A tumultuous second season for Bay FC within the Nationwide Ladies’s Soccer League that started with an investigation into its coach and noticed two of its figureheads put of their pink slips got here to a detailed with a 1-0 loss Sunday at Racing Louisville.
The Bay FC again line fended off strain all through a scoreless first half however allowed Ella Hase to interrupt by for the sport’s solely objective three minutes after intermission. The loss was the membership’s 14th to go along with 4 wins and eight attracts, thirteenth out of 14 groups within the NWSL.
“We didn’t end the way we would’ve liked to, but I also have to say thank you to the players and to Bay FC, because regardless of the score this entire season or where we were sitting in the standings, they never stopped competing and playing for each other,” coach Albertin Montoya mentioned. “There’s a lot to be said for that, and this is going to be a group of players that’s going to be very successful in the future because they have that fight, energy and desire. I’m going to miss them.”
The sport was Montoya’s final because the membership’s coach after the membership introduced at the start of September that he would step down following the season. An investigation into an allegedly “toxic” office surroundings underneath Montoya marred the membership’s second season, which featured few shiny spots on the sector.
The loss despatched Bay FC to its fifteenth consecutive match since its final win, on June 7 towards Portland. The membership took a step backward from its inaugural season in 2024, when it completed with an 11-14-1 report — seventh place within the NWSL standings.
A 90-minute efficiency for defender Caprice Dydasco, nevertheless, put her within the league historical past books. Along with her begin and full shift, Dydasco secured iron lady standing, taking part in each minute of the 2025 common season. She is the primary Bay FC participant to succeed in the milestone, achieved by solely 40 different gamers in league historical past coming into 2025 together with Bay FC defenders Abby Dahlkemper (2016, 2017), Kelli Hubly (2022) and Emily Menges (2016).
Past the coach’s seat, there might be extra adjustments heading into the membership’s third yr. Brady Stewart, the crew president who performed a central position in organizing the membership’s spotlight of the season, its match at Oracle Park that drew greater than 35,000 followers, additionally tendered her resignation final month.
Stewart and Montoya had each been of their roles because the membership was based.
