{"id":182753,"date":"2026-02-18T09:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/182753\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:54:16","slug":"a-rising-womens-soccer-star-is-ready-for-the-bay-area-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/182753\/","title":{"rendered":"A rising women\u2019s soccer star is ready for the Bay Area spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left\">Want more ways to catch up on the latest in Bay Area sports? Sign up for the<a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/newsletters\/?newsletters=Section%20415%20and%20Sports%20Updates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/newsletters\/?newsletters=Section%20415%20and%20Sports%20Updates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Section 415 email newsletter here<\/a> and subscribe to the \u201cSection 415\u201d podcast<a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2025\/10\/01\/introducing-section-415-our-bay-area-sports-podcast\/?utm_source=native_share&amp;utm_medium=site_buttons&amp;utm_campaign=site_buttons\" data-post-id=\"9e31a52b-2507-4139-84a4-d6c4539f75ba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2025\/10\/01\/introducing-section-415-our-bay-area-sports-podcast\/?utm_source=native_share&amp;utm_medium=site_buttons&amp;utm_campaign=site_buttons\" data-post-id=\"9e31a52b-2507-4139-84a4-d6c4539f75ba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wherever you listen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left\">Bay FC\u2019s disappointing 2025 season spurred dramatic changes for a franchise that\u2019s eager to become a dominant force in the NWSL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left\">The team switched CEOs, hired a new coach, and spent much of the offseason overhauling its roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left\">All of the moves set the stage for Bay FC to pull off its most ambitious transaction yet. Days before its first preseason game, the club announced a $1.1 million acquisition of Claire Hutton, 20, a rising star who made 13 appearances with the U.S. women\u2019s national team last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left\">Hutton immediately becomes the biggest women\u2019s sports star in a Bay Area market that has become a hub for leagues looking to capitalize on an engaged local fan base. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left\">As the Valkyries prep for Year 2 in the WNBA and local high school girls flag football continues to grow, 2026 is shaping up to be the biggest year yet for women\u2019s sports in the Bay Area. Reporter Jane Kenny joined \u201cSection 415\u201d to discuss the latest developments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Want more ways to catch up on the latest in Bay Area sports? Sign up for the Section&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[10708,18739,1813,88,90,89,127],"class_list":{"0":"post-182753","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-bay-fc","9":"tag-golden-state-valkyries","10":"tag-podcasts","11":"tag-san-jose","12":"tag-san-jose-headlines","13":"tag-san-jose-news","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}