List of San Diego Wave FC players

San Diego Wave FC is an American professional women's soccer club which began play in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2022 as an expansion team.[1] All players who have made at least one competitive appearance for the San Diego Wave are listed below.

Key

  • The list is ordered alphabetically.
  • Appearances as a substitute are included.
  • Statistics are correct as of November 9, 2025, the end of the 2025 NWSL season, and are updated once a year after the conclusion of the NWSL season.
  • Players whose names are highlighted in bold were active players on the Wave roster as of the list's most recent update.
Positions key
GK Goalkeeper
DF Defender
MF Midfielder
FW Forward
Nationality
Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country they most recently represented in international play, or if said player has not played international football then by their country of birth.
Position
Playing positions are listed according to the player's roster designation as of the list's most recent update.
Years
Years are defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player was rostered for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
Appearances and goals
This list counts appearances and goals in the National Women's Soccer League, NWSL Playoffs, NWSL Challenge Cup, CONCACAF W Champions Cup, and NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup.

Players

Yrs No. Pos Nat Player Total NWSL Playoffs Cup[a] Other[b]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2022–2024 7 FW  USA Amirah Ali 68 8 48 5 3 0 11 1 6 2
2022 35 MF  USA Jackie Altschuld 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025– 30 DF  COL Daniela Arias 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025– 3 DF  USA Trinity Armstrong 24 1 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
2024– 17 MF  USA Kimmi Ascanio 36 4 32 4 1 0 0 0 3 0
2023– 25 FW  USA Melanie Barcenas 45 2 34 2 0 0 5 0 6 0
2024– 22 GK  USA Hillary Beall 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2024 23 FW  USA Elyse Bennett 21 0 14 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
2022–2023 23 MF  USA Belle Briede 39 3 26 2 2 0 11 1 0 0
2025– 5 FW  USA Trinity Byars 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2023– 19 FW  IRL Kyra Carusa 41 4 38 4 1 0 1 0 1 0
2024– 69, 20 FW  FRA Delphine Cascarino 38 7 34 7 1 0 0 0 3 0
2023–2024 24 MF  USA Danielle Colaprico 57 1 45 0 1 0 6 1 5 0
2023 27 FW  USA Shea Connors 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2025– 11 MF  GER Gia Corley 25 2 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
2023, 2024 46 DF  USA Chai Cortez 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2022–2024 2 DF  USA Abby Dahlkemper[c] 37 2 26 2 1 0 7 0 3 0
2025– 10 MF  FRA Kenza Dali 27 5 26 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
2023 12 MF  USA Giovanna DeMarco 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
2025– 88 FW  BRA Dudinha 11 5 10 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
2023 28 MF  USA Meggie Dougherty Howard 17 0 12 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
2025 24 MF  NGA Favour Emmanuel 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023–2024 8 MF  USA Sierra Enge 18 2 11 2 0 0 4 0 3 0
2025– 18 MF  USA Laurina Fazer 10 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2025– 28 MF  USA Jordan Fusco 8 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2022–2024 4 DF  USA Naomi Girma[d] 72 0 58 0 3 0 9 0 2 0
2022–2023 26 DF  USA Mia Gyau 8 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
2022 29 DF  USA Taylor Hansen 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2025– 31 GK  BIH DiDi Haračić 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025– 23 DF  USA Nya Harrison 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 3 FW  USA Rachel Hill 23 0 17 0 1 0 5 0 0 0
2022–2024 10 FW  SWE Sofia Jakobsson 59 4 45 4 3 0 9 0 2 0
2022 33 FW  MEX Katie Johnson 19 0 15 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
2024– 18 FW  CAN Mya Jones 24 2 19 2 0 0 0 0 5 0
2022–2023 22 MF  USA Taylor Kornieck 48 7 34 4 3 1 11 2 0 0
2024– 6 DF  SWE Hanna Lundkvist 55 3 49 3 1 0 1 0 4 0
2025– 9 FW  CAN Adriana Leon 27 4 26 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
2024– 21 MF  USA Savannah McCaskill 46 2 41 2 0 0 1 0 4 0
2022 19 DF  USA Tegan McGrady 15 0 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
2025– 34 DF  USA Quincy McMahon 8 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2022– 14 DF  USA Kristen McNabb 99 7 82 6 4 0 6 0 7 1
2024 35 GK  USA Morgan Messner 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2022–2024 13 FW  USA Alex Morgan 63 25 48 19 3 1 8 5 4 0
2024– 75 DF  FRA Perle Morroni 34 1 31 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
2025– 8 FW  NGA Chiamaka Okwuchukwu 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022–2023 16 DF  USA Madison Pogarch 31 1 22 1 3 0 6 0 0 0
2022 17 MF  USA Sydney Pulver 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022–2023 18 DF  USA Kaleigh Riehl 52 2 39 1 2 0 11 1 0 0
2022– 15 FW  USA Makenzy Robbe 99 10 82 10 4 0 6 0 7 0
2024–2025 77, 7 FW  MEX María Sánchez 41 9 34 4 0 0 0 0 7 5
2022 27 FW  GER Marleen Schimmer 14 0 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
2022–2024 11 FW  USA Jaedyn Shaw 59 13 47 13 3 0 7 0 2 0
2022– 1 GK  CAN Kailen Sheridan 97 0 86 0 4 0 4 0 3 0
2023 34 DF  USA Cheyenne Shorts 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
2022 9 FW  ENG Jodie Taylor 20 2 13 1 1 0 6 1 0 0
2022 21 GK  ENG Carly Telford 6 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
2024 16 DF  AUS Kaitlyn Torpey 17 1 14 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
2022–2023 6 MF  USA Kelsey Turnbow 40 0 28 0 2 0 10 0 0 0
2022–2024 5 MF  AUS Emily van Egmond 70 2 58 1 3 1 5 0 4 0
2024– 12 DF  USA Kennedy Wesley 39 3 35 2 1 0 0 0 3 1
2022–2024 20 DF  USA Christen Westphal 80 0 59 0 3 0 12 0 6 0
2023 30 GK  USA Shae Yáñez 9 0 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
  1. ^ Includes the NWSL Challenge Cup
  2. ^ Includes the CONCACAF W Champions Cup and the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup
  3. ^ Dahlkemper was the first ever player to join the Wave, announced on November 22, 2021.[2]
  4. ^ Girma was the first-ever NWSL Draft selection by the Wave, selected first overall in the 2024 NWSL Draft.[3]

By nationality

In total, 63 players representing 13 different countries have appeared for San Diego Wave FC.

Note: Countries indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Country Total players
Australia 2
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
Brazil 1
Canada 3
Colombia 1
England 2
France 4
Germany 2
Mexico 2
Nigeria 2
Republic of Ireland 1
Sweden 2
United States 40

See also

References

  1. ^ NWSL (June 8, 2021). "San Diego To Be Home to NWSL Expansion Team, Led by Jill Ellis as President | National Women's Soccer League Official Site". NWSL. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  2. ^ "San Diego Wave FC Acquires Rights to World Cup Winner and U.S. Women's National Team Player Abby Dahlkemper". San Diego Wave FC. November 22, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
  3. ^ "2022 NWSL Draft results: San Diego Wave selects Naomi Girma at No. 1". The Equalizer. December 18, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2024.