Orange County Waves

This article is about the former WPSL team. For the men's soccer team who played as Orange County Waves in 2000, see Orange County Blue Star.
Orange County Waves
Full name Orange County Waves
Nickname(s) The OC, Waves
Founded 2011
Dissolved 2011
Stadium Orange Coast College,
Costa Mesa, California
2011 Women's Premier Soccer League, 1st

The Orange County Waves was a professional women's soccer team, based in Orange County, California. The team began play in 2011, won the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) National Championship and then folded at the end of its first season.

History

Orange County Waves was one of two professional teams founded for the 2011 Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) by the same team of investors; alongside the Bay Area Breeze, based in Northern California.

Originally conceived as Orange County Sol, the team aimed to be a continuation of the defunct Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) franchise Los Angeles Sol. Anschutz Entertainment Group, rightholders of the Sol name, blocked its use for the new teams.[1]

Former Sol coach Abner Rogers was recruited as well as several ex-Sol players. It was intended that the Waves would progress to WPS, then the top level of professional women's football in the United States.[2] Experienced Ajax America Women coach Brian Boswell joined as assistant to Rogers, who flew to the 2011 Algarve Cup to scout for players.[1] A strong squad was assembled, comprising professionals except for five amateur players who needed to preserve their college soccer eligibility.[3]

The team won the national WPSL Championship in its only season of existence, beating Chicago Red Stars 2–1 after extra time in the final. Rogers was named Coach of the Year.[4] In December 2011 the team's owners withdrew funding from Orange County Waves, in order to focus their attentions on Bay Area Breeze.[5]

2011 squad

[6][7] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
0 United States GK Katie Loomis
1 Mexico GK Sophia Perez
2 England DF Kelly Lawrence
3 United States MF Brittany Klein
4 United States DF Jenny Hammond
5 United States DF Sabrina DeMonte
6 United States DF Colette Swensen
7 United States FW Tanya Taylor
8 United States MF Dani Bosio
9 United States FW Kiki Bosio
No. Position Player
10 United States DF Kika Toulouse
11 Iceland MF Katrín Ómarsdóttir
12 United States DF Ashlee Elliott
13 United States FW Laurel Pastor
14 United States DF Kristina Larsen
15 Czech Republic DF Vendula Strnadova
18 United States FW Shannon Cross
19 United States FW Meagan Snell
20 United States FW Kimberly Allard
21 United States DF Tracy Hamm

Year-by-year

Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs National Cup
2011 2 WPSL 1st, Pacific South Champions

References

  1. 1 2 "NAME CHANGE - WPSL team will be OC Wave". LA Soccer News. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  2. ↑ French, Scott (21 May 2011). "LOCALS: 2 OC teams, 2 visions in WPSL". ESPN. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  3. ↑ French, Scott (22 July 2011). "LOCALS: Waves make waves in women's game". ESPN. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "OC Waves Champs". Soccer Nation. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  5. ↑ French, Scott (18 May 2012). "LOCALS: No champs as WPSL starts". ESPN. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "OC Waves 2011 Roster". Orange County Waves. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "WPSL 2011 National Championship" (PDF). Mutiny Soccer. Retrieved 26 September 2013.


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