It’s shaping up to be a busy — and possibly historic — week for the San Diego Wave.
San Diego will face the rival Portland Thorns at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Snapdragon Stadium in a rematch of last year’s National Women’s Soccer League playoff match.
The match is the Wave’s second game in three days. A third match of the week, against the Chicago Stars, is set for Saturday.
The Wave have never won three games in the same week before. The club last played three matches in the same week in October 2024, losing two NWSL games and one Concacaf W Champions Cup match in a six-day span.
And then there’s the even bigger news. Reports surfaced last week that the club had agreed to a record contract with United States Women’s National Team standout Catarina Macario. The NWSL transfer window has closed; all that’s left is for the team to announce that the Torrey Pines High School graduate is officially joining the club.
San Diego (1-1-0) is coming off its first win of the young National Women’s Soccer League season, a 2-1 triumph over the Utah Royals on Sunday in Sandy, Utah. Lia Godfrey played the hero, notching her first NWSL goal in the 86th minute to break a tie. The club was without starting goalie DiDi Haračić, who was out with an injury. Rookie Leah Freeman started in her place, making two saves and earning her first NWSL win in goal.
Wave coach Jonas Eidevall said he had no update on Haračić’s status heading into Wednesday’s match.
“No, unfortunately not,” he said.
The visiting Thorns are 2-0-0, beating the Washington Spirit and Seattle Reign on back-to-back Fridays. They have yet to allow a goal this season.
“Tough opponent,” Eidevall said. “(Portland) started league play here really, really well. So it’s going to be a really good test for us. And Portland’s been really, really good in the midfield in these first two matches.”
Wednesday’s match will air on CBS Sports Network, with Saturday’s game against Chicago (1-1-0) on ION.