2024 San Diego Wave FC season

2024 San Diego Wave FC season
2024 season
Owner	Ron Burkle
President	Jill Ellis
Head coach	Casey Stoney; (until Jun 24); Paul Buckle; (until Aug 16); Landon Donovan; (since Aug 16)
Stadium	Snapdragon Stadium
Challenge Cup	Champions
NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup	Group stage
CONCACAF W Champions Cup	Group stage
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2023 2025 →

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 September 29, 2024.^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
1	GK	Kailen Sheridan (Third Captain)	Canada
4	DF	Naomi Girma	United States
5	MF	Emily van Egmond	Australia
6	DF	Hanna Lundkvist	Sweden
7	FW	Amirah Ali	United States
11	FW	Jaedyn Shaw	United States
12	DF	Kennedy Wesley	United States
14	DF	Kristen McNabb	United States
15	FW	Makenzy Doniak	United States
16	DF	Kaitlyn Torpey	Australia
17	MF	Kimmi Ascanio	United States
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
69	FW	Delphine Cascarino	France
75	DF	Perle Morroni	France
77	FW	María Sánchez	Mexico

Coaching staff

As of August 17, 2024.^[4]^[5]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Landon Donovan (interim)
Development Coach	Jackie Bachteler
Assistant Coach/Head of Goalkeeping	Louis Hunt
Technical and Development Coach	Craig Barclay
Director of Recruitment and Analytics	Chris Loxton

Competitions

Friendlies

Wave FC opened the 2024 preseason at the Coachella Valley Invitational.^[6]

February 20	San Diego Wave FC	2–1	Bay FC	Indio, California
12 pm PT	Bennett 39' Ali 78'	Report	Doms 53'	Stadium: Empire Polo Club

February 24	San Diego Wave FC	1–2	Portland Thorns FC	Indio, California
11 am PT	Canales 56'	Report	D'Aquila 49' Wade-Katoa 71'	Stadium: Empire Polo Club

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.^[7]

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
8	Bay FC	22	9	1	12	26	33	−7	28	Playoffs
9	Racing Louisville FC	22	6	7	9	30	30	0	25
10	San Diego Wave FC	22	5	7	10	19	26	−7	22
11	Angel City FC	22	6	4	12	26	37	−11	22
12	Seattle Reign FC	22	5	5	12	23	36	−13	20

Updated to match(es) played on September 29, 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	Jakobsson 17'	Report	Hutton 24' Rodriguez 44' LaBonta 71' (pen.) Lavogez 90+9'	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Attendance: 32,066 Referee: Brad Jensen

March 29 2	San Diego Wave FC	1–0	Seattle Reign FC	San Diego, California
7:00 pm PT	van Egmond 90+8'	Report	Barnes 33'	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	Milliet 35' Howell 80'	Report	Lundkvist 35'	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	McCaskill 68' Wesley 85'	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	Colaprico 6' Doniak 13' Shaw 78'	Report	Oshoala 48' Kundananji 83'	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Attendance: 17,206 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

May 3 6	Seattle Reign FC	2–1	San Diego Wave FC	Seattle, Washington
7:00 pm PT	King 9' James-Turner 21' Balcer 34' Athens 51' Huerta 65' McClernon 78' Latsko 89'	Report	Carusa 11' Lundkvist 24' Bennett 38' van Egmond 50' McCaskill 90+1' McNabb 90+15'	Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 7,030 Referee: Danielle Chesky

May 8 7	San Diego Wave FC	2–0	Utah Royals	San Diego, California
7:00 pm PT	Shaw 35' (pen.) Doniak 77' Westphal 79' Colaprico 87'	Report	Monaghan 34' Pogarch 37' Foederer 51' Sentnor 95'	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Attendance: 10,289 Referee: Katja Koroleva

May 12 8	San Diego Wave FC	1–1	NJ/NY Gotham FC	San Diego, California
5:00 pm PT	Lundkvist 30' 64'	Report	Stevens 25' Bruninha 46' González 71' López 90+5'	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Attendance: 16,024 Referee: Matthew Thompson

May 17 9	Bay FC	2–1	San Diego Wave FC	San Jose, California
7:30 pm PT	Boade 35' Camberos 55' Lundkvist 87' (o.g.)	Report	Carusa 23' McCaskill 80'	Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 16,930 Referee: Brad Jensen

