List of San Diego Wave FC players

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] 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]
Yrs	No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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
2024–2025	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
2023–2025	19	FW	IRL	Kyra Carusa	41	4	38	4	1	0	1	0	1	0
2024–2025	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
2024–2025	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
2024–2025	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
2022–2025	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
2022–2025	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

Source: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

^ Includes the NWSL Challenge Cup
^ Includes the CONCACAF W Champions Cup and the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup
^ Dahlkemper was the first ever player to join the Wave, announced on November 22, 2021.^[2]
^ 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

References

^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "2022 NWSL Draft results: San Diego Wave selects Naomi Girma at No. 1". The Equalizer. December 18, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2024.

[2] Includes the NWSL Challenge Cup

[3] Includes the CONCACAF W Champions Cup and the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

[5] Dahlkemper was the first ever player to join the Wave, announced on November 22, 2021.^[2]

[7] Girma was the first-ever NWSL Draft selection by the Wave, selected first overall in the 2024 NWSL Draft.^[3]

[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.

[4] "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.

[6] "2022 NWSL Draft results: San Diego Wave selects Naomi Girma at No. 1". The Equalizer. December 18, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2024.

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National Women's Soccer League All-Time Rosters
Current teams	Angel City FC Bay FC Chicago Stars FC Gotham FC Houston Dash Kansas City Current North Carolina Courage Orlando Pride Portland Thorns FC Racing Louisville FC San Diego Wave FC Seattle Reign FC Utah Royals Washington Spirit
Former teams	Western New York Flash (2013–16) Boston Breakers (2013–17) FC Kansas City (2013–17)
See also: List of foreign NWSL players

Key

Players

By nationality

See also

References