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The 2024 San Diego Wave FC season is the team's third as a professional women's soccer team. The Wave compete in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States .
San Diego Wave FC players exit a team huddle before a match against the North Carolina Courage on October 5, 2024. 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]
2024 also featured notable off-the-field events in the Wave's history. On March 14, owner Ron Burkle announced the sale of San Diego Wave FC to Lauren Leichtman and Arthur Levine, managers of the Levine Leichtman Capital Partners investment firm, for $113 million and a total (and, at the time, league record) team valuation of $120 million.
Jaedyn Shaw and Alex Morgan scored to give the San Diego Wave a 2-0 win against Racing Louisville on Sunday, earning the NWSL Shield for best record and the top seed for the playoffs. Megan ...
The season began with the 2024 NWSL Challenge Cup, a supercup match between the reigning playoff champion (NJ/NY Gotham FC) and NWSL Shield winner San Diego Wave FC, on March 15, 2024. The regular season began the following day and ran until November 3; [ 1 ] it paused for a month between July 8 and August 18 for the 2024 Summer Olympics .
At the start of 2024, the Wave kicked off the season on a positive note, winning the 2024 NWSL Challenge Cup 1–0 over 2023 champion NJ/NY Gotham FC. [1] However, the Wave failed to replicate their successes from 2022 and 2023, failing to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in club history and finishing in 10th place overall.
— San Diego Wave FC (@sandiegowavefc) July 3, 2024 The statement was in response to a social media post from Brittany Alvarado, a former video and creative manager with the team.
San Diego Wave FC has rejected accusations that “the organization often perpetuated discrimination against women and demonstrated a complete disregard for their long-term mental health.”