Asisat Oshoala has made history with National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) club Bay FC, setting a new record for the most wins by an expansion team in its inaugural regular season.
The San Francisco-based club, which joined the NWSL as an expansion team for the 2024 season, secured 11 wins in 26 matches, finishing the regular season in 7th place with 34 points. This earned them a spot in the playoffs, where they will face the Washington Spirit on Sunday, November 10, 2024.
Oshoala, who joined Bay FC after her contract with FC Barcelona, contributed seven goals, finishing 13th on the league’s scorer’s chart at the end of the regular season.
Bay play their home matches at the 18,000-capacity PayPal Park in San Jose, California, which also serves as home to the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer (MLS).
The ownership group, which is led by investment firm Sixth Street Partners and four former United States women’s national team players, was awarded an expansion franchise on April 4, 2023. They are the first women’s professional soccer club based in the Bay Area since the San Jose CyberRays and FC Gold Pride, who both played in previous leagues
