SAN DIEGO -- At a packed sports bar in the North Park neighborhood, cheers erupted among the fans gathered for an Aug. 27 watch party as Alex Morgan's goal effectively sealed another win for the San Diego Wave.
There was a buzz in the air among the crowd -- not just about beating the Portland Thorns on the road, but also about knowing that the Wave would soon set the attendance record for a National Women's Soccer League game.
Just a few days before that 2-0 win over Portland, the Wave had announced that Saturday's game against Angel City FC at the newly opened Snapdragon Stadium had sold 32,000 tickets -- which will easily surpass the NWSL's single-game attendance record of 25,218 set by the Thorns in 2019.