What it was like
San Diego Wave FC return to Snapdragon Stadium on May 24 for a late-May Sunday afternoon NWSL match — the kind of day in San Diego that makes everyone who lives here remember why they do. May Sundays at Snapdragon carry family-day energy: the supporter section in full voice, a younger crowd visible throughout the lower deck, and the game played at a pace that rewards the attention of anyone willing to watch it closely. The Wave have built a genuine sporting identity in San Diego — the uniform, the crest, the culture around the club that extends beyond the results. A Sunday afternoon in Mission Valley in late May against NWSL competition is the kind of low-stakes high-quality sports afternoon that gets described to people who weren't there in the same terms as a concert or a sunset.