August 24, 2024 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL)
San Diego Wave FC News Release
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Wave FC returns to Snapdragon Stadium to host Angel City FC on today, Aug. 24 for the club’s Olympic Welcome Back and annual Rivalry Match, presented by Kaiser Permanente. Kickoff is slated for 1:30 p.m. PT with tickets available and the match will be broadcast nationally on CBS.
The series between San Diego and Los Angeles holds an overall record of 3-4-3. In the most recent meeting, the Wave fell to Angel City in penalty kicks after a scoreless draw on Aug. 1 a part of the NWSL x Liga MX Summer Cup. In the dying minutes of the match, second-half substitute Melanie Barcenas created multiple dangerous opportunities for the Wave in an effort to earn the game-winner. In the 94th minute, the 16-year-old received a perfectly paced ball through Angel City’s defense from midfielder Savannah McCaskill. Barcenas took a touch to her left foot before firing a shot to the near post that was punched away by goalkeeper DiDi Haracic. Nearly 30 seconds later the midfielder dribbled at the backline and fired a shot that bounced off the crossbar and was cleared away by the Los Angeles defense. At the end of regulation, the match was scoreless and immediately advanced to a penalty kick shootout due to NWSL x Liga MX Summer Cup rules. Los Angeles converted all five of their attempts to walk away with the win.
Last Time Out
In San Diego’s last match, the club defeated Santa Fe FC 2-0 in the first group stage match of the inaugural Concacaf W Champions Cup at Estadio Rommel Fernández in Panama. Forward María Sánchez tallied the first-ever club goal in Concacaf play only 82 seconds into the match. Forward Alex Morgan played a cross into the box that Santa Fe’s goalkeeper Yenith Bailey fumbled, allowing Sánchez to pounce and secure the first goal of the night. The Wave doubled the lead in the 63rd minute when defender Hanna Lundkvist sent a perfectly placed cross to defender Kristen McNabb who sent a header into the back of the net to secure all three points for the visiting side.
Angel City is coming off a 7-0 win over the Liga MX Femenil side FC Juárez who they played in a friendly match on Aug. 18. Los Angeles tallied all seven goals in the first half with forward Messiah Bright recording a hat trick and forward Claire Emslie securing a brace. Defender Megan Reid and forward Alyssa Thompson each earned a goal to help the club to a record of most goals…
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