SAN DIEGO\u00a0(July 3, 2026) \u2013 San Diego Wave FC returns to Snapdragon Stadium to host Gotham FC on Saturday, July 4 in the Club\u2019s first match following the NWSL summer break. Kickoff is set for 5:45 p.m. PT, with the match broadcasting live on ION.\u00a0<\/p>\n
San Diego and Gotham FC have met nine times across all NWSL competitions, with the Wave holding a 6-2-1\u00a0all-time record\u00a0while outscoring Gotham 14-6. The most recent meeting between the two sides came on Sept. 12, 2025, when Gotham earned a 2-0 victory at Snapdragon Stadium\u00a0with goals from\u00a0Esther Gonz\u00e1lez\u00a0and\u00a0Jaedyn Shaw.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Last Time Out:
The Wave\u00a0enter\u00a0Saturday\u2019s match following a 2-0 victory over Chicago Stars FC on May 31 at Martin Stadium to close out the first half of the season. San Diego opened the scoring in the fourth minute when Lia Godfrey found Dudinha on the left wing, allowing the forward to finish for her fifth goal of the season. The Wave doubled its lead deep into stoppage time when Gia Corley flicked a pass into the path of Trinity Byars, who settled the ball and struck a half-volley into the back of the net to secure the Club\u2019s third clean sheet of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In Gotham\u2019s last\u00a0match,\u00a0the team earned\u00a0a 1-0 victory over the Houston Dash on May 31.\u00a0Rookie forward Jordynn Dudley scored the lone goal of the match after receiving a long pass from Tierna Davidson and driving inside before firing a shot into the top corner. The victory extended Gotham\u2019s unbeaten streak to six consecutive league matches while securing the Club\u2019s league-leading eighth clean sheet of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gotham FC is coming off the Club\u2019s first NWSL Challenge Cup title after beating the Kansas City Current 2-0\u00a0on June 26. Gonz\u00e1lez converted a first-half penalty before Dudley added secured the win with a goal in the 79th minute.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Players to Watch:
Lia Godfrey has continued to make an impact\u00a0in\u00a0her rookie campaign, recording a goal contribution in each of her last three regular-season appearances. Godfrey\u00a0assisted\u00a0Dudinha\u2019s goal in San Diego\u2019s last match against Chicago and enters the second half of the season leading all NWSL rookies with three assists.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For Gotham, rookie forward Jordynn Dudley has\u00a0emerged\u00a0as a key contributor in the attack, recording two goals and two assists in\u00a0regular-season\u00a0play. Dudley scored the game-winning goal in Gotham\u2019s final regular-season match before the break and added a goal in the Club\u2019s 2-0 Challenge Cup Final victory over Kansas City.\u00a0<\/p>\n
How to Watch:
San Diego Wave FC will host Gotham FC at Snapdragon Stadium on Saturday, July 4. Kickoff is set for 5:45 p.m. PT,\u00a0with the match broadcasting live on ION.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO\u00a0(July 3, 2026) \u2013 San Diego Wave FC returns to Snapdragon Stadium to host Gotham FC on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-384582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}