San Diego Wave FC’s individual honors continue to roll in, as the NWSL announced on Wednesday Casey Stoney has been named 2022 NWSL Coach of the Year.
Stoney led San Diego to a historic season, as the expansion team became the first true expansion team in league history to reach the playoffs, before they won their first playoff game. Leading in the standings for much of the season, Wave FC finished as the 3rd place team by season’s end, a remarkable achievement considering past expansion teams’ best finish prior to this year had been second-last in the standings.