San Diego Wave FC

NWSL

San Diego Wave Fútbol Club is an American professional football team based in San Diego, California, that competes in the National Women's Soccer. The club was founded in 2021 and won its first trophy in 2023.

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What makes San Diego Wave FC what it is.

At only 14, she was invited into Colombia’s senior national-team environment and trained alongside established goalkeepers including Catalina Pérez and Sandra Sepúlveda.

She first fell for football after literally leaving karate behind and sneaking over to a football pitch when she was still a child.

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Quirky facts from the San Diego Wave FC squad.

She left home at just 15 years old to pursue a football career and help support her family, moving 19 hours away from Brasília to join Joinville CSC.

She scored the championship-winning penalty kick in the 2019 NCAA final against North Carolina.

She won incredible 15 titles with Corinthians, including 5 Brazilian Championships and 3 Copa Libertadores Femenina titles.

Skating came before football, and she even won a skating championship as a child.

At 10, she walked onto the pitch with United States players before a match against Brazil in San Diego. Afterwards, she got a shirt from her idol and future San Diego Wave teammate, Alex Morgan.

Even after illness delayed her debut, she became the youngest NWSL regular-season player at the time, appearing for San Diego Wave on 29 April 2023, aged 15 years and 177 days.

She was the only girl in a group of 18 boys at her first football school and faced bullying from teammates and opponents. She did more than earn the boys’ respect—she eventually became their captain.

She was the youngest player in the US Under-17 squad at the 2024 CONCACAF Women’s U-17 Championship. She scored a hat-trick in six minutes in a 7–1 semi-final win over Haiti, then scored again in the 4–0 final win over Mexico.