Column: San Diego Wave stay unbeaten with third straight win
“It’s a marathon,” assistant coach Rich Gunney said Sunday after the first-year team edged the Chicago Red Stars, 2-1, before 5,000 fans at the University of San Diego.“But at the same time,” the coach added, “we know we can compete.”Who owns the best record in the 12-team NWSL?. Riding a strong second half Sunday, the Wave outplayed a Chicago franchise that reached the NWSL Finals in November.
Coach Casey Stoney’s team is halfway to the victory total of the league’s prior expansion team, the 2016 Orlando Pride, who went 6-13-1 and finished next to last.The Wave’s ability to craft game plans and adjust within matches will be tested.Following a scoreless first half that Gunney termed patchy, the Wave figured out something.
Rookie Kelsey Turnbow pinpointed a 25-yard pass that Riehl gathered and knocked home. Chicago had left Riehl uncovered in front of the goal — perhaps, she said, because the Wave sprang a new play.
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