It is not a wave, it is a tsunami of women’s football in San Diego.
The smile of superstar Alex Morgan betrays him: the San Diego Wave is more than a team a movement. “It would take about eight or nine years to build something like this”, commented the contact person of the organization.
32,000 fans ran out of tickets for their first match the new stage of the snapdragon (built where Qualcomm used to be) and that figure meant an all-time attendance record in the ten years of the National Womens’ Soccer League’s existence.
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From seeing that football in California didn’t exist until before this season, to seeing how San Diego has embraced us so quickly like that, seeing those 32,000 people supporting us from the first minute has become a great moment.
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The former Manchester United Women manager, who is now on the pitch the bench of the Wave, Casey Stoney, He came to compare the atmosphere with what is experienced in England.
the first goal
On the pitch, things worked out for the Wave to beat Angel City. 17-year-old Jaedyn Shaw scored the first goal in Snapdragon history half an hour after the match started with a header, and with 15 minutes remaining, goalkeeper and Canadian national team Kailen Sheridan saved a penalty to prevent the draw.
The team is chaired by Jill Ellis, who was a strategist in her day made the ‘boom’ of women’s football at a collegiate level and won two World Cups with the United States. There are seven national team players on their roster and in the office there is a talent who thinks beyond borders.
In the land of ‘football’ the team is officially called: San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. This was praised by League Commissioner Jessica Berman.
“I love all messages that involve, the Spanish-speaking community It’s very important in this country and we still have a lot of work to do on demographics, but it’s good to see San Diego lead that wave. “
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