Loyal and Wave play within two hours of each other on one of the oddest days in San Diego's soccer history
I covered the 1998 World Cup in France and found myself at the final round of group play between Scotland and Morocco in a rickety stadium on a hilltop in Saint-Etienne. A win by the Scots could send them into the second round for the first time in history.And it didn’t matter. I caught the last train out of Saint-Etienne to Lyon with hundreds of their faithful fans stuffed inside.
“There is a sadness,” said Steve Brockhof, president of The Locals supporters’ group. “But it’s also a celebration because what we’ve built here is amazing. It’s a celebration of the last four years. We all know it’s coming to an end, but we’re going to end on our terms. We’re going to do exactly what we’ve done for the last four years for the last four games.
“It’s pretty complicated,” Brockhof said of the swirl of emotions. “I was a diehard Chargers fan, born and raised in San Diego, season tickets since 2000 until the very last game. I was singing, chanting my heart out for the Chargers, and then they left. They killed my heart. “We wanted to allow people time to come to terms with it,” Loyal President Ricardo Campos said, “and celebrate the next four games we have at home plus maybe playoffs, enjoy this community that we’ve built. You can see people are coming out and enjoying it.”The day of the announcement, they sold $50,000 worth of merchandise. Ticket sales for the final home games have been brisk.
The NWSL’s San Diego Wave was hosting a “World Cup Welcome Home Night” to commemorate the official return of Alex Morgan and several teammates from the recent tournament in New Zealand and Australia — presenting them flower bouquets like they were conquering heroes. It was the worst U.S. Women’s World Cup result in history, an abysmal performance that fizzled in the round of 16 after never failing to reach the semifinals, a reality slap that the U.S.
“Soccer fans are the best: They’re with you when you win, and they’re with you when you lose,” said Wave goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan, who played for a Canada team that exited the World Cup in the first round two years after winning Olympic gold. “Yeah, it’s a rough result for a lot of teams that have come back . But at the same time, we’re at 24,000. Other teams are selling out stadiums as well.
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