SAN DIEGO (Oct. 16, 2024) – San Diego Wave FC (3-0-1, 9 points) fell to Club América Femenil (3-1-0, 9 points) in the final group stage match of the Concacaf W Champions Cup at Snapdragon Stadium on Wednesday night.
The race to reach the Concacaf W Champions Cup knockout stage came down to this match for both clubs. With the loss, San Diego is eliminated from the Concacaf W Champions Cup due to goal differential as a tiebreaker with Club América.
San Diego and Club América battled evenly throughout the match. However, after goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan was issued a red card in the 23rd minute, it would be Club América that broke through in the 58th minute by way of Sarah Luebbert.
Next on the schedule: San Diego returns to regular season action as the club travels to Kansas City to face the Current at CPKC Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 19 with kickoff slated for 10:00 a.m. PT. The match will be broadcast nationally on CBS.
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Box Score:
San Diego Wave FC 0:1 Club América Femenil
Scoring Summary:
CA – Luebbert 58’
Misconduct Summary
SD – Sheridan (Red Card) 23’
SD – van Egmond (Caution) 56’
San Diego Wave FC: GK Sheridan ©, D Morroni (Torpey 88’), D McNabb, D Girma, D Lundkvist, M Colaprico (McCaskill 65’), M van Egmond, M Shaw (Carusa 65’), F Sánchez (Doniak 88’), F Jones (Beall 24’), F Cascarino
Subs not used: GK Messner, D Westphal, F Ali, F Bennett
Club América Femenil: GK Paños, D Orejel, D Kar. Rodriguez, D Luna, M Guerrero (Aviléz 89’), M Kim. Rodriguez, M Antonio, M Luebbert (Mauleon 80’), F Palacios © (Zuazua 90+3’), F Da Silva (Camberos HT), F Hernández
Subs not used: GK Murrieta, M Granados, M Saldivar, M Cabanillas
Stats Summary: SD / CA
Shots: 7 / 23
Shots on Target: 3 / 5
Corners: 5 / 4
Fouls: 5 / 12
Offsides: 0 / 1
Possession: 43% / 57%
