June 28, 2024 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL)
San Diego Wave FC News Release
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Wave FC (3-5-6, 15 points) returns home to face the Chicago Red Stars (5-7-2, 17 points) at Snapdragon Stadium on Friday, June 28, presented by Alaska Airlines. The club will host its annual Pride Night with tickets available here. Kickoff is slated for 7:00 p.m. PT and the match will be streamed on NWSL+ and broadcast locally on FOX 5/KUSI.
Match Preview
San Diego Wave FC (3-5-6, 15 points) returns home to face the Chicago Red Stars (5-7-2, 17 points) at Snapdragon Stadium on Friday, June 28. The club will host its annual Pride Night with tickets available here. Kickoff is slated for 7:00 p.m. PT and the match will be streamed on NWSL+ and broadcast locally on FOX 5/KUSI.
Heading into the fifth matchup between the two clubs, the Wave holds a 3-1-0 record over the Red Stars. The last meeting between the two was last season, when San Diego fell to Chicago for the first time in a 1-0 match on July 1, 2023 at SeatGeek Stadium. The lone goal came in the added minutes of the first half when defender Tatumn Milazzo sent a first-time cross that found the head of former Chicago forward Ella Stevens who earned the Red Stars the game-winner.
Last Time Out
In San Diego’s last match, the team played the Houston Dash to a scoreless draw on Saturday, June 22 at Shell Energy Stadium. With the result, the Wave recorded its fifth clean sheet of the season, with goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan notching her 22nd career shutout for the club. The best chance of the night for both sides fell to San Diego in the 63rd minute when forward Mya Jones crossed a ball to the far post that fell to forward Kyra Carusa. The San Diego native hit the ball just over the line, but it was determined that Carusa was offside through VAR, leaving the two sides to split the points.
Chicago is coming off a 3-1 loss to the North Carolina Courage at WakeMed Soccer Park on Sunday, June 23. Forward Mallory Swanson opened the scoring in the 12th minute when she hit a back-heel volley over her defender and continued on the attack before taking a shot at the edge of the box that gave the Red Stars the lead. The Courage would equalize just four minutes later when forward Tyler Lussi received a perfectly placed ball through the Chicago defense and took a shot towards the near post. Forward Ashely Sanchez added to the scoring for North Carolina in the 51st minute when she hit a first-time shot…