May 23 10	Angel City FC	0–0	San Diego Wave FC	Los Angeles, California
7:00 pm PT	Hammond 69' Nabet 90+8'	Report	Bennett 2'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 19,103 Referee: Elton Garcia

June 7 11	San Diego Wave FC	1–1	Orlando Pride	San Diego, California
7:00 pm PT	Girma 17' Doniak 62' Carusa 85' van Egmond 87'	Report	Doyle 36'	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Attendance: 17,073 Referee: Nabil Bensalah

June 15 12	Washington Spirit	1–1	San Diego Wave FC	Washington, D.C.
4:30 pm PT	Hershfelt 46' Rodman 82' Bethune 90+6'	Report	Shaw 20' Dahlkemper 21' Colaprico 48' Morgan 66' Torpey 87'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 19,897 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

June 19 13	NJ/NY Gotham FC	2–1	San Diego Wave FC	Harrison, New Jersey
4:00 pm PT	Lavelle 45+3' Hiatt 63' Freeman 79' Bell 90+8' Ryan 90+13'	Report	Jones 48' Torpey 90+6'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 10,718 Referee: Anya Voigt

June 22 14	Houston Dash	0–0	San Diego Wave FC	Houston, Texas
4:30 pm PT	Jacobs 81'	Report	Girma 90+7'	Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Attendance: 6,473 Referee: JC Griggs

June 28 15	San Diego Wave FC	0–3	Chicago Red Stars	San Diego, California
7:00 pm PT	McNabb 9'	Report	Girma 42' (o.g.) Hocking 45' Swanson 67' Joseph 69' Staab 73'	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Attendance: 24,115 Referee: Shawn Tehini

July 5 16	Portland Thorns FC	1–0	San Diego Wave FC	Portland, Oregon
7:00 pm PT	D'Aquila 85' Dias 90'	Report	Lundkvist 22' van Egmond 74'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 18,011 Referee: Alex Billeter

August 24 17	San Diego Wave FC	1–2	Angel City FC	San Diego, California
1:00 pm PT	Dahlkemper 90+7'	Report	A. Thompson 20', 29' Spencer 90+6'	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Referee: Eric Tattersall

September 1 18	San Diego Wave FC	1–1	Washington Spirit	San Diego, California
5:00 pm PT	McNabb 30' (o.g.)	Report	McNabb 68'	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Attendance: 23,541 Referee: Anya Voigt

September 8 19	San Diego Wave FC	1–4	North Carolina Courage	San Diego, California
5:00 pm PT	Wesley 13' Sheridan 60'	Report	Hopkins 4' O'Sullivan 8' Rauch 21' St-Georges 45' Speck 90+4'	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Attendance: 26,516 Referee: Brad Jensen

September 14 20	Utah Royals	1–2	San Diego Wave FC	Sandy, Utah
7:00 pm PT	Zornoza 57' Lacasse 59' Tejada 71' Tucker 80'	Report	Ali 1' Cascarino 6'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 9,494 Referee: Laura Rodriguez

September 21 21	Chicago Red Stars	1–0	San Diego Wave FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
6:30 pm PT	Ludmila 12' Bike 83'	Report	Morroni 16' Sánchez 30' Lundkvist 55'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 5,045 Referee: Danielle Chesky

September 28 22	San Diego Wave FC	2–0	Portland Thorns FC	San Diego, California
7:00 pm PT	Jones 69' Barcenas 74'	Report		Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Referee: Elijio Arreguin

October 5 23	North Carolina Courage	v	San Diego Wave FC	Cary, North Carolina
4:00 pm PT		Report		Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park

October 13 24	San Diego Wave FC	v	Houston Dash	San Diego, California
5:00 pm PT		Report		Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium

October 19 25	Kansas City Current	v	San Diego Wave FC	Kansas City, Missouri
10:00 am PT		Report		Stadium: CPKC Stadium

November 3 26	San Diego Wave FC	v	Racing Louisville FC	San Diego, California
2:30 pm PT		Report		Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium

NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LA	SD	AME	BAY
1	Angel City FC	3	2	1	0	0	4	1	+3	8	Advances to knockout stage	—	0–0	2–1	2–0
2	San Diego Wave FC	3	1	0	1	1	3	3	0	4		0–0	—	0–2	3–1
3	Club América	3	1	0	0	2	4	4	0	3		1–2	2–0	—	1–2
4	Bay FC	3	1	0	0	2	3	6	−3	3		0–2	1–3	2–1	—

