San Diego Wave W 2–1 Washington Spirit W

NWSL Women 2026 Regular season · 16 May 2026

San Diego Wave W vs Washington Spirit W in the NWSL Women 2026.

At Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego.

Referee: Jeremy Scheer, USA.

San Diego Wave W beat Washington Spirit W 2–1. T. Byars opened the scoring for San Diego Wave W after 7 minutes. K. Ascanio made it 2–1 after 89 minutes, and that was the winner.

Goalscorers

• San Diego Wave W: T. Byars 7', K. Ascanio 89'
• Washington Spirit W: R. Bernal 33'

San Diego Wave W starting lineup (4-2-3-1)

• 31 DiDi Haracic (G)
• 16 Amelia Van Zanten (D)
• 2 Kennedy Wesley (D)
• 14 Kristen McNabb (D)
• 75 Perle Morroni (D)
• 10 Kenza Dali (M)
• 8 Kimmi Ascanio (M)
• 81 Gabi Portilho (M)
• 11 Gia Corley (M)
• 88 Dudinha (M)
• 15 Trinity Paula Byars (F)

Washington Spirit W starting lineup (4-2-3-1)

• 18 Sandy MacIver (G)
• 13 Lucia Di Guglielmo (D)
• 9 Tara McKeown (D)
• 24 Esme Morgan (D)
• 14 Gabrielle Carle (D)
• 4 Rebeca Bernal (M)
• 17 Hal Hershfelt (M)
• 2 Trinity Rodman (M)
• 10 Leicy Santos (M)
• 11 Claudia Martínez (M)
• 27 Sofia Cantore (F)

Match events

• 6′ San Diego Wave W: Normal Goal, Trinity Paula Byars
• 33′ Washington Spirit W: Normal Goal, Rebeca Bernal, Leicy Santos
• 45+1′ Washington Spirit W: Yellow Card, Trinity Rodman
• 46′ San Diego Wave W: Substitution, Ludmila, Trinity Paula Byars
• 46′ San Diego Wave W: Substitution, Melanie Barcenas, Gabi Portilho
• 46′ San Diego Wave W: Substitution, Lia Godfrey, Gia Corley
• 46′ Washington Spirit W: Substitution, Rosemonde Kouassi, Claudia Martínez
• 54′ Washington Spirit W: Yellow Card, Rebeca Bernal
• 66′ Washington Spirit W: Substitution, Andi Sullivan, Rebeca Bernal
• 73′ San Diego Wave W: Yellow Card, Melanie Barcenas
• 74′ Washington Spirit W: Substitution, Gift Monday, Sofia Cantore
• 89′ San Diego Wave W: Normal Goal, Kimmi Ascanio, Kenza Dali
• 89′ San Diego Wave W: Substitution, Tatum Wynalda, Dudinha
• 90′ Washington Spirit W: Substitution, Kate Wiesner, Gabrielle Carle
• 90′ Washington Spirit W: Substitution, Tamara Bolt, Lucia Di Guglielmo

Match statistics

San Diego Wave W before this match

• at Angel City W 2–1 (Angel City W) · Regular season, 10 May 2026
• vs Bay FC W 0–1 (Bay FC W) · Regular season, 3 May 2026
• at Portland Thorns W 0–2 (Portland Thorns W) · Regular season, 30 Apr 2026
• at Denver Summit W 3–2 (Denver Summit W) · Regular season, 26 Apr 2026
• at Boston Legacy W 1–0 (Boston Legacy W) · Regular season, 3 Apr 2026

Washington Spirit W before this match

• at Seattle Reign FC W 1–0 (Seattle Reign FC W) · Regular season, 10 May 2026
• at Orlando Pride W 4–2 (Orlando Pride W) · Regular season, 2 May 2026
• vs Racing Louisville W 1–0 (Racing Louisville W) · Regular season, 29 Apr 2026
• vs Kansas City W 4–0 (Kansas City W) · Regular season, 25 Apr 2026
• at Bay FC W 2–0 (Bay FC W) · Regular season, 5 Apr 2026