{"id":411826,"date":"2026-07-25T09:09:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T09:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/411826\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T09:09:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T09:09:19","slug":"match-preview-san-diego-wave-fc-hosts-seattle-reign-fc-on-sunday-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/411826\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Preview: San Diego Wave FC\u00a0Hosts Seattle Reign FC on Sunday Afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN DIEGO\u00a0(July\u00a024, 2026)\u00a0\u2013 San Diego Wave FC\u00a0(9-5-2, 29 points) return to Snapdragon Stadium\u00a0to host Seattle Reign FC (5-7-2, 17 points) on Sunday, July 26\u00a0for the Club\u2019s annual Pride Night.\u00a0Kickoff is set\u00a0for\u00a02:00 p.m. PT\u00a0with tickets available for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/event\/0A006434F2BC9392?CAMEFROM=CFC_SD_WAVE_FC_WEB_WEB_SINGLE-MATCH&amp;utm_source=web&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=single-match-web\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">purchase here<\/a>. The\u00a0match\u00a0will\u00a0be broadcast\u00a0nationally on CBS Sports Network and locally on KUSI San Diego.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>San Diego and Seattle have met 13 times in NWSL\u00a0regular-season\u00a0play, with the Reign holding a 9-1-3 advantage in the all-time series. The two clubs played to a scoreless draw in their most recent league meeting on Aug. 25, 2025, at Lumen Field. Despite the\u00a0all-time record, the Wave are unbeaten in their last three NWSL matches against Seattle. A victory on Sunday would mark San Diego\u2019s first league win over the Reign since March 2024. The Wave\u00a0enter\u00a0the weekend with a 4-4-0 home record this season, while Seattle is 2-1-4 on the road in NWSL play.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last Time Out:<br \/>San Diego earned a point on the road with a 2-2 draw against the Kansas City Current on July 17 at CPKC Stadium. Trinity Byars scored the first brace of her professional career, opening the scoring in the sixth minute before finding a dramatic stoppage-time equalizer to help the Wave extend its unbeaten road streak to four matches.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Seattle enters Sunday\u2019s match following a 3-2 loss to Gotham FC. Mia Fishel and Maddie Mercado each scored in the first half to give the Reign an early advantage, but Gotham rallied behind two late goals from Esther Gonz\u00e1lez, and a 97th\u00a0minute game-winner by Rose Lavelle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Players to Watch:<br \/>Trinity Byars continued her impressive run of form against Kansas City, recording the first brace of her professional career and moving into the team\u00a0lead\u00a0with six goals this season. Her 90th-minute equalizer marked her fourth goal scored in the 90th minute or later this season, the most by any player in a single NWSL regular season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For Seattle, Mia Fishel and Maddie Mercado scored in the first half against Gotham as 13 of the Reign\u2019s 15 goals (86.7%) this season have been scored in the first half of matches. That is on pace to be the highest percentage of goals scored in either half over an NWSL regular season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How to Watch:<br \/>San Diego Wave FC hosts host Seattle Reign FC on Sunday, July 26\u00a0at Snapdragon Stadium with tickets available for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/event\/0A006434F2BC9392?CAMEFROM=CFC_SD_WAVE_FC_WEB_WEB_SINGLE-MATCH&amp;utm_source=web&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=single-match-web\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">purchase here.<\/a>\u00a0The\u00a0match\u00a0will\u00a0be broadcast\u00a0nationally on CBS Sports Network and locally on KUSI San Diego.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO\u00a0(July\u00a024, 2026)\u00a0\u2013 San Diego Wave FC\u00a0(9-5-2, 29 points) return to Snapdragon Stadium\u00a0to host Seattle Reign FC (5-7-2,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-411826","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\/411826","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=411826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}