San Diego Wave W 4–2 Utah Royals W

NWSL Women 2026 Regular season · 22 Aug 2026

San Diego Wave W vs Utah Royals W in the NWSL Women 2026.

At Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego.

Referee: Elton Garcia, USA.

San Diego Wave W beat Utah Royals W 4–2. T. Byars opened the scoring for San Diego Wave W after 4 minutes. T. Byars made it 3–2 after 63 minutes, and that was the winner.

Goalscorers

• San Diego Wave W: T. Byars 4', M. Barcenas 40', T. Byars 63', Ludmila 70'
• Utah Royals W: M. Tanaka 29', M. Tanaka 47'

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

• 12 Sandra Paños (G)
• 16 Amelia Van Zanten (D)
• 2 Kennedy Wesley (D)
• 14 Kristen McNabb (D)
• 75 Perle Morroni (D)
• 4 Laila Harbert (M)
• 18 Laurina Fazer (M)
• 22 Lia Godfrey (M)
• 7 Melanie Barcenas (F)
• 17 Ludmila (F)
• 15 Trinity Paula Byars (F)

Utah Royals W starting lineup (4-3-3)

• 1 Mandy McGlynn (G)
• 22 Miyabi Moriya (D)
• 8 Kate Del Fava (D)
• 18 Kaleigh Riehl (D)
• 14 Nuria Rábano (D)
• 17 Ana Tejada (M)
• 11 Mina Tanaka (M)
• 10 Narumi Miura (M)
• 4 Paige Monaghan (F)
• 5 Cecelia Kizer (F)
• 24 Cloé Lacasse (F)

Match events

• 4′ San Diego Wave W: Normal Goal, Trinity Paula Byars, Melanie Barcenas
• 29′ Utah Royals W: Normal Goal, Mina Tanaka, Cecelia Kizer
• 40′ San Diego Wave W: Normal Goal, Melanie Barcenas, Trinity Paula Byars
• 47′ Utah Royals W: Normal Goal, Mina Tanaka, Cloé Lacasse
• 62′ San Diego Wave W: Substitution, Jordan Fusco, Laila Harbert
• 63′ San Diego Wave W: Normal Goal, Trinity Paula Byars, Jordan Fusco
• 64′ Utah Royals W: Substitution, Kiana Palacios, Paige Monaghan
• 70′ San Diego Wave W: Normal Goal, Ludmila, Trinity Paula Byars
• 72′ San Diego Wave W: Substitution, Adriana Leon, Trinity Paula Byars
• 72′ San Diego Wave W: Substitution, Brooklyn Jean Courtnall, Perle Morroni
• 74′ Utah Royals W: Substitution, Madison Hammond, Ana Tejada
• 74′ Utah Royals W: Substitution, Tatumn Milazzo, Kaleigh Riehl
• 88′ San Diego Wave W: Substitution, Gabi Portilho, Melanie Barcenas
• 90′ Utah Royals W: Substitution, Alexa Spaanstra, Cloé Lacasse

Match statistics

San Diego Wave W before this match

• vs Denver Summit W 1–1 (Denver Summit W) · Regular season, 15 Aug 2026
• at NJ/NY Gotham FC W 0–1 (NJ/NY Gotham FC W) · Regular season, 8 Aug 2026
• at Washington Spirit W 1–0 (Washington Spirit W) · Regular season, 2 Aug 2026
• vs Seattle Reign FC W 0–2 (Seattle Reign FC W) · Regular season, 26 Jul 2026
• at Kansas City W 2–2 (Kansas City W) · Regular season, 18 Jul 2026

Utah Royals W before this match

• vs Bay FC W 3–2 (Bay FC W) · Regular season, 15 Aug 2026
• at Denver Summit W 1–2 (Denver Summit W) · Regular season, 9 Aug 2026
• vs Portland Thorns W 5–1 (Portland Thorns W) · Regular season, 2 Aug 2026
• vs Washington Spirit W 0–1 (Washington Spirit W) · Regular season, 30 Jul 2026
• at North Carolina Courage W 4–1 (North Carolina Courage W) · Regular season, 25 Jul 2026