Angel City shows its limitations in all areas in loss to San Diego Wave
Angel City FC displayed the hollowness of its moral victory in a 0-1 defeat to San Diego Wave FC on Saturday night. Half the players collapsed to the SnapDragon Stadium pitch, now four points adrift of the final playoff position with only three games to play. They created more than San Diego, outperforming their Southern California rivals in expected goals 1.35 to 0.61, a rarity for Angel City this season. But City needed a result against the Wave, and nearly secured one in the second half. A poorly taken penalty by Savannah McCaskill was Angel City's best chance to level the score, underscoring the side's inability to break down San Diego's low block. Angel City has not acquitted itself well offensively in its debut season. The loss of Christen Press may be an easy place to point the finger, but City's expected goals for (xGF) per game of 1.18 in her eight regular season games left them seventh in the league. Since her departure, City has drifted to 1.08 xGF per game