SAN JOSE, Calif.\u00a0(April\u00a017,\u00a02026) \u2013 Bay FC\u00a0bested the Northern Super League side Ottawa Rapid FC in friendly action Friday night, a 1-0 result favoring the hosts at PayPal Park. After a deadlock through the opening hour, midfielder Caroline Conti converted the winner from the penalty spot after forward Karlie Lema\u00a0drew a foul in the penalty area. Bay FC earns its first win in friendly action in club history with the result and will resume league play next week at Gotham FC.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cReally good opportunity and experiences for us tonight,\u201d said Bay FC head coach Emma Coates. \u201cYou know, obviously pleased to get the win, get minutes and opportunities to those that\u00a0haven\u2019t\u00a0had as many in the first block of the season, and great to get some of\u00a0the youth players involved as\u00a0well, and\u00a0get them\u00a0sort of fully\u00a0embedded with us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bay FC put pressure on early, with seven total shots in the first half. Midfielder Jamie Shepherd nearly put her club ahead 11 minutes in, heading a cross from the right flank towards goal. The effort looked headed into the back of the net but was saved by\u00a0a diving effort from\u00a0Ottawa\u2019s goalkeeper.\u00a0Lema got on the end of service\u00a0into the box\u00a0in the 23rd\u00a0minute but\u00a0couldn\u2019t\u00a0steer\u00a0the ball\u00a0on frame.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ottawa answered late in the first half and put Bay FC on its heels with a\u00a0pair of opportunities. A 38th\u00a0minute\u00a0attempt\u00a0by Ottawa was blocked by Hannah Bebar\u00a0closing down\u00a0on an attacker, before a second chance\u00a0moments\u00a0later was cleared away by\u00a0Bay FC\u2019s backline.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bay FC got right back to work after the halftime break. Midfielder Tess\u00a0Boade\u00a0nearly opened\u00a0the scoring\u00a0moments after the opening whistle after the hosts built up the center of the pitch. Midfielder Dorian Bailey volleyed a cross towards the back post, but\u00a0Boade\u2019s\u00a0first touch was saved off the line.\u00a0Ottawa\u00a0tested Bay FC keeper Emmie Allen on the ensuing turn, with forward Florence\u00a0Belzile\u00a0getting out on the break, but sent\u00a0her chance straight to the keeper.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Conti opened the scoring just before the hour mark. After Lema was cut down by a defender running onto a long ball played forward, the referee pointed to the penalty spot. Conti slotted her shot inside the left post to give her club the lead, her first goal in all competitions this season.\u00a0The Clemson product nearly found a second five minutes later, getting on the end of a cross by\u00a0Bailey into the penalty area.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Changes in the second half brought\u00a0new faces\u00a0onto the pitch. midfielder Olivia Athens, forward Mollie Baker, defender Amaya Bautista, forward Drew Coomans, midfielder Alex Klos, forward Michelle Meyers, midfielder Grace Murray, and defender Gigi Zuniga\u00a0\u2013 invited to join the club this week in training \u2013 each debuted, with Klos and Coomans in the starting XI,\u00a0providing\u00a0an opportunity for\u00a0top young players from the youth and college ranks to test themselves against top flight competition. Goalkeeper Camryn Miller made her club debut, entering for Emmie Allen between the sticks with 20 minutes to go.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bay FC\u00a0will return to action\u00a0next week, resuming league play at defending NWSL champion Gotham FC from Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, N.J. Kickoff is set for 10 a.m. PT, and the match will broadcast nationally on CBS. Bay FC returns home May\u00a010, when\u00a0the Utah Royals visit the Bay Area for a Mother\u2019s Day matinee at PayPal Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bay FC v\u00a0Ottawa Rapid FC (International Friendly)
April\u00a017,\u00a02026\u00a0
PayPal Park, San Jose, Calif.\u00a0
Kickoff: 7:06\u00a0p.m.\u00a0
Weather:\u00a069\u00a0degrees, sunny<\/p>\n
Discipline
None<\/p>\n
Scoring Summary
BAY \u2013 Conti (penalty) 59\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Goals\u00a01\u00a02\u00a0F\u00a0Bay FC\u00a00\u00a01\u00a01\u00a0Ottawa Rapid FC\u00a00\u00a00\u00a00\u00a0<\/p>\n
Starting Lineups\u00a0
Bay FC:\u00a0Allen (Miller 71\u2019), Moreau (Athens 71\u2019), Klos (Bautista 90\u2019),\u00a0Hubly, Coomans (Baker 90\u2019), Bebar (C) (Murray 60\u2019), Shepherd, Bailey,\u00a0Boade (Myers 60\u2019),\u00a0Lema, Conti\u00a0(Zuniga)\u00a090\u2019
Unused Substitutes:\u00a0Lang, George<\/p>\n
Ottawa Rapid FC:\u00a0Eriksson, Waite, Scott (C), Harris, Adamek (Crichton 84\u2019),\u00a0Melenhorst, Amano (Okobi-Okeoghene\u00a062\u2019), Forbes, Lee (Hale 84\u2019),\u00a0Belzile (Wilkinson 62\u2019), Fridlund
Unused Substitutes:\u00a0Golen, Chown, Lachance-Soulard, Ugarte<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE, Calif.\u00a0(April\u00a017,\u00a02026) \u2013 Bay FC\u00a0bested the Northern Super League side Ottawa Rapid FC in friendly action Friday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-398325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}