{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Use American English|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = San Diego Spirit | image = San diego spirit logo.jpg | image_size = 200px | fullname = San Diego Spirit | nickname = | founded = 2001 | dissolved = 2003 | stadium = [[Torero Stadium]],<br />[[San Diego]], California | capacity = 7,000 | chairman = | owner = [[Cox Communications]] | manager = | mgrtitle = | league = [[Women's United Soccer Association]] (2001-2003) | season = | position = | American = true | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | leftarm1 = 990033 | body1 = 990033 | rightarm1 = 990033 | shorts1 = 002060 | socks1 = 002060 | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | leftarm2 = FFFFFF | body2 = FFFFFF | rightarm2 = FFFFFF | shorts2 = FFFFFF | socks2 = FFFFFF }}
The '''San Diego Spirit''' were a professional [[soccer]] team based in [[San Diego]], California, that competed in the [[Women's United Soccer Association]] (WUSA). The team played its home games at [[Torero Stadium]] on the campus of the [[University of San Diego]]. The Spirit began play in 2001. The league announced on September 15, 2003, it was suspending operations.
The founding members of the Spirit were [[Julie Foudy]], [[Shannon MacMillan]] and [[Joy Fawcett]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wagman|first1=Robert|title=Hamm is assigned to play in Washington as first 24 allocations are announced.|url=http://www.soccertimes.com/proleagues/wusa/2000/may24.htm|publisher=SoccerTimes|accessdate=November 15, 2014|archive-date=May 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510084736/http://www.soccertimes.com/proleagues/wusa/2000/may24.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The team reached the playoffs in the 2003 season, losing to the [[Atlanta Beat (WUSA)|Atlanta Beat]] in the semifinals.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pohlers, Hooper score dramatic goals to send Atlanta past Spirit 2-1 in overtime to Founders Cup|url=http://www.soccertimes.com/wusa/2003/games/aug17.htm|publisher=SoccerTimes|accessdate=November 15, 2014|date=August 17, 2003}}</ref> Other notable members of the Spirit included Scotland's [[Julie Fleeting]], Brazil's [[Daniela]] and Canada's [[Christine Latham]], as well as U.S. national team players [[Jenni Branam]], [[Aly Wagner]] and [[Shannon Boxx]].
==Year-by-year== {| class="wikitable" !Year !League !Regular season !Playoffs !Avg. attendance !Total attendance |- |[[2001 WUSA season|2001]] |[[Women's United Soccer Association|WUSA]] | 5th Place |''Did not qualify'' |5,711 |62,821 |- |[[2002 WUSA season|2002]] |[[Women's United Soccer Association|WUSA]] | 7th Place |''Did not qualify'' |5,883 |58,832 |- |[[2003 WUSA season|2003]] |[[Women's United Soccer Association|WUSA]] | 3rd Place |''Semifinals'' |5,635 |61,983 |}
==Players== The "founding players" of the Spirit were [[Julie Foudy]], [[Shannon MacMillan]] and [[Joy Fawcett]] of the [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup squads#United States|1999 U.S. Women's World Cup team]].<ref>{{cite web|title=WUSA San Diego Announces Key Hires|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wusa-san-diego-announces-key-hires-75045302.html|publisher=PR Newswire|accessdate=November 15, 2014|date=October 17, 2000}}</ref>
'''2003 Roster''' <ref>{{cite news|title=WUSA Teams Set Rosters|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=1989208|publisher=Our Sports Central|accessdate=November 14, 2014}}</ref>
{{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=USA|pos=DF|name=[[Amy Sauer]]}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=USA|pos=DF|name=[[Ronnie Fair]]}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=[[Daniela Alves Lima|Daniela]]}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=USA|pos=FW|name=[[Kerry Connors]]}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=PRC|pos=FW|name=[[Zhang Ouying]]}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=USA|pos=FW|name=[[Shannon MacMillan]]}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=[[Julie Fleeting]]}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=USA|pos=MF|name=[[Aly Wagner]]}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=USA|pos=MF|name=[[Julie Foudy]]}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=USA|pos=MF|name=[[Jen Mascaro]]}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=USA|pos=MF|name=[[Jennifer Lalor|Jennifer Nielsen]]}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=USA|pos=DF|name=[[Joy Fawcett]]}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=USA|pos=DF|name=[[Kim Pickup]]}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=CAN|pos=FW|name=[[Christine Latham]]}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=USA|pos=GK|name=[[Jaime Pagliarulo]]}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=USA|pos=GK|name=[[Jenni Branam]]}} {{Fs end}}
Coach: [[Omid Namazi]]
==Coaches== * [[Carlos Juarez (soccer coach)|Carlos Juarez]] (2001-2002) * [[Kevin Crow]] (2002) * [[Omid Namazi]] (2003)
==League suspension== {{Main|Women's United Soccer Association#League suspension}} The WUSA announced on September 15, 2003, that it was suspending operations.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Longman|first1=Jere|title=Women's Soccer League Folds on World Cup Eve|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/16/sports/soccer-women-s-soccer-league-folds-on-world-cup-s-eve.html|accessdate=15 November 2014|work=The New York Times|date=September 16, 2003}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Women's association football|California|Sports|Association football}} * [[List of soccer clubs in the United States]] * [[Women's association football]] {{clear}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.soccertimes.com/directory/wusa/spirit.htm Soccertimes] {{Women's United Soccer Association}}
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