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: tiebreakers

July 20 1	San Diego Wave FC	3–1	Bay FC	San Diego, California
7:00 p.m. PDT	McNabb 36' Wesley 45+1' Sánchez 53' Ali 80'	Report	Moreau 63'	Stadium: Torero Stadium Referee: Iryna Petrunok

July 26 2	San Diego Wave FC	0–2	Club América	San Diego, California
7:00 p.m. PDT		Report	Luna 69', 78' Palacios 90+5'	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium

August 1 3	Angel City FC	0–0 (5–3 p)	San Diego Wave FC	Fullerton, California
7:00 p.m. PDT	Curry 77'	Report		Stadium: Titan Stadium Referee: Jaclyn Metz
	Penalties
	Emslie Press Thompson Rodríguez Fuller		McCaskill Ali Doniak Barcenas

2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AME	SDW	POR	WFC	SFE
1	América	3	2	1	13	3	+10	6	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—	7–0	5–0
2	San Diego Wave FC	2	2	0	5	2	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage	16 Oct	—	3–2	—	—
3	Portland Thorns FC	2	1	1	5	4	+1	3		3–1	—	—	—	1 Oct
4	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite	2	1	1	2	8	−6	3		—	1 Oct	15 Oct	—	—
5	Santa Fe (E)	3	0	3	1	9	−8	0		—	0–2	—	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 19 September 2024. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated

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

August 20 1	Santa Fe FC	0–2	San Diego Wave FC	Panama City, Panama
7:00 p.m. PDT (UTC-7)	Onodera 66'	Report	Sánchez 2' McNabb 64' Lundkvist 75' Jakobsson 78'	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Referee: Astrid Gramajo

September 18 2	San Diego Wave FC	3–2	Portland Thorns	San Diego, United States
7:00 p.m. PDT (UTC-7)	Sánchez 67' (pen.), 69', 85' (pen.)	Report	Smith 25' Turner 54'	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Referee: Merlin Soto

October 1 3	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite	v	San Diego Wave FC	Vancouver, Canada
5:30 p.m. PDT (UTC-7)				Stadium: BC Place

October 16 4	San Diego Wave FC	v	Club América Femenil	San Diego, United States
7:00 p.m. PDT (UTC-7)				Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium

Squad statistics

As of match played September 28, 2024

Appearances

No.	Player	Nat.	Total		NWSL		Challenge Cup		Summer Cup		W Champions Cup		Playoffs
No.	Player	Nat.	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
Goalkeepers
1	Kailen Sheridan		24	24	21	21	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0
22	Hillary Beall		3	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
35	Morgan Messner		2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Defenders
4	Naomi Girma		19	19	17	17	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
6	Hanna Lundkvist		24	21	20	17	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	0
12	Kennedy Wesley		16	14	13	12	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0
14	Kristen McNabb		25	22	20	17	0	0	3	3	2	2	0	0
16	Kaitlyn Torpey		12	2	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Christen Westphal		19	12	13	7	1	1	3	3	2	1	0	0
75	Perle Morroni		3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Midfielders
5	Emily van Egmond		24	18	22	15	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0
17	Kimmi Ascanio		8	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
21	Savannah McCaskill		20	18	16	14	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	0
24	Danielle Colaprico		24	19	19	15	1	0	3	3	1	1	0	0
Forwards
7	Amirah Ali		17	4	11	3	1	0	3	0	2	1	0	0
11	Jaedyn Shaw		19	12	18	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Makenzy Doniak		26	19	20	14	1	1	3	3	2	1	0	0
18	Mya Jones		19	10	16	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
19	Kyra Carusa		15	7	14	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Elyse Bennett		19	5	13	2	1	1	3	2	2	0	0	0
25	Melanie Barcenas		14	7	9	5	0	0	3	0	2	2	0	0
69	Delphine Cascarino		7	6	6	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
77	María Sánchez		23	20	18	15	0	0	3	3	2	2	0	0
Other players (Departed during season, national team replacement player, etc.)
2	Abby Dahlkemper		17	16	13	12	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	0
8	Sierra Enge		4	2	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
10	Sofia Jakobsson		15	8	12	6	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
13	Alex Morgan		18	14	13	10	1	0	3	3	1	1	0	0
27	Emma Vanderhyden		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Chai Cortez		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	Mackenzie Rath		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Caroline DeLisle		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goals

