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2023 San Diego Wave FC season

2023 season
Owner	Ron Burkle
President	Jill Ellis
Head coach	Casey Stoney
Stadium	Snapdragon Stadium
NWSL	1st (NWSL Shield)
Challenge Cup	Group stage
Playoffs	Semifinals
Top goalscorer	Alex Morgan (6)
Highest home attendance	30,854 (vs. CHI, Mar 25)
Average home league attendance	20,681
Home colors Away colors
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All statistics correct as of July 8, 2023.

The 2023 San Diego Wave FC season was the team's second as a professional women's soccer team. The Wave competed in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States. The Wave finished the season with the best record, earning the NWSL Shield and a first-round bye to the playoff semi-finals where they were eliminated from the postseason.

Team

Squad

As of October 15, 2023.

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
1	GK	Kailen Sheridan	Canada
2	DF	Abby Dahlkemper	United States
3	FW	Rachel Hill	United States
4	DF	Naomi Girma	United States
5	MF	Emily van Egmond	Australia
6	FW	Kelsey Turnbow	United States
7	FW	Amirah Ali	United States
8	MF	Sierra Enge	United States
10	FW	Sofia Jakobsson	Sweden
11	FW	Jaedyn Shaw	United States
12	MF	Giovanna DeMarco	United States
13	FW	Alex Morgan	United States
14	DF	Kristen McNabb	United States
15	MF	Makenzy Doniak	United States
16	DF	Madison Pogarch	United States
17	GK	Lauren Brzykcy	United States
18	DF	Kaleigh Riehl	United States
19	FW	Kyra Carusa	United States
20	DF	Christen Westphal	United States
22	MF	Taylor Kornieck	United States
23	MF	Belle Briede	United States
24	MF	Danielle Colaprico	United States
25	FW	Melanie Barcenas	United States
26	DF	Mia Gyau	United States
28	MF	Meggie Dougherty Howard	United States
30	GK	Shae Yáñez	United States

Coaching Staff

As of October 16, 2023.

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Casey Stoney
Assistant Coach	Jackie Bachteler
Assistant Coach / Head of Goalkeeping	Louis Hunt
Technical and Development Coach	Craig Barclay
Tactical Coach Analyst	Chris Loxston

Competitions

Regular season

April 15 3	OL Reign	1–0	San Diego Wave FC	Seattle, Washington
7:00 pm	Van der Jagt 90+5'	Report	Hill  90+4'	Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 9,219 Referee: Tori Penso

Regular season standings

Results summary

Last updated: October 15, 2023.
Source: NWSLsoccer.com

Results by matchday

Playoffs

NWSL Challenge Cup

Group stage

West Division standings

Results by matchday

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played November 5, 2023; only players who have made appearances are listed.

Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		NWSL		Playoffs		Challenge Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	CAN	Kailen Sheridan	21	0	19	0	1	0	1	0
30	GK	USA	Shae Yanez	9	0	3+1	0	0	0	5	0
Defenders
2	DF	USA	Abby Dahlkemper	7	1	5	1	1	0	1	0
4	DF	USA	Naomi Girma	22	0	19	0	1	0	0+2	0
14	DF	USA	Kristen McNabb	15	1	13	1	0+1	0	1	0
16	DF	USA	Madison Pogarch	23	1	7+9	1	1	0	5+1	0
18	DF	USA	Kaleigh Riehl	25	0	18+1	0	0	0	5+1	0
20	DF	USA	Christen Westphal	28	0	22	0	1	0	4+1	0
26	DF	USA	Mia Gyau	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0
Midfielders
5	MF	AUS	Emily van Egmond	12	0	1+9	0	1	0	0+1	0
8	MF	USA	Sierra Enge	14	2	7+3	2	0	0	4	0
12	MF	USA	Giovanna DeMarco	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	MF	USA	Taylor Kornieck	22	2	6+10	1	0+1	0	5	1
23	MF	USA	Belle Briede	12	1	2+5	1	0	0	4+1	0
24	MF	USA	Danielle Colaprico	28	1	21+1	0	1	0	3+2	1
28	MF	USA	Meggie Dougherty Howard	17	0	8+4	0	0	0	1+4	0
Forwards
3	FW	USA	Rachel Hill	23	0	15+2	0	1	0	5	0
6	FW	USA	Kelsey Turnbow	11	0	0+7	0	0	0	3+1	0
7	FW	USA	Amirah Ali	21	2	5+11	2	0+1	0	2+2	0
10	FW	SWE	Sofia Jakobsson	19	2	8+8	2	0+1	0	1+1	0
11	FW	USA	Jaedyn Shaw	29	6	19+3	5	1	0	4+2	1
13	FW	USA	Alex Morgan	20	6	18	6	1	0	0+1	0
15	FW	USA	Makenzy Doniak	27	3	11+10	3	1	0	3+2	0
19	FW	IRL	Kyra Carusa	8	2	4+3	2	0+1	0	0	0
25	FW	USA	Melanie Barcenas	12	0	0+7	0	0	0	2+3	0
Players who appeared for the club but left during the season:
27	FW	USA	Shea Connors	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
34	DF	USA	Cheyenne Shorts	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0
46	DF	USA	Chai Cortez	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0

