{"id":385828,"date":"2026-07-04T05:59:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/385828\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T05:59:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:59:37","slug":"san-diego-wave-fc-signs-midfielder-defender-tatum-wynalda-to-new-injury-replacement-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/385828\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego Wave FC Signs Midfielder\/Defender Tatum Wynalda to New Injury Replacement Contract\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN DIEGO\u00a0(July 3, 2026) \u2013 San Diego Wave FC announced today the Club has\u00a0signed midfielder\/defender\u00a0Tatum Wynalda to a short-term injury replacement contract through\u00a0the 2026 NWSL season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTatum has been a great addition to our team and\u00a0has\u00a0contributed in\u00a0meaningful ways to\u00a0the\u00a0success this season,\u201d said Sporting Director and General Manager Camille Ashton. \u201cShe has stepped up and proven she can compete at\u00a0a high level\u00a0in this league.\u00a0We\u2019re\u00a0excited to continue supporting her development this season.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wynalda signed a short-term injury replacement contract through April at the start of the 2026 season and made her professional debut on March 14. She has since appeared in\u00a0eight\u00a0matches for San Diego.\u00a0In the Wave\u2019s 2-2 draw at Houston Dash on May 20, Wynalda initiated the stoppage-time equalizer with a long ball over the top that found Perle Morroni\u00a0who\u00a0combined with Gia Corley before Trinity Byars finished the rebound to secure\u00a0the equalizer\u00a0on the road.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A Southern California native, Wynalda recently graduated from Pepperdine University, where she recorded 23 goals and 17 assists in 79 career appearances for the Waves. As a senior, she posted a career-high 10 assists while helping Pepperdine win back-to-back West Coast Conference championships in 2024 and 2025. Wynalda earned All-WCC Second Team honors in 2022, 2023 and 2024 before being named to the All-WCC First Team in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Transaction: San Diego Wave FC\u00a0signs midfielder\/defender\u00a0Tatum Wynalda to a short-term injury replacement contract through\u00a0the 2026 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Name: Tatum Wynalda<br \/>Position: Midfielder\/Defender<br \/>Height: 5-5<br \/>Birthdate: Oct. 19, 2004<br \/>Hometown: Thousand Oaks, Calif.<br \/>Citizenship: United States\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegowavefc.com\/author\/bgrueskin\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Birgen Grueskin<\/a>2026-07-03T10:00:58-07:00<br \/>\n\t\tShare This Story, Choose Your Platform!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated Posts\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO\u00a0(July 3, 2026) \u2013 San Diego Wave FC announced today the Club has\u00a0signed midfielder\/defender\u00a0Tatum Wynalda to a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-385828","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\/385828","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=385828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}