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	NWSL	Challenge Cup	Summer Cup	W Champions Cup		Total
1	77	FW	María Sánchez	0	0	1	4	0	5
2	11	FW	Jaedyn Shaw	3	0	0	0	0	3
2	15	FW	Makenzy Doniak	3	0	0	0	0	3
3	18	FW	Mya Jones	2	0	0	0	0	2
3	19	FW	Kyra Carusa	2	0	0	0	0	2
4	7	FW	Amirah Ali	1	0	1	0	0	2
	12	DF	Kennedy Wesley	1	0	1	0	0	2
	14	DF	Kristen McNabb	1	0	0	1	0	2
5	2	DF	Abby Dahlkemper	1	0	0	0	0	1
	5	MF	Emily van Egmond	1	0	0	0	0	1
	6	DF	Hanna Lundkvist	1	0	0	0	0	1
	10	FW	Sofia Jakobsson	1	0	0	0	0	1
	25	FW	Melanie Barcenas	1	0	0	0	0	1
	69	FW	Delphine Cascarino	1	0	0	0	0	1
6	13	FW	Alex Morgan	0	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0	0	0	0
Total				19	1	3	5	—	28

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	NWSL	Challenge Cup	Summer Cup	W Champions Cup	Playoffs	Total
1	77	FW	María Sánchez	4	0	1	0	0	5
2	21	MF	Savannah McCaskill	1	1	0	0	0	2
2	69	FW	Delphine Cascarino	1	0	0	1	0	2
3	11	FW	Jaedyn Shaw	1	0	0	0	0	1
	13	FW	Alex Morgan	1	0	0	0	0	1
	14	FW	Makenzy Doniak	1	0	0	0	0	1
	17	MF	Kimmi Ascanio	1	0	0	0	0	1
	23	FW	Elyse Bennett	1	0	0	0	0	1
4	6	DF	Hanna Lundkvist	0	0	0	1	0	1
4	24	MF	Danielle Colaprico	0	0	1	0	0	1
Total				11	1	2	2	—	16

Shutouts

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	NWSL	Challenge Cup	Summer Cup	W Champions Cup	Playoffs	Total
1	1	GK	Kailen Sheridan	6	1	0	1	0	8
2	35	GK	Morgan Messner	0	0	1	0	0	1
Total				6	1	1	1	—	9

Disciplinary record

Player					NWSL		Challenge Cup		Summer Cup		W Champions Cup		Playoffs		Total
Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
1	6	DF		Hanna Lundkvist	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
2	14	DF		Kristen McNabb	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
3	21	MF		Savannah McCaskill	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	24	MF		Danielle Colaprico	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	5	MF		Emily van Egmond	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4	4	DF		Naomi Girma	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	16	DF		Kaitlyn Torpey	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	23	FW		Elyse Bennett	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	1	GK		Kailen Sheridan	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
6	2	DF		Abby Dahlkemper	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	13	FW		Alex Morgan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	12	DF		Kennedy Wesley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	19	FW		Kyra Carusa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	20	DF		Christen Westphal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	75	DF		Perle Morroni	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	77	FW		María Sánchez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7	10	FW		Sofia Jakobsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total					27	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	—	—	31	2

Awards

NWSL monthly awards

Best XI of the Month

Month	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Ref.
March/April	DF	USA	Naomi Girma	^[8]

NWSL weekly awards

Goal of the Week

Wk.	Nat.	Player	Won	Ref.
3		Emily van Egmond	Nom.	^[9]

Save of the Week

Wk.	Player	Won	Ref.
2	Kailen Sheridan	Nom.	^[10]
4	Kailen Sheridan	Nom.	^[11]
5	Kailen Sheridan	Nom.	^[12]
10	Kailen Sheridan	Nom.	^[13]
12	Kailen Sheridan	Won	^[14]
16	Kailen Sheridan	Nom.	^[15]
17	Kailen Sheridan	Nom.	^[16]

Transactions

2024 NWSL Draft

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster.

