San Diego Wave beat Angel City FC 2-1, Angel City drops fourth straight

Angel City forward and Scottish international Claire Emslie returns to the pitch for the first time since giving birth in late December 🙌💖 What a special moment that comes just in time for Mother’s Day tomorrow 🥹

Emily Sams goal alert 🚨 The defender scores her first in an Angel City jersey!

FT: Angel City 1, San Diego 2 Three huge road points for the Wave to temporarily climb back into 2nd in the #NWSL. Becki Tweed gets the W at her old stomping ground, standing in for suspended Jonas Eidevall. Dudinha: 1G/1A; Mimi Van Zanten scores a late winner for her first NWSL goal 👇

Becki Tweed has twice taken a head coach gig on the road in the Angel City - San Diego Wave derby days after the main head coach became unavailable. Tweed's team coached won both times. Score: 1 - 2 xG: 1.5 - 0.8 xG per Shot: 0.15 - 0.07 Quality Chances*: 4 - 1 #LAvSD | #AngelCityFC | #NWSL

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It would be one thing if Angel City were just a bad team, but they aren’t. The last 6/8 halves they’ve been the better team by a wide margin, just haven’t gotten the goals like they did to start the year. Rough patch for real for ACFC.

Another match where #AngelCityFC were the better team for long periods, but another match that ends in a loss. This isn't a bad team, just a team in the middle of a run of bad results. The home stand ends without a win, as the team prepare for a trip to Portland, next. 🔗📰

Mimi Van Zanten just scored her first NWSL goal, giving San Diego Wave a 2-1 lead against Angel City. Congrats, Mimi!

Angel City FC 1 : 2 San Diego Wave FC ▫ Passes into final 1/3: 33 - 32 ▫ Passes in final 1/3: 52 - 53 ▫ Passes into opp. box: 11 - 11 #LAvSD

OOOOOO WEEEEEE THE WAVE BEAT LOS ANGELES ANGEL CITY 2-1 SQUEEEEEE LFG SAN DIEGO

Angel City have lost 4 straight since being top of the league week 3

Beautiful header from San Diego to take the lead late at Angel City.

g+ GameFlow: NWSL Regular Season Angel City FC v San Diego Wave on May 09, 2026. #ACFCvSD ⚽️🤖

NWSL - Angel City vs San Diego Wave xG (Post-Shot xG) 1.28 (0.69) - Angel City 0.98 (0.56) - San Diego Wave xG Leader - 0.46 - Dudinha (SD) xA Leader - 0.36 - Sarah Gorden (AC) POTM - Dudinha (SofaScore & FotMob)

San Diego Wave 2, Angel City FC 1. Nealy Martin – subbed out at 88’, no stats.