San Diego Spirit

San Diego Spirit
Basic data
Surname	San Diego Spirit
Seat	San Diego , California
founding	2001
resolution	2003
Colours	Red Blue
First soccer team
Head coach	Omid Namazi
Venue	Torero Stadium
Places	7,000
league	Women's United Soccer Association
2003	Regular Season: 3rd place Play-offs: Semi-finals
home Away

San Diego Spirit was an American women's soccer team from San Diego . The team played in the 7,000-seat Torero Stadium at the University of San Diego for their home games.

history

The San Diego Spirit-owned team, owned by Cox Enterprises , began playing in 2001 in the newly formed Women's United Soccer Association , the world's first women's soccer professional league . The team around players like Shannon MacMillan , Julie Foudy and Mercy Akide narrowly missed the play-off round of the top four teams with three points behind fourth-placed Philadelphia Charge in the opening season as fifth after seven wins, draws and losses . After San Diego Spirit had finished the season as penultimate in the second season, succeeded in the 2003 season as third in the table to move into the finals. There the team failed in the semifinals on Atlanta Beat .

In late 2003, the team disbanded when the league had to cease operations due to financial problems.

Season statistics

year	league	Regular season	Play-offs	Average audience
2001	WUSA	5th place	not qualified	5,714
2002	WUSA	7th place	not qualified	5,883
2003	WUSA	3rd place	Semifinals	5,635

Well-known players

•  Mercy Akide (2001)
•  Shannon Boxx (2001-2002)
•  Joy Fawcett (2001-2003)
•  Julie Fleeting (2002-2003)
•  Julie Foudy (2001-2003)
•  Lori Lindsey (2002)
•  Shannon MacMillan (2001-2003)
•  Shauna Rohbock (2002-2003)
•  Aly Wagner (2003)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WUSA CEASES operations after three years. USA Today, September 16, 2003, accessed February 23, 2019 . 
2. ^ Attendance Project: WUSA. Retrieved August 18, 2015 . 

Web links

• soccertimes.com: "San Diego Spirit"