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In 2009, Wagner began playing midfielder for the Los Angeles Sol of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). On January 14, 2010, Wagner announced her retirement from professional soccer due to injuries. [14]
Apr 4, 2023 · A persuasive sales pitch that led to the NWSL coming to the Bay Area could go down as Aly Wagner's greatest assist of her soccer career.
Jun 16, 2009 · In 2008, Wagner was allocated to the Los Angeles Sol by Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). Wagner would be on a squad that not only included Abily, but Han Duan, Shannon Boxx, Aya Miyama...and...
- Senior Analyst I
- Background
- Debut Season: 2001
- Flagging Spirit: 2002
- Youth Movement: 2003
- Playoff Heartbreak
- Aftermath
- Voices
The San Diego Spirit were one of eight founding clubs in the Women’s United Soccer Association. The WUSA was the first attempt to form a fully professional women’s pro league in North America. A consortium of cable TV operators and executives put up $40 million in start-up capital. Each funder received investor-operator rights to one of eight leagu...
In May 2000, the WUSA allocated three USWNT regulars to each of its eight franchises. San Diego received defender Joy Fawcett, midfielder Julie Foudy and striker Shannon MacMillan, a graduate of nearby Escondido High School. In the international draft, San Diego added Fan Yunjie and Wen Lirongof the Chinese National Team. Cox Communications spent $...
The 2002 Spirit started slowly again, which cost Carlos Juarez his job in early June 2002. General Manager Kevin Crow, a star for the San Diego Sockersduring the 1980’s and 1990’s, assumed coaching duties for the remainder of the season. The Spirit finished in seventh place with a 5-11-5 record. Off the field, the Spirit paced the WUSA in season ti...
In September 2002, the Spirit orchestrated the largest trade in WUSA’s two-year history in order to move up a single spot in the 2003 WUSA college draft. San Diego shipped three starters – midfielders Shannon Boxx and Sherrill Kester and defenderMargaret Tietjen – plus the #2 overall pick in the 2003 WUSA draft to the New York Power in exchange for...
The 2003 Spirit improved to 8-6-7, good for third place in the WUSA and the franchise’s first playoff appearance. Prior to the season, the WUSA selected San Diego to host the 2003 Founder’s Cup at Torero Stadium. All that stood between the Spirit and playing for the title before a home crowd was the regular season champion Atlanta Beat. The Spirit ...
In June 2004, a reconstituted Spirit – including Fawcett, Foudy and MacMillan – played in a WUSA exhibition doubleheader before an announced crowd of 7,123 at the Home Depot Centerin Los Angeles. The event was part of a pair of WUSA “festivals” (the other was in Minnesota) intended to showcase the eight former clubs and their stars to potential new...
On the Spirit’s 2003 overtime loss to Atlanta in the Founders Cup playoff semi-final: “ was offside and fouled Joy Fawcett but we didn’t get the call. There wasn’t a dry eye on the team. We came seconds from playing in the Founder’s Cup game in our home stadium.” – Dave Presher, General Manager 2003 (2011 FWiL Interview) On the su...
Aug 11, 2022 · It was one of the original seven franchises in the then newly launched Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS), a league that marked a brand new era for women’s soccer in the U.S., following...
- Richard Laverty
Jun 5, 2023 · She, along with former U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) members Brandi Chastain, Danielle Slaton and Aly Wagner, are the founders of Bay FC and were behind the effort to bring women’s professional soccer back to the Bay Area.
May 3, 2009 · Los Angeles Sol midfielder Aly Wagner has over 600 followers on Twitter and WPS has nearly 4,000 followers, numbers that rise daily. The WPS website also lists several other players Twitter...
