# California Storm

California Storm is an American women's soccer team, founded in 1995 as the Sacramento Storm, before changing its name the following season. The team is a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League and the USL W League, both semi-professional women's leagues in the United States. The team plays in the North Division of the Pacific Conference in the WPSL and in the NorCal Division for the USL W League. The team was a founding member of the W-League, then left in 1998 to become one of the founding teams of the WPSL. It returned in 2022 and will field a team in both leagues.
The team plays its home games in the stadium of Davis Legacy Sports Complex in Davis, California but considers Sacramento, California its home and regularly holds free soccer clinics throughout the region. The club's colors are white and navy blue.
The California Storm have won the PacNorth Conference eight times, including 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2023. They have won a WPSL record of 4 National Championships (1999, 2002, 2004 and 2022). Their 2020 WPSL season was cancelled due to the pandemic but in that time, they added new sponsors, signed with Puma, and started a U-21 team, which eventually became their WPSL team. The semi-professional team will look to become the only team to hold championships in both the USL W League and WPSL within the upcoming years.

## Year-by-year
### USL W-League/WPSL

| Year | Division | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs |
| Sacramento Storm |||||
| 1995 | 2 | W-League | 3rd, Western | Runner up |
| California Storm |||||
| 1996 | 2 | W-League | 4th, Western | did not qualify |
| 1997 | 2 | W-League | 1st, Western | Runner up |
| 1998 | 2 | WPSL | 3rd | No playoff |
| 1999 | 2 | WPSL | 1st | Champions |
| 2000 | 2 | WPSL | 2nd | Runner up |
| 2001 | 2 | WPSL | 3rd | National Semifinal |
| 2002 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, North | Champions |
| 2003 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, North | Runner up |
| 2004 | 2 | WPSL | 2nd, North | Champions |
| 2005 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, West | Runner up |
| 2006 | 2 | WPSL | 3rd, West | did not qualify |
| 2007 | 2 | WPSL | 3rd, West | did not qualify |
| 2008 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, Pacific North | Conference Semifinals |
| 2009 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, Pacific North | Conference Finals |
| 2010 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, Pacific North | National Quarterfinals |
| 2011 | 2 | WPSL | 3rd, Pacific North | did not qualify |
| 2012 | 2 | WPSL | 5th, Pacific North | did not qualify |
| 2013 | 2 | WPSL | 6th, Pacific North | did not qualify |
| 2014 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, Pacific North | Regional Final |
| 2015 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, Pacific North | did not play |
| 2016 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, NorCal | Conference Semifinal |
| 2017 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, Pacific North | Divisional Final |
| 2018 | 2 | WPSL | 3rd, Pacific North-Bay Area | did not qualify |
| 2019 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, Pacific North-Bay Area | Regional Final |
| 2020 | 4 | WPSL | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | 4 | WPSL | 2nd, Group F | did not qualify |
| 2022 | 4 | WPSL | 1st, Group F | Champions |
| 2023 | 4 | WPSL | 1st, Pac North | Region Finals |
| 2024 | 4 | WPSL | 1st, Pac Cal | Champions |

### USL W League

| Year | Division | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs |
| 2023 | 4 | USLW | 3rd, Nor Cal | Conference Finals |
| 2024 | 4 | USLW | 1st, Nor Cal | Conference Semifinals |

## Current squad

As of 31 March 2020.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 00 | GK | USA | Abbie Faingold |
| 1 | GK | NGA | Yewande Balogun |
| 2 | MF | USA | Geneve Dromensk |
| 4 | DF | USA | Riley West |
| 7 | | USA | Alexis Wallace |
| 9 | | USA | Andrea Damien |
| 10 | | USA | Sissi Amor |
| 11 | | USA | Kaitlin Prothe |
| 12 | | USA | Mackenzie George |
| 13 | | USA | Ashlee Schouten |
| 14 | | USA | Katie Hardeman |
| 15 | | USA | Mikayla Reed |
| 16 | | USA | Sabrina Williamson |
| 17 | | USA | Janea Packard |
| 20 | | USA | Aubrey Goodwill |
| 21 | | USA | Haylee Degrood |
| 22 | | USA | Katelyn Chandler |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | | USA | Devlyn Jeter |
| 25 | | USA | Haylee Bettencourt |
| 26 | | USA | Bailey Kern |
| 28 | | USA | Cassandra Hermman |
| 29 | | USA | Sydney Schultz |
| 31 | | USA | Bradlee DeShane |
| 33 | MF | USA | Larissa Ala |
| — | GK | USA | Brittany Cameron |
| — | GK | USA | Katelin Talbert |
| — | DF | USA | Kandace Wilson |
| — | FW | USA | Bev Yanez |
| — | | USA | Emma Hasco |
| — | | USA | Laura Hernandez |
| — | | USA | Amber Jackson |
| — | | USA | Kandace Love |
| — | | USA | Janessa Staab |

## Former notable players

* Alex Morgan
* Remy Siemsen
* Brandi Chastain
* Leslie Osborne
* Sissi
* Julie Foudy
* Jennifer Cudjoe
* Jessika Cowart

## Honours

* WPSL Pacific North Division Champions 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023
* WPSL Pacific NorCal Division Champions 2016
* WPSL West Division Champions 2005
* WPSL North Division Champions 2002, 2003
* WPSL Regular Season Champions 1999
* W-League Western Division Champions 1997
* WPSL Champions 2022
* WPSL Champions 2004
* WPSL Champions 2002
* WPSL Champions 1999

## Head coaches

* Jerry Zanelli (1995–2018)
* Jamie Levoy (2019–present)

## Stadia

Elk Grove High School 2014
* Stadium at Natomas High School; Sacramento, California 2008–2010
* Stadium at Esperanza High School; Anaheim, California 2008 (1 game)
* Stadium at Inderkum High School; Sacramento, California 2008 (2 games)

## Front office
### Board of directors

| Executive Director and Head Coach | Jamie Levoy |
| Board Member | Brandi Chastain |
| Board Member | Nick Hardeman |
| Board Member | Dan Howard |
| Board Member | David Levoy |
| Board Member | Leslie Osborne |