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Twenty years ago the San Diego Spirit played its inaugural before 6,155 at sold-out Torero Stadium at the University of San Diego, a 2-0 loss to the Philadelphia Charge.
The Women’s United Soccer Association, the women’s pro soccer league that included the San Diego Spirit, drew heavily on the allure of the members of the U.S. national team, including Shannon MacMillan, Julie Foudy and Joy Fawcett who played for the San Diego Spirit. The WUSA folded in 2003 after just three seasons, but its memories remain.
From The San Diego Union-Tribune, Monday, April 23, 2001:
INAUGURAL GAME - A SPIRITED DEBUT
U.S. WNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (including this match): Lloyd (300), Sauerbrunn (183), Press (143), O’Hara (135), Dunn (110), Ertz (109), Horan (92), Naeher (68), Lavelle (52), Williams (34), Davidson (29)
The starting lineup averages 114 caps per player, with six of the USA’s 11 starters having 100+ caps. Only two players in the starting XI – Williams and Davidson – have fewer than 50 caps.
Saturday’s lineup has seven starters who also started the most recent meeting against Sweden on Nov. 7, 2019 - Naeher, Sauerbrunn, Ertz, Lavelle, Horan, Lloyd and Press.
Ten players on today’s match day roster saw action in the group stage match against Sweden at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Naeher, O’Hara, Sauerbrunn, Dunn, Horan, Lavelle, Morgan and Rapinoe all started the match while Press and Lloyd came in off the bench.