Overview

• The announced attendance set a new single-game mark for U.S. women’s professional sports, surpassing the previous record of 35,038.
• Washington jumped ahead 3-0 on goals by Kate Wiesner and Croix Bethune plus a Kelli Hubly own goal, before Racheal Kundananji and Hubly pulled Bay FC within one.
• The result extended Bay FC’s league winless streak to six matches.
• Staged as “The Show at Oracle Park” at the San Francisco Giants’ ballpark, the one-off outing contrasted with Bay FC’s usual San Jose home, where it averages about 13,400 fans.
• The turnout renewed talk of deeper ties to San Francisco, with team executive Lisa Goodwin-Scharff calling a future city stadium “an option” as plans progress for a Treasure Island training site.