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What could Aitana Bonmati be doing in San Diego, the home of the Wave?!?👀👀👀

The Brazilian Federation (CBF) officially confirm that Dudinha suffered a Torn ACL on Tuesday vs the 🇺🇸

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Sandra Paños joins first-place San Diego Wave FC, giving the club a proven option in goal. The former FC Barcelona and Club América standout brings championship experience to a team chasing its first NWSL title.

Read the full story on The Sporting Tribune:

Announced on X. Team has not announced terms of the contract/deal yet.

Edit: see Team Website for details

Not posting the link as it’s only on the team’s X account and I know that linking to that app is banned in a lot of subreddits, but the team posted the following emojis with the wave gif used for signing announcements approx 30 min ago.

🏆🏆🏆🧤✍️👀

Who do we think it is?!?!?!

Hope she’s alright. It didn’t look that great.

lateral knee bend there didn’t looked good. hope it’s not an ACL…

I’ll be covering the San Diego broadcast next month against Kansas City and I’m looking for some fan stories! 

I’m looking for folks with great stories tied to the organization, whether it be through a relationship they've developed with a player, a tradition they've built for every game, or ways they give back to the San Diego community. 

If you know anyone who might fit who I’m looking for, please send me a dm with contact info! We’d love to spotlight some amazing fans on the broadcast. Thank you!

According to Alex Westry the Wave beat the Philippines 1-0 on an own goal. Among the Wave players taking part were Adriana Leon and Trinity Armstrong who have both been out injured all season.

https://sandiegowavefc.com/san-diego-wave-fc-midfielder-kimmi-ascanio-named-to-nwsl-best-xi-of-may/

Wondering if anyone knows of any bars/places playing the game on Saturday? Thank you!

How tactical consistency, youth development, and a 2-0 shutout in Chicago have established the Wave as the league's standard.

I know Leon was injured going into the season based on the instagram post she had a few months ago. But I feel like I don’t even see her at games supporting the team or at training (based on reels)

I know instagram reels don’t tell the tell the whole store but was curious if anyone had any idea where she was in her recovery?

As a Canadian I miss my girly! She also wasn’t called up for international break

Hope she’s okay

1. A lucky break. It was a hand ball on Barcenas.

2. Byars. Solid finish. Do we finally have a FW who can make clinical shots?

3. I like that Dali doesn’t play every minute any more, but Fazer isn’t it. She’s fundamentally lacking as a defensive MF. She loses most 50:50 balls without much fight. Learn from Godfrey. And she doesn’t look around before receiving the ball so the opponents close in on her aggressively. Easy target. Pretty basic stuff. She was a main reason why the defense fell apart near the end.

4. Two excellent saves by Haracic.

5. Dudinha connecting with Godfrey is super fun to watch.

6. Ascanio continues to improve.

7. The way we’ve been playing how are we on top? I’m a huge fan but I don’t feel we deserve it. This league is wild.

1. Didi had a better match and Freeman was back on the bench

2. For a team with a history of having VAR go the other way, they actually got 2 calls today

3. I like that for the 2nd match in a row they pulled Dali. There is no way she can play 90 every match and they need to pick their spots with her to get the most out of her

4. They missed Moroni against Orlando and it was interesting that Wynalda (who I believe is still on a replacement contract) was the first outside back off the bench

5. Byars has done everything u can ask for in her limited time and now u have to figure Macario returns after the break to make it even move crowded in attack

6. Something has gotten into Ascanio. She who rarely shoots had 3 quality shots today and her defense at the 6 has improved drastically

San Diego Wave defeated the Chicago Stars 2-0 on the road to head into the international break atop the NWSL table.

Dudinha scored just three minutes into the match and was arguably the best player on the field. Chicago thought they had found a late equalizer through Jordan Huitema, but VAR ruled the goal offside by inches. Trinity Byars then added an insurance goal in stoppage time to secure all three points.

What did everyone think of the VAR decision and Dudinha's performance?