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	College	Status	Ref.
1	12	Kennedy Wesley	DF	Stanford	Signed a two-year contract.	^[17]
3	42	Mya Jones	FW	Memphis	Signed a two-year contract.	^[18]

Contract operations

Contract options
Date	Player	Pos.	Notes	Ref.
November 20, 2023	Sierra Enge	MF	Option exercised.	^[19]

Re-signings
Date	Player	Pos.	Notes	Ref.
December 7, 2023	Amirah Ali	FW	Re-signed to a one-year contract with an option.	^[20]
December 21, 2023	Makenzy Doniak	FW	Free agent re-signed to a two-year contract.	^[21]
December 28, 2023	Christen Westphal	DF	Free agent re-signed to a two-year contract.	^[22]
January 9, 2024	Kyra Carusa	DF	Re-signed to a one-year contract with an option.	^[23]
January 10, 2024	Emily van Egmond	MF	Free agent re-signed to a two-year contract.	^[24]

Transfers in

Date	Player	Pos.	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref.
December 17, 2023	Sierra Enge	MF	Houston Dash	In exchange for midfielder Belle Briede, the Wave’s 2024 natural third-round NWSL Draft pick, and $60,000 in allocation money.	^[25]
December 17, 2023	Elyse Bennett	FW	Utah Royals	In exchange for $40,000 in allocation money.	^[26]
December 20, 2023	Savannah McCaskill	MF	Angel City	Free agent	^[27]
January 8, 2024	Hillary Beall	GK	Racing Louisville FC	In exchange for natural second-round pick in the 2025 NWSL Draft.	^[28]
February 1, 2024	Hanna Lundkvist	DF	Atlético Madrid	In exchange for an undisclosed fee.	^[29]
February 5, 2024	Kaitlyn Torpey	DF	Melbourne City	In exchange for an undisclosed fee.	^[30]
March 13, 2024	Morgan Messner	GK	Chicago Red Stars	Free agent signing.	^[31]
March 22, 2024	Kimmi Ascanio	MF	Florida United SC	Signed with NWSL Under-18 Entry Mechanism.	^[32]
April 20, 2024	María Sánchez	FW	Houston Dash	In exchange for $300,000 in intra-league transfer funds, $200,000 in allocation money, and a 2024/2025 international roster spot.	^[33]
July 18, 2024	Chai Cortez	DF	San Diego Wave FC	Short-term national team replacement player signings.	^[34]
July 18, 2024	Caroline DeLisle	GK	UCF Knights	Short-term national team replacement player signings.	^[34]
July 24, 2024	Delphine Cascarino	FW	Lyon	Free transfer	^[35]
July 26, 2024	Emma Vanderhyden	DF	UC Santa Barbara Gauchos	Short-term national team replacement player signing.	^[36]
August 22, 2024	Perle Morroni	DF	Lyon	Free transfer	^[37]
September 14, 2024	Mackenzie Rath	GK	Minnesota State Mavericks	Short-term injury replacement player signing.	^[38]

Transfers out

Date	Player	Pos.	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref.
November 20, 2023	Mia Gyau	DF		Waived	^[19]
November 20, 2023	Giovanna DeMarco	MF		Out of contract	^[19]
November 20, 2023	Madison Pogarch	DF	Utah Royals	Free agent	^[19]
November 20, 2023	Kaleigh Riehl	DF	Utah Royals	In exchange for $60,000 in Allocation Money and 2024 Expansion Protection from Utah Royals.	^[39]
December 15, 2023	Rachel Hill	FW	Bay FC	2024 NWSL Expansion Draft	^[40]
December 15, 2023	Sierra Enge	MF	Bay FC	2024 NWSL Expansion Draft	^[40]
December 17, 2023	Belle Briede	MF	Houston Dash	In exchange for midfielder Sierra Enge.	^[26]
January 5, 2024	Shae Yanez	GK	Bristol City	For an undisclosed transfer fee.	^[41]
January 12, 2024	Meggie Dougherty Howard	MF	Angel City FC	In exchange for $40,000 in Allocation Money.	^[42]
January 22, 2024	Taylor Kornieck	MF	Racing Louisville FC	In exchange for $150,000 in Allocation Money.	^[43]
January 29, 2024	Lauren Brzykcy	GK		Mutual contract termination.	^[44]
August 3, 2024	Chai Cortez	DF		National team replacement signing released.	^[45]
August 3, 2024	Emma Vanderhyden	DF			^[45]
August 9, 2024	Caroline DeLisle	GK			^[46]
August 13, 2024	Sierra Enge	DF		Mutual contract termination.	^[47]
August 26, 2024	Abby Dahlkemper	DF	Bay FC	In exchange for $50,000 in Allocation Money.	^[48]
September 11, 2024	Sofia Jakobsson	FW		Mutual contract termination.	^[49]

