Women's South City Wolves

## South City Wolves

The **Women's South City Wolves**, abbreviated **SCW**, and simply known as **South City Wolves** in ***Darlin'***, was an American U-18 female soccer team based in California. Created by Ana Sophía & Miggy, the club competed in the Women's Super League and are known to be the only winners in the league's history after defeating Jaguars FC in Texas during the championship match. The club would dissolve and become Porto Alanza ahead of the 2020 KOVO Champions Cup.

## Franchise Debut

### Club creation

The Women's South City Wolves was created by Ana Sophía & Miggy after an official bid was submitted to the American Super League Federation in April 2017. The franchise expansion bid included an 18-female player roster, with rental permission of the Avaya Stadium in San Jose as their home field, as well as training space planned at Crocker Amazon in San Francisco. Their bid would be accepted 2 weeks later for having sufficient backing of sponsorships available to fund the club's services for the durability of the season.

The club would host its first training session of the season on April 03, 2017. Assisted by Enzo for practice drills, frequent help from Hunter for goalkeeping advice was also given to Sarah Bernardo, starting goalkeeper of the team. The club would not play any pre-season matches until the eventual opening Super League matchday one.

### League debut

The team debuted in the Women's Super League on June 05, 2017 at 6:00pm at home against Irvine Wildcats. The match ended in a 2 goal victory for the South City Wolves, with a goal scored by Brazilian striker Beatriz Ines & a late second half goal by Brazilian captain Ana Sophía. It was streamed on the Super League TV app, reaching a peak live viewership of 32,341. This viewership record would only be broken until the championship match.

## League dominance

### Goalscoring wall

The Women's South City Wolves were dominant in their 2017 campaign in both their offensive & defensive records, conceding the last amount of goals while topping the placement for most goals scored, 28 goals in 15 goals. Ana Sophía would score nearly of the team's 28 season goals with 13, as an attacking midfielder. On their defensive stats, Alma Ramos would become the best defender of the season with accumulating the most clearances and most successful contested aerial duels (ball heading). The South City Wolves conceded just 4 goals in their 6-match group stage phase, finishing with just 9 goals conceded in 15 matches.

### Knockout stage & Final

The Women's South City Wolves showed league dominance winning all their knockout stage. Upsetting league title favorites Red Hawks in the semifinal phase cemented a contested championship match against Jaguars FC. It would become the most streamed football match in the 2017 Women's Super League season. It would serve the first and last crossover between Ana Sophía and Brazilian captain, Calisto Avila. South City Wolves would become the first and last champions of the Women's Super League, with the league being dissolved in January 2018.

* Group Stage
* Round of 32
* Round of 16
* Round of 8
* Semifinal
* Final

South City Wolves **2-0** Irvine Wildcats FC - **Monday, June 5**(Beatriz Inez 12', Ana Sophía 76')
SF Jets **0-5** South City Wolves - **Wednesday, June 14**  (Daniela Shaw 3', Isabella Garcia 61', 73', Ana Sophia 83', 90+1')
South City Wolves **1-0** Ravens FC - **Tuesday, June 20**(Ana Sophia 15')
Irvine Wildcats FC **3-1** South City Wolves - **Friday, June 30** (Ana Sophia 60', 64', 90+1')
South City Wolves **2-0** SF Jets- **Wednesday, July 05** (Beatriz Ines 19', Lucy Torres 87')
Ravens FC **2-1** South City Wolves - **Thursday, July 13** (Ana Sophia 89')

South City Wolves​ **2-1** Sacramento FC - **Saturday, August 12** (Ana Sophia 14', 58')

​Sacramento FC **0-2** South City Wolves​ -**Saturday, August 26** (Lucy Torres 77', Alexia Reyes 86')

New York Rangers **0-1** South City Wolves​ -**Monday, September 04** (Beatriz Ines 9')

South City Wolves **3-0** New York Rangers - **Saturday, September 16** (Beatriz Ines 51', 55', Alma Ramos 82')

South City Wolves **2-0** Arizona Fire - **Saturday, September 23** (Katie Lorenz 6', Isabela Garcia 71')

Arizona Fire **0-0** South City Wolves - **Saturday, September 30**

​Red Hawks **1-1** South City Wolves - **Thursday, October 05** (Beatriz Ines 65')

South City Wolves **2-1** ​Red Hawks - **Saturday, October 14** (Beatriz Ines 7', 11')
South City Wolves **3-2** Jaguars FC **Friday, November 17** (Ana Sophía 76', 83', 90')

### Season departures

Despite an uncertain future for South City Wolves captain Ana Sophía in regards to her future in the United States after reportedly receiving offers to play in Canada and another offer from American club U.S Fazio on a $4,000 per month contract, she would be the first to leave immediately upon the 2017 Women's Super League Final and signing with Brazilian club Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras on a 4-year deal. Becoming a major signing for the female league, Ana Sophía targeted a participation in the 2020 KOVO Champions Cup, a new, multi-nation concept tournament for U-20 players who sought to compete for the best U-20 club across the American continent. Spanish defender Alma would also exit the club for a move to the state of Oregon.