California Storm is an American women's

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team, founded in 1995 as the Sacramento Storm, dropping the city name in favor of California the following season. The team is a member of the

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, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States. The team plays in the North Division of the Pacific Conference. The team was a founding member of the W-League, then left in 1998 to become one of the founding teams of the WPSL. The team plays its home games in the stadium of Davis Legacy Sports Complex in

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. The club's colors are white and navy blue. The California Storm have won the PacNorth Conference seven times, including 2016, 2017 and 2019. They have a 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.

Year-by-year

Current squad

''As of 31 March 2020.

Former notable players

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Leslie Osborne Leslie Marie Osborne (born May 27, 1983) is a retired American soccer defensive midfielder who last played for the Chicago Red Stars in the NWSL in 2013. She is a former member of the United States women's national soccer team and previously pl ...

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* Jennifer Cudjoe

Honours

* WPSL Pacific North Division Champions 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019 * 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

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2008–2010 * Stadium at

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2008 (1 game) * Stadium at

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2008 (2 games)

Front Office

Board of Directors

References

External links

WPSL California Storm page

Official California Storm Women's Soccer
Women's Premier Soccer League teams Soccer clubs in Sacramento, California Women's soccer clubs in California USL W-League (1995–2015) teams Association football clubs established in 1995 Women's sports in California 1995 establishments in California {{California-footyclub-stub