Retirements

Date	Player	Pos.	Ref.
January 26, 2024	Kelsey Turnbow	MF	^[50]
September 8, 2024	Alex Morgan	FW	^[51]

Preseason trialists

Trialists are non-rostered invitees during preseason and are not automatically signed. The Wave released their preseason roster on January 29, 2024.^[44]

Player	Pos.	Previous club	Notes	Ref.
Gracie Brian	MF	TCU Horned Frogs	Not signed.	^[44]
Marley Canales	DF	OL Reign	Not signed.	^[44]
Caroline DeLisle	GK	UCF Knights	Signed as a national team replacement player.	^[44]^[34]
Morgan Messner	GK	Chicago Red Stars	Signed to a one-year contract.	^[44]^[31]
Taylor Porter	MF	Portland Thorns FC	Not signed.	^[44]

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[2] "San Diego Wave name Landon Donovan interim coach". ESPN. August 16, 2024. Retrieved August 16, 2024.

[3] "Roster". San Diego Wave FC. Retrieved September 29, 2024.

[4] "technical-staff". San Diego Wave FC. Retrieved August 17, 2024.

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[16] National Women's Soccer League [@NWSL] (September 3, 2024). "Vote HERE for the WK17 @DeloitteUS Impact Save of the Week!" (Tweet). Retrieved September 14, 2024 – via Twitter.

[17] "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.

[18] "San Diego Wave FC Signs 2024 NWSL Draft Pick Mya Jones" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. January 6, 2024. Retrieved January 9, 2024.

[auto-19] "San Diego Wave FC Announce 2023 Roster Decisions" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. November 20, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2023.

[20] Emerick, Tyler (2023-12-07). "San Diego Wave FC Re-Signs Forward Amirah Ali". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved 2024-08-02.

[21] Emerick, Tyler (2023-12-21). "San Diego Wave FC Re-Signs Makenzy Doniak". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved 2024-08-02.

[22] Emerick, Tyler (2023-12-28). "San Diego Wave FC Re-Signs Defender Christen Westphal". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved 2024-08-02.

[23] Emerick, Tyler (2024-01-09). "San Diego Wave FC Signs Forward Kyra Carusa to a New Contract". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved 2024-08-02.

[24] Emerick, Tyler (2024-01-10). "San Diego Wave FC Re-Signs Midfielder Emily van Egmond". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved 2024-08-02.

[25] "San Diego Wave FC Acquires Sierra Enge" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. December 17, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.

[San_Diego_Wave_FC-26] "San Diego Wave FC Acquire Elyse Bennett from Utah Royals" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. December 17, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.

[27] "San Diego Wave FC Signs Free Agent Midfielder Savannah McCaskill" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. December 20, 2023. Retrieved December 20, 2023.

[28] "San Diego Wave FC Acquires Goalkeeper Hillary Beall from Racing Louisville" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. January 8, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.

[29] "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.

[30] "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.

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[32] Emerick, Tyler (2024-03-22). "San Diego Wave FC Sign U.S. Women's Youth National Team Midfielder Kimmi Ascanio". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved 2024-08-02.

[33] Emerick, Tyler (2024-04-20). "San Diego Wave FC Acquire Mexican National Team Forward María Sánchez from Houston Dash". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved 2024-08-02.

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[35] Emerick, Tyler (2024-07-24). "San Diego Wave FC Sign French Forward Delphine Cascarino". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved 2024-08-02.

[36] Emerick, Tyler (2024-07-26). "San Diego Wave FC Sign Emma Vanderhyden as National Team Replacement Player". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved 2024-08-02.

[37] Emerick, Tyler (2024-08-22). "San Diego Wave FC Sign French Defender Perle Morroni". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved 2024-08-31.

[38] Emerick, Tyler (2024-09-14). "San Diego Wave FC Sign Goalkeeper Mackenzie Rath as Injury Replacement Player". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved 2024-09-15.

[39] "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.

[40] "NWSL Expansion Draft results: Bay FC land veteran Katelyn Rowland from North Carolina Courage" (Press release). cbssports.com. December 15, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.

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