{"id":331062,"date":"2026-05-25T01:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T01:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/331062\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T01:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T01:22:13","slug":"bay-fc-loses-to-chicago-stars-fc-after-two-players-given-red-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/331062\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay FC loses to Chicago Stars FC after two players given red cards"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN JOSE \u2014 Bay FC had two players sent off for the first time in its three-year history in a 1-0 loss<\/a> to the Chicago Stars on Sunday at PayPal Park.<\/p>\n

Centerback Aldana Cometti<\/a> and goalkeeper Jordan Silkowitz<\/a> both received straight red cards for denying clear goal-scoring opportunities, and 2019 World Cup and 2024 Olympic champion Mallory Swanson took advantage with a goal in the 70th\u00a0minute.<\/p>\n

It was the first goal since July 6, 2024, for the Chicago forward<\/a>, who was making her second appearance since giving birth in November.<\/p>\n

It was a fitting scoreline for a game that featured the two lowest-scoring teams in the NWSL. Chicago (3-8-0, 9 points) had been shut out seven times in its last eight games, while Bay FC (3-5-2, 11 points) had scored just twice in six games.<\/p>\n

Cometti, the Argentina national team captain, received a red card in the 12th\u00a0minute when she tripped Jordyn Hutiema just outside the box on a 1-on-1 break.<\/p>\n

Despite the disadvantage in numbers, Bay outshot Chicago 8-4 until the second red card. The hosts even appeared to take the lead on a goal by Taylor Huff in the 37th\u00a0minute, but the goal was overturned on review when Cristiana Girelli was ruled to be offside during the buildup.<\/p>\n

Chicago finally broke through after Silkowitz jumped up and swatted at the ball from outside her goal box to prevent a breakaway in the 65th\u00a0minute.<\/p>\n

It was the second time this season that an NWSL team had gone down to nine players, and it took just five minutes for Swanson to find the winner.<\/p>\n

It was Bay\u2019s last home game in eight weeks due to the international break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE \u2014 Bay FC had two players sent off for the first time in its three-year history…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[126542,10708,9677,88,90,89],"class_list":["post-331062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-aldana-cometti","tag-bay-fc","tag-chicago-stars","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331062","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=331062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}