December 6, 2022 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) – San Diego Wave FC News Release
With the new year right around the corner and a new season beginning on March 25, the offseason is heating up across the NWSL.
Wave FC head coach Casey Stoney met with the media this week and answered questions across a wide-range of topics.
Read below to hear from Stoney on San Diego’s offseason roster moves so far, what makes Wave FC a destination for players, and much more.
On Wave FC’s inaugural season and the club’s recent signings:
“Obviously, in learning and reflecting on last season, it was an incredible season for us, albeit we were disappointed not to make the Championship Final. I thought we competed really well, and it’s the same as any other club that I’ve been involved in, you have to evolve. You have to make sure that you strengthen. You have to make sure that your squad is ready to compete in the next season, so we’ve had some changes to our roster. We’ve let some people go, and that’s the hardest part of my job is making those decisions and letting those people go because you make relationships with those people, but we’ve given them as much support as we can and given them an exit plan and tried to help them as much as possible. And now we’re looking at who we can bring in. Really pleased with the signing of Rachel Hill and really pleased with the signing of Danny Colaprico. I think they really add a lot of experience to our squad. We’ve got a young squad. Some of our players are still quite inexperienced in the NWSL, so we’re really pleased with them, and we’re still in the market to make more signings.”
On how Colaprico will mesh with Wave FC’s midfield:
“I think something that we’ve reviewed and learned is that we’d like to possess the ball a lot more. I think we’ve got different ways of playing. I think we showed that last year. We can go around, we can go through, we can go over. I’d like us to possess the ball more. I think the way she plays and dictates the game, her passing game and her game awareness and understanding is something that will really add to our midfield.”
On the conversations with Hill and Colaprico that brought them to San Diego:
“I don’t sign players unless I’ve spoken to them personally, so I made sure I was on both of those calls. My first question to them is always: ‘What do you want out of a club? What do you want to achieve?’ And then I try to spell out what I think we can help them with. Because for me, it’s about…