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San Diego Wave FC
2025 season
OwnerArthur Levine
Lauren Leichtman
General managerCamille Levin Ashton
Head coachVacant
StadiumSnapdragon Stadium
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2026 →

The 2025 season will be the fourth for San Diego Wave FC, a professional women's soccer team based in San Diego, California, United States. San Diego Wave FC plays in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of Women's soccer in the United States.

Background

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See also: 2024 San Diego Wave FC season

At the start of 2024, the Wave kicked off the season on a positive note, winning the 2024 NWSL Challenge Cup 1–0 over 2023 champion NJ/NY Gotham FC.[1] However, the Wave failed to replicate their successes from 2022 and 2023, failing to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in club history and finishing in 10th place overall. The team was also knocked out during the group stages of both the 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup and the 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup.[2][3] The Wave also underwent several coaching changes, firing Casey Stoney after a poor run of form[4] and replacing her with interim coaches Paul Buckle and later, Landon Donovan.[5][6] Donovan was announced in the offseason to not be returning for 2025, leaving the head coach role vacant.[7]

2024 also featured a large amount of off-the-field changes. Ron Burkle sold the team to new owners Arthur Levine and Lauren Leichtman at a record-breaking fee of $113 million.[8] Camille Levin Ashton came in as general manager, replacing former GM Molly Downtain.[9] In December 2024, president Jill Ellis left her role at the Wave to join FIFA as chief football officer.[10] Ellis and the club had previously been accused by former Wave employees of fostering an abusive workplace environment, a claim which Ellis had refuted.[11][12] Five former employees later filed a lawsuit against the Wave and the NWSL, alleging discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, and retaliation.[13][14]

Team

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Current squad

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As of December 14, 2024[15][16]
No. Pos. Player Nation
1 GK Kailen Sheridan (Captain)  Canada
4 DF Naomi Girma  United States
5 MF Emily van Egmond  Australia
6 DF Hanna Lundkvist  Sweden
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
21 MF Savannah McCaskill  United States
25 FW Melanie Barcenas  United States
69 FW Delphine Cascarino  France
75 DF Perle Morroni  France
77 FW María Sánchez  Mexico
— FW Trinity Byars  United States
— DF Quincy McMahon  United States
Position Staff
Head coach Vacant
Development Coach Jackie Bachteler
Assistant Coach/Head of Goalkeeping Louis Hunt
Assistant Coach Craig Barclay
Director of Recruitment and Analytics Chris Loxton

Competitions

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendlies

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Wave FC will open the 2025 preseason at the Coachella Valley Invitational.[17]

February 26 San Diego Wave FC v Houston Dash Indio, California
12:00 pm PT Stadium: Empire Polo Club
February 22 San Diego Wave FC v Bay FC Indio, California
11:00 am PT Stadium: Empire Polo Club

Regular season

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Main article: 2025 National Women's Soccer League season

Regular-season standings

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Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Source: NWSLsoccer.com

Results by matchday
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Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Ground
Result
Position[a]
Source: NWSLsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
  1. ^ SAN's position at the end of the day on which their match was played.

Squad statistics

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As of

Appearances and goals

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Goals

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Assists

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Shutouts

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Disciplinary record

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Awards

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NWSL monthly awards

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Best XI of the Month

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Main article: NWSL Team of the Month

NWSL weekly awards

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Goal of the Week

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See also: NWSL Goal of the Week

Save of the Week

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See also: NWSL Save of the Week

Transactions

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For incoming transfers, dates listed are when San Diego Wave FC officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For outgoing transfers, dates listed are when San Diego Wave FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another team. If a player later signed with another team, their new team will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when she was officially removed from the San Diego Wave FC roster.

Contract operations

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Contract options
Date Player Pos. Notes Ref.
December 10, 2024 Sweden Hanna Lundkvist
DF
 Option exercised. [18]
Republic of Ireland Kyra Carusa
FW
 Option not exercised.

Transfers in

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Date Player Pos. Previous club Fee/notes Ref.
December 13, 2024 United States Quincy McMahon
DF
 United States UCLA Bruins Free agent signing. [19]

Transfers out

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Date Player Pos. Destination club Fee/notes Ref.
December 10, 2024 United States Christen Westphal
DF
 United States Houston Dash In exchange for a 2025 roster slot and $14,000 in allocation money, plus performance-based incentives. [20]
December 10, 2024 United States Amirah Ali
FW
 Out of contract [18]
United States Hillary Beall
GK
 Out of contract
United States Elyse Bennett
FW
 Out of contract
United States Danielle Colaprico
MF
 Out of contract
United States Morgan Messner
GK
 Out of contract
Republic of Ireland Kyra Carusa
FW
 Option not exercised


References

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  1. ^ NWSL (March 8, 2024). "2024 NWSL Season Opens With UKG NWSL Challenge Cup, Featuring Clash of Champions, Start of Prime Video Coverage | National Women's Soccer League Official Site". NWSL. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  2. ^ Emerick, Tyler (October 17, 2024). "San Diego Wave FC Falls to Club América Femenil 1-0 in Concacaf W Champions Cup at Snapdragon Stadium". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  3. ^ Emerick, Tyler (August 2, 2024). "San Diego Wave FC Fall to Angel City FC in Penalty Shootout in NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  4. ^ "San Diego Wave fire coach Casey Stoney amid 7-game winless streak". AP News. June 24, 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  5. ^ Emerick, Tyler (June 24, 2024). "San Diego Wave FC Parts Ways with Head Coach Casey Stoney". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  6. ^ Emerick, Tyler (August 16, 2024). "San Diego Wave FC Names Landon Donovan Interim Head Coach". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  7. ^ "Landon Donovan won't return as Wave's coach; team expects to announce hire in coming weeks". San Diego Union-Tribune. November 18, 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  8. ^ Linehan, Meg; Staff, The Athletic. "San Diego Wave sold at $120 million valuation, an NWSL record". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  9. ^ "San Diego Wave FC name former Kansas City boss Camille Ashton as sporting director, GM". San Diego Union-Tribune. June 12, 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  10. ^ "FIFA adds Ellis to strategy role with Wenger". ESPN.com. December 3, 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  11. ^ "Wave president Ellis accused of workplace abuse". ESPN.com. July 4, 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  12. ^ "Jill Ellis says allegations of poor work environment at NWSL's San Diego Wave are 'false'". AP News. July 4, 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  13. ^ "5 former employees sue the San Diego Wave and the National Women's Soccer League". AP News. October 10, 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  14. ^ "Five ex-employees sue San Diego Wave, NWSL". ESPN.com. October 9, 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  15. ^ "Roster". San Diego Wave FC.
  16. ^ "San Diego Wave FC Announces 2024 End-of-Year Roster Decisions". San Diego Wave FC. December 10, 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  17. ^ Grueskin, Birgen (December 17, 2024). "San Diego Wave FC to Participate in Coachella Valley Invitational". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  18. ^ a b Grueskin, Birgen (December 10, 2024). "San Diego Wave FC Announces 2024 End-of-Year Roster Decisions". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  19. ^ Grueskin, Birgen (December 13, 2024). "San Diego Wave FC Signs UCLA Defender Quincy McMahon". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  20. ^ "San Diego Wave FC Announce 2023 Roster Decisions" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. November 20, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
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