Nigeria duo get jersey numbers ahead of NWSL opener

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

After the Club confirmed Favour Emmanuel and Chiamaka Okwuchukwu to be part of San Diego Wave’s roster for the 2025 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) season, the duo’s jersey number was revealed on Thursday.

Midfielder, Favour will put on jersey number 8 during the 2025 NWSL season.

Her compatriot, Okwuchukwu settled for jersey number 24 as both players prepare for their NWSL debut this weekend.

The duo played former Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) Premiership teams, Bayelsa Queens for Favour and Rivers Angels for Okwuchukwu before moving abroad.

Okwuchukwu moved to San Diego Wave from the Jewels of Rivers and the team is her first ever foreign Club.

Favour, on the other hand, has played for the Russian side, Lokomotiv Moscow, before switching to San Diego Wave ahead of the 2025 season.

San Diego Wave will face Angel City FC in an expected tight contest on Sunday.

They have won two of the six meetings with their opponents with a draw while Angel City FC have won the other three matches.

Oluwaseun Oyediji

Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.

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