Goalscorers

As of match played November 5, 2023

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	NWSL	Playoffs	Cup	Total
1	13	FW		Alex Morgan	6	0	0	6
2	11	FW		Jaedyn Shaw	5	0	1	6
3	15	FW		Makenzy Doniak	3	0	0	3
4	10	FW		Sofia Jakobsson	2	0	0	2
	7	FW		Amirah Ali	2	0	0	2
	8	MF		Sierra Enge	2	0	0	2
	19	FW		Kyra Carusa	2	0	0	2
5	22	MF		Taylor Kornieck	1	0	1	2
6	2	DF		Abby Dahlkemper	1	0	0	1
	23	MF		Belle Briede	1	0	0	1
	14	DF		Kristen McNabb	1	0	0	1
	16	DF		Madison Pogarch	1	0	0	1
	34	DF		Cheyenne Shorts	1	0	0	1
7	24	MF		Danielle Colaprico	0	0	1	1
Own goals					1	0	1	2
Total					29	0	4	33

Shutouts

As of match played November 5, 2023

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	NWSL	Playoffs	Cup	Total
1	1	GK	Kailen Sheridan	9	0	1	10
Total				9	0	1	10

Transactions

2023 NWSL Draft

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2023 NWSL Draft was held on January 12, 2023.

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	College	Status
2	13	Sierra Enge	MF	Stanford	Signed
3	33	Lauren Brzykcy	GK	UCLA	Signed
4	45	Giovanna DeMarco	MF	Wake Forest	Signed

Transfers in

Date	Player	Pos.	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref.
December 2, 2022	Rachel Hill	FW	Chicago Red Stars	Free agent signing.
December 5, 2022	Danielle Colaprico	MF
January 12, 2023	Megan Dougherty Howard	MF	Orlando Pride
March 28, 2023	Cheyenne Shorts	DF	Portland Thorns FC	Short-term injury replacement player signing.
April 26, 2023	Shae Yanez	GK	London City Lionesses	Transferred for an undisclosed fee.
June 27, 2023	Chai Cortez	DF	Oregon Ducks	Short-term national team replacement player signings.
	Shea Connors	FW	Brisbane Roar FC
	Sydney Cummings	DF	Western United FC
August 16, 2023	Kyra Carusa	FW	London City Lionesses	Free transfer.

Transfers out

Date	Player	Pos.	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref.
November 15, 2022	Jackie Altschuld	FW		Out of contract.
	Taylor Hansen	DF
	Katie Johnson	FW	Angel City FC
	Melissa Lowder	GK
	Sydney Pulver	MF
	Kayla Bruster	DF		The club chose not to exercise contract options.
	Marleen Schimmer	FW

Retirements

Date	Player	Pos.	Ref.
March 15, 2023	Carly Telford	GK

Preseason trialists

Trialists are non-rostered invitees during preseason and are not automatically signed. The Wave released their preseason roster on February 6, 2023.

Player	Pos.	Previous team
Melanie Barcenas	FW	San Diego Surf SC
Trinity Watson	DF	Pepperdine Waves
Maisie Whitsett	MF	Louisville Cardinals

1. Signed to first team contract.

See also

• 2023 National Women's Soccer League season
• 2023 in American soccer

References

1. "Roster". San Diego Wave FC. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
2. "technical-staff". San Diego Wave FC. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
3. "2023 NWSL Draft tracker: Complete list of picks as phenom Alyssa Thompson goes No. 1 to Angel City FC". CBS Sports. January 12, 2023.
4. "San Diego Wave FC Signs Local Product Sierra Enge" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. March 9, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
5. "San Diego Wave FC Signs Goalkeeper Lauren Brzykcy" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. March 14, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
6. "San Diego Wave FC Signs Midfielder Giovanna DeMarco" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. March 22, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
7. "San Diego Wave FC Signs Forward Rachel Hill" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. December 2, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
8. "San Diego Wave FC Signs Midfielder Danielle Colaprico" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. December 5, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
9. "San Diego Wave FC Signs Midfielder Megan Dougherty Howard" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. January 12, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
10. "San Diego Wave FC sign defender Cheynne Shorts as Injury Replacement player" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. March 28, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
11. "San Diego Wave FC Signs Goalkeeper Shae Yanez" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. April 26, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
12. "San Diego Wave FC Sign Shea Connors, Chai Cortez and Sydney Cummings as National Team Replacement Players" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. June 27, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
13. "San Diego Wave FC Acquire Forward Kyra Carusa" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. August 16, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
14. "San Diego Wave FC Announces Initial Roster Decisions Ahead of 2023 NWSL Season" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. November 15, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
15. "San Diego Wave FC Goalkeeper Carly Telford Announces Retirement" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. March 15, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
16. Rodriguez, Alicia (February 6, 2023). "San Diego Wave FC release initial 2023 preseason roster". LAG Confidential. Retrieved April 30, 2023.

• San Diego Wave FC seasons
• 2023 National Women's Soccer League season
• American soccer clubs 2023 season
• 2023 in sports in California
• NWSL Shield–winning seasons
• 2023 in San Diego