The Brazilian Invasion of the NWSL continues \u2013 this time, in San Diego.<\/p>\n
The Wave announced July 24 the signing of forward Maria Eduarda Rodrigues Silva, also known as Dudinha. Pending a visa, Dudinha will be with the Wave through the 2027 season.<\/p>\n
The signing \u2013 a transfer from S\u00e3o Paulo FC Women \u2013 marks the first Brazilian player to sign with San Diego.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt just 20 years old, Dudinha already brings meaningful experience at both the professional and international levels,\u201d said San Diego Wave FC Sporting Director and General Manager Camille Ashton. \u201cShe\u2019s a dynamic and technical forward who\u2019s made an impact in Brazil\u2019s top league and with the national team. We\u2019re proud to welcome her as the first Brazilian signing in Wave FC history and believe she has the talent to be a key contributor for our Club.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before making the move to the NWSL, Dudinha was a key part of S\u00e3o Paulo FC Women\u2019s success. In 65 appearances across all competitions, she scored 14 goals and was part of the 2025 Supercopa Feminina winning team.<\/p>\n
She started representing her country in 2022 as part of Brazil\u2019s U17 team. In 10 appearances, she scored five goals. Dudinha then played with the U20 team, leading the squad as a captain to a South American U20 Championship win.<\/p>\n
Dudinha earned her first senior cap earlier this year and is representing during the 2025 Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina.<\/p>\n
A San Diego team that has already shocked NWSL fans just got a bit more dangerous in the back half of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brazilian Invasion of the NWSL continues \u2013 this time, in San Diego. The Wave announced July 24…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-21372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}