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San Diego Wave FC

2 — 1 Sep 13, 2026 · 04:00 AM IST

North Carolina Courage

NWSL · Round 0

Venue Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, California

Referee Matthew Thompson

Attendance 9,853

Player of the Match Melanie Barcenas 8.5 89' played

Match Events

23' Home ⚽ Gia Corley — 1-0

44' Away Chioma Okafor

HT

63' Home ↔ Laila Harbert → Gia Corley

63' Away ↔ Carly Wickenheiser → Chioma Okafor

72' Home ⚽ Melanie Barcenas — 2-0

81' Home ↔ Laurina Fazer → Kimmi Ascanio

81' Home ↔ Adriana Leon → Trinity Byars

81' Away ↔ Bia Gomes → Vilde Bøe Risa

81' Away ↔ Danielle Weatherholt → Felicitas Rauch

82' Away ⚽ Ashley Sanchez — 2-1

90' Away ↔ Hannah Betfort → Natalia Staude

90 + 3' Home ↔ Nya Harrison → Melanie Barcenas

FT

Match Stats

52 48

Ball possession

1.04 0.69

Expected goals (xG)

9 12

Total shots

5 6

Shots on target

15 20

Touches in opposition box

1 1

Big chances

0 1

Big chances missed

490 (83%) 433 (82%)

Accurate passes

0 1

Yellow cards

1 3

Corners

Lineups

San Diego Wave FC (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Jonas Eidevall

Starting XI

12 Sandra Paños 8.1

6 Brooklyn Courtnall 7.1

2 Kennedy Wesley 7.4

14 Kristen McNabb 6.8

75 Perle Morroni 7.3

8 Kimmi Ascanio 7.4

10 Kenza Dali 7.4

7 Melanie Barcenas 8.5

22 Lia Godfrey 7.2

11 Gia Corley 7.7

15 Trinity Byars 7

Substitutes

4 Laila Harbert 6.6

18 Laurina Fazer

9 Adriana Leon

23 Nya Harrison

31 DiDi Haračić

19 Tatum Wynalda

81 Gabi Portilho

17 Ludmila da Silva

North Carolina Courage (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Mak Lind

Starting XI

1 Kailen Sheridan 6.1

13 Ryan Williams ↗ 7.1

12 Natalia Staude 6.3

18 Uno Shiragaki 6.6

11 Felicitas Rauch 6.4

26 Vilde Bøe Risa 6.8

19 Erica Parkinson 6.3

8 Chioma Okafor 7

20 Shinomi Koyama 7.6

2 Ashley Sanchez 7.6

10 Evelyn Ijeh 6.5

Substitutes

14 Carly Wickenheiser 5.9

17 Danielle Weatherholt

21 Bia Gomes

33 Hannah Betfort

99 Madison White

5 Cameron Brooks

6 Ivy Garner

80 Oli Peña

9 Olivia Wingate