{"id":91370,"date":"2026-01-06T19:10:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T19:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/91370\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T19:10:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T19:10:22","slug":"bay-fc-defender-brooklyn-courtnall-signs-new-three-year-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/91370\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay FC defender Brooklyn Courtnall signs new three-year contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">After joining the team via loan in the midseason of 2025, Bay FC made the trade for Brooklyn Courtnall on December 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Today, the club have announced that the Southern California native has signed a new contract through the 2028 season (originally through 2027).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201dBay FC feels like home for me, so committing to this club long term was an easy decision,\u201d said Courtnall. \u201cI believe in what we\u2019re building here, in the people around us, and in the direction we\u2019re heading. I\u2019m excited to keep growing as a player, to compete every day, and to help this team achieve something special for our fans and for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bay FC will now build their center back room with young Canadian International stars, Sydney Collins and Brooklyn Courtnall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The former USC star appeared in seven matches for Bay FC and will play a key role moving forward for their backline under new head coach Emma Coates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to have Brooklyn continue with us,\u201d said Bay FC head coach Emma Coates. \u201cShe\u2019s the type of player we want to invest in, bringing professionalism and competitiveness every day. We\u2019re excited to see her grow and continue to make an impact this season, I\u2019m sure Brooklyn will play a key part in the future of this club.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After joining the team via loan in the midseason of 2025, Bay FC made the trade for Brooklyn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,19203,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-91370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nwsl","14":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}