Girelli will join Italy, Cometti to represent Argentina, Kundananji Zambia during upcoming international matches<\/p>\n
SAN JOSE, Calif. (May\u00a028, 2026) \u2013\u00a0As announced by their respective federations, Bay FC defender Aldana Cometti<\/a> and forwards Cristiana Girelli<\/a> and Racheal\u00a0Kundananji<\/a>\u00a0will each join their national teams for the upcoming June international window.\u00a0Cometti\u00a0will join Argentina,\u00a0Girelli\u00a0will join\u00a0Italy, and\u00a0Kundananji\u00a0Zambia for training and matches across\u00a0the\u00a0globe\u00a0from June 1 to June 9.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Cometti\u00a0joins Argentina for the third time this year\u00a0as it prepares for\u00a0two contests\u00a0in June. La Albiceleste will\u00a0take on\u00a0Peru\u00a0June 5 and\u00a0Ecuador\u00a0June 9 with a chance to punch its ticket to the 2027 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup\u00a0in Brazil.\u00a0Currently sitting in the top spot of the CONMEBOL Nations League standings, Argentina can qualify\u00a0for the World Cup\u00a0outright with a win\u00a0or\u00a0draw in either of\u00a0its\u00a0matches.\u00a0Cometti\u00a0has appeared in eight matches this season for Bay FC after coming over via transfer from French club FC Fleury and is one of Argentina\u2019s most decorated senior players all time.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Girelli\u00a0and Italy will take on\u00a0Serbia June 5\u00a0in Pisa,\u00a0Italy,\u00a0and Sweden June 9\u00a0in Gothenburg, Sweden\u00a0in the final round of World Cup qualifying contests.\u00a0Should\u00a0Le\u00a0Azzurre\u00a0win both matches, the squad could secure its spot in next year\u2019s World Cup pending other results.\u00a0Girelli has tallied two assists\u00a0since joining Bay FC on loan from Italian\u00a0side\u00a0Juventus in\u00a0March and\u00a0scored for Italy\u00a0April 14 at Serbia in the\u00a0previous\u00a0international window.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Kundananji\u00a0will return to the Zambia Women\u2019s National Team\u00a0for the first time in 2026 as the Copper Queens take on Burkina Faso\u00a0June 6 and Kenya June 9 ahead of this summer\u2019s Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations. Kundananji scored her first goal of 2026 May 3 at San Diego Wave\u00a0FC\u00a0and\u00a0has appeared in seven matches for Bay FC this season, recording\u00a0483 minutes.\u00a0Kundananji\u00a0was a standout for her nation in 2025,\u00a0scoring five goals in nine appearances in international play.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Bay FC continues to be well-represented on international rosters in 2026, earning a combined 25 call-ups including this month\u2019s selections.\u00a0Midfielder\u00a0Claire Hutton (United States), defender Sydney Collins (Canada),\u00a0and\u00a0goalkeeper Jordan Silkowitz (USA U-23)\u00a0also earned\u00a0international call-ups for the June\u00a0international\u00a0window.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Girelli will join Italy, Cometti to represent Argentina, Kundananji Zambia during upcoming international matches SAN JOSE, Calif. (May\u00a028,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-465334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465334","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=465334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}