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San Francisco Chronicle
10 hours ago
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- San Francisco Chronicle
Bay FC lose 2-1 as Gotham's Gonzalez scores her NWSL-best 10th goal of the season
Esther Gonzalez scored her 10th goal of the season and Gotham FC came from behind Saturday to defeat visiting Bay FC 2-1. The Spaniard is the top scorer in the NWSL and has already surpassed her total of nine goals from the 2024 season. Gotham (5-5-3) won its second home match of the season. It was a second straight loss for Bay FC (4-6-3), who have lost all three meetings with Gotham since joining the NWSL last year. Penelope Hocking put Bay FC up 1-0 in the 11th minute. Hocking latched onto a looping pass from Hannah Bebar and poked the ball past Ann-Katrin Berger in the Gotham goal. Gonzalez got Gotham's equalizer in the 29th minute when she pounced on a loose pass in the box by Alyssa Malonson. Geyse netted the winning goal for Gotham in the 55th. Nealy Martin found the Brazilian with a bending 40-yard long pass out of the defense. The NWSL schedule will pause until August, with Bay FC facing Houston on Aug. 2. However, Bay FC will host two friendlies at PayPal Park before then, taking on NWSL team Angel City on July 19 and the Urawa Red Diamonds of the Japanese J League on July 27.
Axios
16-06-2025
- Sport
- Axios
Bay Area to host 2025 NWSL championship in November
The Bay Area has scored yet another major sporting event. Driving the news: San José's PayPal Park, home of Bay FC, will host the 2025 National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) championship in November. The final game of the season, slated for Nov. 22, will mark the fifth time the championship has been held on the West Coast in the league's 13-year history. What they're saying:"We're thrilled to bring the NWSL Championship ... to a region with as rich a history in women's soccer as the Bay Area," NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman said in a written statement. What's next: Tickets for the championship will go on sale in August. The game will air live on CBS and stream on Paramount+. Additional programming will include the return of Fan Fest and the 2025 NWSL Skills Challenge. The playoffs are slated to kick off Nov. 7. Zoom in: The NWSL championship comes to the Bay Area just over a year after Bay FC made its debut, becoming the first active professional women's sports team in the region in more than a decade. The team made the playoffs in its first season — the second expansion team in NWSL history to do so — but fell 2-1 to the Washington Spirit in the quarterfinals. Now in its second season, Bay FC sits at No. 9 out of the NWSL's 15 teams with four wins, five losses and three draws so far. Yes, but: The club is under investigation for allegedly harboring a "toxic" work environment. The big picture: The Bay Area has a rich legacy in the world of women's soccer. Many of the national team's successes on the global stage have been due to the roster of players born and raised here. That includes stars like Julie Foudy, Alex Morgan and Kelley O'Hara, as well as Bay FC co-founders Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne, Danielle Slaton and Aly Wagner.
San Francisco Chronicle
14-06-2025
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Bay FC's frustrating shutout loss to Orlando leaves them searching for ways to finish
The second half of Bay FC's 1-0 loss to Orlando on Friday night epitomized much of what this season has felt like: lots of chances, lots of almosts, but never quite getting over the hump. Bay FC took 12 shots in the last 20 minutes, including some point-blank chances, but never equalized with the defending NWSL champions. With a season-high 20 shot attempts, Bay FC bombarded the defense in front of Orlando (8-1-3) goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse, who finished with five saves. Once again, an inability to finish chances proved costly for the second-year club. Bay FC (4-3-5) have yet to score more than two goals in a game this season. Friday was the second time they were shut out. Bay FC hadn't lost a game since May 11, but have fallen in the league standings after being securely in playoff position in early May. A 1-0 win over Portland on June 7 gave Bay FC a boost, but they would still like to convert more chances. 'The quality of the chances are dangerous,' Bay FC head coach Albertin Montoya said. 'They're not just hit from random angles. We're creating very dangerous opportunities. It's just execution. We'll continue to work on it.' In the span of a minute on Friday, Bay FC went from nearly taking a 1-0 lead on the league's second-place squad to surrendering a frustrating tally. Defender Caprice Dydasco slammed a corner kick chance off the crossbar in the 57th minute, then a delayed reaction to a foul on the other end gave the Pride a quick restart. Orlando's Carson Pickett found the league's leading scorer Barbra Banda, whose shot hit off Bay FC defenders Abby Dahlkemper and Kelli Hubly and past goalkeeper Emmie Allen — who was making her first NWSL start — in the 58th minute. 