego, California
5:00 pm
Report
Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 24,936
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
September 16 19 San Diego Wave FC 1–2 Kansas City Current San Diego, California
7:00 pm
Report
  • Debinha   3'
  • Hamilton   22'
  • Loera   73'
 Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 15,832
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
September 30 20 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 7 21 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 15 22 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 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 San Diego Wave FC (S) 22 11 4 7 31 22 +9 37 Playoff semifinals
2 Portland Thorns FC 22 10 5 7 42 32 +10 35
3 North Carolina Courage 22 9 6 7 29 22 +7 33 Playoff quarterfinals
4 OL Reign 22 9 5 8 29 24 +5 32
5 Angel City FC 22 8 7 7 31 30 +1 31
6 NJ/NY Gotham FC (C) 22 8 7 7 25 24 +1 31
7 Orlando Pride 22 10 1 11 27 28 −1 31
8 Washington Spirit 22 7 9 6 26 29 −3 30
9 Racing Louisville FC 22 6 9 7 25 24 +1 27
10 Houston Dash 22 6 8 8 16 18 −2 26
11 Kansas City Current 22 8 2 12 30 36 −6 26
12 Chicago Red Stars 22 7 3 12 28 50 −22 24
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions; (S) NWSL Shield

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
22 11 4 7 31 22  +9 37 5 2 4 18 16  +2 6 2 3 13 6  +7

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

Results by matchday edit

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 edit

Further information: 2023 NWSL season § Playoffs
November 5, 2023 Semifinals San Diego Wave FC 0–1 OL Reign San Diego, California
6:30 pm PST Box
Report
Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 32,262
Referee: Natalie Simon

NWSL Challenge Cup edit

Main article: 2023 NWSL Challenge Cup

Group stage edit

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 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W T L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RGN LA POR SD
1 OL Reign 6 4 2 0 7 0 +7 14 Advance to knockout stage — 0–0 0–0 1–0
2 Angel City FC 6 2 2 2 7 8 −1 8 0–2 — 2–1 2–1
3 Portland Thorns FC 6 2 1 3 8 7 +1 7 0–1 3–2 — 4–1
4 San Diego Wave FC 6 1 1 4 4 11 −7 4 0–3 1–1 1–0 —
Source: NWSL

Results by matchday edit

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 edit

Goalscorers edit

As of match played November 5, 2023
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name NWSL Playoffs Cup Total
1 13 FW   Alex Morgan 6 0 0 6
2 11 FW   Jaedyn Shaw 5 0 1 6
3 15 FW   Makenzy Doniak 3 0 0 3
4 10 FW   Sofia Jakobsson 2 0 0 2
7 FW   Amirah Ali 2 0 0 2
8 MF   Sierra Enge 2 0 0 2
19 FW   Kyra Carusa 2 0 0 2
5 22 MF   Taylor Kornieck 1 0 1 2
6 2 DF   Abby Dahlkemper 1 0 0 1
23 MF   Belle Briede 1 0 0 1
14 DF   Kristen McNabb 1 0 0 1
16 DF   Madison Pogarch 1 0 0 1
34 DF   Cheyenne Shorts 1 0 0 1
7 24 MF   Danielle Colaprico 0 0 1 1
Own goals 1 0 1 2
Total 29 0 4 33

Shutouts edit

As of match played November 5, 2023
Rank No. Pos. Name NWSL Playoffs Cup Total
1 1 GK   Kailen Sheridan 9 0 1 10
Total 9 0 1 10

Transactions edit

2023 NWSL Draft edit

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

Round Pick Player Pos. College Status
2 13   Sierra Enge
MF
 Stanford Signed[4]
3 33   Lauren Brzykcy
GK
 UCLA Signed[5]
4 45   Giovanna DeMarco
MF
 Wake Forest Signed[6]

Transfers in edit

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

Transfers out edit

Date Player Pos. Destination club Fee/notes Ref.
November 15, 2022   Jackie Altschuld
FW
 Out of contract. [14]
  Taylor Hansen
DF
  Katie Johnson
FW
   Angel City FC
  Melissa Lowder
GK
  Sydney Pulver
MF
  Kayla Bruster
DF
 The club chose not to exercise contract options.
  Marleen Schimmer
FW

Retirements edit

Date Player Pos. Ref.
March 15, 2023   Carly Telford
GK
 [15]

Preseason trialists edit

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

Player Pos. Previous team
  Melanie Barcenas[A]
FW
   San Diego Surf SC
  Trinity Watson
DF
   Pepperdine Waves
  Maisie Whitsett
MF
   Louisville Cardinals
  1. ^
    Signed to first team contract.
    2.

See also edit

References edit

  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.
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