Meet the New Wave

San Diego Wave FC is heading into the 2025 campaign with eight new signings who are ready to make waves this season. The newest additions include top international talent and rising young stars, making the average age of the roster just 25 years old. Get to the know the fresh faces of the Club ahead of this exciting year!

KENZA DALI
Number: 10 Position: Midfielder Hometown: Sainte-Colombe, France
What sport would you play if you did not play futbol? Basketball because they’re so cool, their dressing and shoes. I could be like the playmaker.
Which San Diego activities are you excited to do? Surfing, I want to learn.
What do you enjoy doing outside of soccer? I’m reading a lot. A bit boring, I read everything except psychology – like how to be happy and stuff.
What is your dream off day? Spending time with my family. Everything is good with them.

CHIAMAKA OKWUCHUKWU
Number: 8 Position: Forward Hometown: Njaba, Nigeria
What do you enjoy outside of soccer? Fashion and styling. Styling myself and my friends.
If you have an off day from soccer, how do you want to spend it? Go shopping. I love the electric car stores.
Do you enjoy a vacation on the beach or a trip to the snow? I don’t like the cold, I love the beach.
Would you play another sport besides futbol? No, no, only futbol.
If you won the lottery, what would you use the money for? If I have enough money I want to just build a home for the homeless and support the less privileged. That’s my dream.

GIA CORLEY
Number: 11 Position: Midfielder Hometown: Tacoma, Washington
How you would spend your ideal off day? I would force my teammates to go with me to brunch. A good brunch with waffles and maple syrup and rice pudding. I would love to go to [the] bars here where you can play games, like an arcade. I really like that, just [being] with them and that’s a really good day. Also listening to music and dancing a little bit.
What San Diego activities are you most excited to do? I love to go to Target, I just like to be there. And I also like to go to the dog beach and just like going outside because the vibe is nice. And playing pool outside.
If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money? I think first I would give it to my family, I have a big family. But not all of it, then I would open a, how do you say, ‘where the dogs can sleep,” a dog shelter and hotel.

TRINITY ARMSTRONG
Number: 3 Position: Defender Hometown: Frisco, Texas
How did you get your nickname, T3? I started soccer when I was three years old and on top of that Trinity means three, and if you want to get more technical, I have three syllables in my name. I’m also the third child and lastly I see “333” every single day for the past like 10 years whether it’s on a hat, or a shirt, or like TikTok comments – I honestly see it everywhere and it’s been such a big part of my life.
What San Diego activities are you most excited to do? I’m excited to go surfing with Kimmi (Ascanio). Yeah, we’re gonna take up surfing. “Longboarding or shortboarding?” – All of it.
What sport would you play if you didn’t play soccer? It’d be between volleyball or track. I’d probably run track because I grew up doing like the 100, 200, 100 hurdles, and I just love sprinting.

QUINCY MCMAHON
Number: 34 Position: Defender Hometown: Carmel, Indiana
Do you have any fun nicknames? Quince or Q
What is a fun fact about yourself? I used to have a pet gecko. I like animals, and reptiles and things like that – not really snakes. I would definitely get another leopard gecko because they’re so sweet, and small, and nice.
What is your favorite sweet treat? I love just a vanilla latte – I can’t really claim that I’m a coffee girl because I only drink lattes but I love vanilla lattes. That’s another really great part about being in San Diego, there’s a lot of really good coffee shops.
How would your friends describe you off the field? I think a lot of my friends off the field describe me as active. I like to do a lot of things and I have a hard time sitting still – so I’ll either be like reading, or go for a walk, or find some random activity to do.

TRINITY BYARS
Number: 5 Position: Forward Hometown: Richardson, Texas
What made you choose the jersey number 5? So my favorite number is 15. I’ve always been number 15 growing up, but my first number ever when I first put on a jersey was number five. 15 and five kind of stuck between my sisters when we played soccer. And yeah, so I was lucky to have five available.
What sport would you play if you didn’t play soccer? In high school and middle school, I did track and basketball. I did like track, I hated the practices because of all of the running, but like 100% I would love to do the meets. Like the 100 or 200 I think would be really fun.
What San Diego activities are you most excited to do? I’m excited to try just all the restaurants and food places, I’m a big foodie. So that and just going to the beach. I’ve lived in Texas my whole life so I haven’t been able to get out to the beach and have that access.
What do you enjoy doing outside of soccer? I love hanging out with friends, just any activities with them. I’m trying to start getting into baking and also reading.

FAVOUR EMMANUEL
Number: 24 Position: Midfielder Hometown: Port Harcourt, Nigeria
What sport would you play if you didn’t play futbol? I’ll come back to fútbol.
What do you like to do outside of futbol? Taking pictures. Dancing. Listening to music – Afrobeats.
What things are you excited to do in San Diego? Going to the beach. I like the sand. I’m afraid of the ocean, I’m scared of water.
Who is your fashion inspo? Burna Boy.

DIDI HARAČIĆ
Number: 31 Position: Goalkeeper Hometown: Sarajevo, Bosnia
What do you enjoy doing outside of soccer? It has become a job of mine – photography. And then I do love reading self help books and mental health books, just to keep me grounded and remind me of who I am.
What San Diego activities are you most excited to do? I’m most excited to do more surf photography down here and I’ll actually probably be going shark diving.
What is your dream off day? Sleeping in, whatever that means for me, because I don’t sleep in. Grabbing my coffee, with my own beans I created. And just having a slow morning and taking the rest of the day to walk the beach, be out in nature, and if I ever get the chance, travel in one day.
What made you choose the jersey number 31? I chose my [previous] number (13) because I wanted to be different than all the numbers for goalkeepers and our position, so 13 stuck. I feel like I branded myself. And then I decided to flip it (31) and kind of create something new and a different number to brand.