{"id":243073,"date":"2026-03-30T06:45:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T06:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/243073\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T06:45:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T06:45:24","slug":"professional-womens-football-debuts-at-laney-college-the-citizen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/243073\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Women\u2019s Football debuts at Laney College \u2013 The Citizen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oakland- Professional football returns to the East Bay, as the Golden State Storm are set to make their home debut at Laney College today at 7:00 p.m.. The Storm, a professional women\u2019s football team, will make their first appearance as the newest franchise to the Women\u2019s National Football Conference<\/a> (WNFC).<\/p>\n

The Storm makes Laney\u2019s Dr. Bill Riley football field their home turf for three games of the 2026 season. The Storm will play six total regular season games this season.<\/p>\n

According to Laney\u2019s website<\/a>, admission is free for Laney students, faculty, and staff for tonight\u2019s game with a valid school ID.<\/p>\n

Tonight, the Storm are set to face off against the San Diego Rebellion<\/a>. Last season the Rebellion finished the regular season with a 6-0 record<\/a> but lost in the second round of the WNFC playoffs.<\/p>\n

While the region has long been a hub for football talent, the Storm represents the first time a professional women\u2019s tackle organization has called Oakland home.<\/p>\n

Led by Head Coach Dallas Hartwell, the team features an international 55-player roster of athletes<\/a>, all competing in full contact games following National Collegiate Athletics Association guidelines.<\/p>\n

As the first professional women\u2019s tackle team in the Bay, the Storm fills a gap in the local sports landscape.<\/p>\n

According to their website<\/a>, The Storm\u2019s mission is \u201cto empower women and girls to thrive in football and create real opportunities in a sport that hasn\u2019t always made space for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Laney College Interim President Becky Opsata told The Citizen that \u201cIt\u2019s great for our staff and students to have an event like this [\u2026] that everyone can enjoy and have a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets are still available<\/a>, and local fans are encouraged to wear \u201cStorm Blue\u201d to welcome the newest professional franchise to the town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oakland- Professional football returns to the East Bay, as the Golden State Storm are set to make their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-243073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243073","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=243073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}