California Storm is an American women's

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team, founded in 1995 as the Sacramento Storm, before changing its name the following season. The team is a member of the

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and the

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, 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

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but considers

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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

USL W League

Current squad

''As of 31 March 2020.

Former notable players

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* Remy Siemsen * Brandi Chastain * Leslie Osborne * Sissi * Julie Foudy *

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* 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;

2008–2010 * Stadium at Esperanza High School;

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2008 (1 game) * Stadium at Inderkum High School;

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