Overview

• The announced crowd of 40,091 set single-game records for the NWSL and for any U.S. women’s professional sports league.
• Washington Spirit won 3-2 after first-half goals by Kate Wiesner and Croix Bethune plus a Bay FC own goal, with Bay FC replying through Racheal Kundananji in stoppage time and Kelli Hubly in the 54th minute.
• Billed as “The Show,” the match marked Bay FC’s San Francisco debut at the San Francisco Giants’ Oracle Park and sold out.
• Bay FC typically plays at San Jose’s PayPal Park and averages over 13,400 per match there, and the San Francisco venue’s larger capacity and easier access for many fans renewed venue strategy discussions; a club executive called a future city stadium “an option.”
• The NWSL now accounts for the vast majority of the top-attended women’s pro league games in U.S. history, with ESPN reporting it holds 48 of the top 50 spots.