'Goals are going to happen,' Hubly said. 'You learn from the goal and then move on, because the more you sit there and sulk about it, like this league, it's game after game after game. … It was s—ty, I'm not gonna lie, because I feel like (Orlando) didn't really break us down. So that goal hurt really badly.' Bay FC's offense activated from there with several chances deep in the box. In the 64th minute, striker Racheal Kundananji took the ball end-to-end, but Orlando goalie Anna Moorhouse deflected her shot. In the 78th minute, forward Penelope Hocking fired into what seemed to be an open net only to be stopped by center back Kylie Nadaner, who had slipped behind Moorhouse. Kundananji missed wide on an open look off the rebound. Moorhouse stopped a Caroline Conti look at the top of the box in the 82nd minute. The Pride are tied for the league lead with five shutouts and their eight goals allowed are tied for the fewest in the NWSL. Still, Bay FC's scoring frustrations had been going on long before Friday's defeat. After a 4-1 loss at Kansas City on May 11, Bay FC responded with wins over Angel City and Portland and a draw in Houston. They led at the 93rd minute before surrendering a tying goal, preventing a nine-point stretch. Bay FC sit just barely on the outside of the playoff table entering next week's game at Gotham, their last NWSL match until Aug. 2. Montoya has stressed that he wants Bay FC to host a playoff game, which is increasingly more difficult as the league's top four teams — Kansas City, Orlando, Washington and San Diego — pull away from the pack. Instead, Bay FC find themselves in a similar position to a year ago, needing to climb back into the playoff picture. 'Maybe it's just having the confidence to start games with what that 20-minute (late game) sequence was like,' said rookie midfielder Hannah Bebar. 'Maybe get that late push earlier, have the confidence in the first half. We had a great reaction after we went down, but maybe just creating those chances in the first half.' Bay FC have already tested much of their depth in the first half. Allen made her first NWSL start on Friday with starting keeper Jordan Silkowitz out sick, the 20th Bay FC player to have made a start this season. Karlie Lema, who scored her first career goal in the home opener, has scored just one other tally this season. One-time elite scorer Asisat Oshoala is still scoreless this season. Hocking, who leads Bay FC with three goals, is still not getting many starts. Bay FC's rookies have performed and they've gotten some solid results and have responded well to adversity. But to make that next push, the same issue that's haunted them for a year and a half still needs to be solved: How will they finish their scoring chances? 'We have so many different attacking threats,' Bebar said. 'Switching up (attackers) makes us more unpredictable, which helped us in those last 20 minutes. We can build on that.'
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
San Jose's PayPal Park will host NWSL championship game on Nov. 22
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — PayPal Park in San Jose, California, will host the National Women's Soccer League championship game on Nov. 22. PayPal Park is the home of the NWSL's Bay FC as well as the Major League Soccer's San Jose Earthquakes. The 18,800-seat stadium, opened in 2015, has hosted U.S. national team matches. The U.S. men's team will play Trinidad and Tobago in its opening CONCACAF Gold Cup match at the stadium on Sunday. Advertisement The NWSL Championship, which has been held at a predetermined location since 2015, will be broadcast on CBS and streamed on Paramount+, the NWSL said in its announcement Friday. 'This community's passion for the game, combined with the excitement surrounding one of our newest teams in Bay FC, makes it the perfect setting to celebrate the league's top talent and crown our next champion," NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman said in a statement. Bay FC, founded by former U.S. national team players Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne, Danielle Slaton and Aly Wagner, joined the league last season. The NWSL playoffs start Nov. 7. ___ AP soccer: The Associated Press
Washington Post
13-06-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
San Jose's PayPal Park will host NWSL championship game on Nov. 22
SAN JOSE, Calif. — PayPal Park in San Jose, California, will host the National Women's Soccer League championship game on Nov. 22. PayPal Park is the home of the NWSL's Bay FC as well as the Major League Soccer's San Jose Earthquakes. The 18,800-seat stadium, opened in 2015, has hosted U.S. national team matches. The U.S. men's team will play Trinidad and Tobago in its opening CONCACAF Gold Cup match at the stadium on Sunday.
