Bay FC

NWSL

Bay Football Club is an American professional football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area that competes in the National Women's Soccer League. The team began play in the NWSL as an expansion team in the 2024 season.

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What makes Bay FC what it is.

She often talks about how seeing Lionel Messi at the 2006 men’s World Cup lit her imagination as a kid – because there were no women on TV to copy, she projected her dream through him; her hope now is that girls can dream through her generation instead.

She managed to win the treble with all the clubs she played for - Juvenstus, Brescia and Bardolino.

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Quirky facts from the Bay FC squad.

She became the first player from Louisiana to appear in the NWSL.

As a teenager she and her family dreamed about Europe so much that she started emailing clubs herself – she has recalled sending messages even to FC Barcelona – looking for a chance to play abroad.

She first became a goalkeeper by accident after moving to a new town and missing tryouts—because they needed a keeper, she volunteered.

She proudly juggled her first NWSL season with finishing a psychology degree—shuttling between games in Portland and lectures in D.C., even studying on six‑hour flights.

She signed with Angel City FC at just 16 years old, making her one of the youngest players in NWSL history.

She scored her first pro goal in her first start: a 70‑yard solo run and finish during Bay FC’s 2‑0 home‑opener win on March 22, 2025.

She played youth club football with Utah Celtic FC and helped the team win the 2019 U19 U.S. Youth Soccer National Championship — the first ever for a team from Utah.

She grew up in a football-mad family in the Buenos Aires, where she spent hours playing in a park with her mum in goal, her dad teaching her to shoot, and her brother using flowerpots as makeshift posts.