2024 Bay FC season

Bay FC
2024 season
Majority Owner	Sixth Street Partners
Head Coach	Albertin Montoya
Stadium	PayPal Park
NWSL	7th
Playoffs	Quarterfinals
NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Asisat Oshoala (7); All: Asisat Oshoala (8)
Highest home attendance	18,000
Lowest home attendance	10,367
Average home league attendance	13,617
Home colors	Away colors
	All statistics correct as of November 10, 2024.

The 2024 Bay FC season was Bay FC's inaugural season as a professional women's soccer team. It played in the National Women's Soccer League, where it finished the season in seventh place to qualify for the playoffs and was eliminated in the quarterfinals by the second-seeded Washington Spirit.^[1]

Background

On April 4, 2023, the NWSL formally awarded one of its two planned 2024 expansion teams to a Bay Area group led by former US Women's National Team players Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne, Danielle Slaton, and Aly Wagner, backed by majority owners and San Francisco-based investment firm Sixth Street Partners. The expansion fee was reported to be $53 million.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Team

Squad

As of November 10, 2024.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	USA	Katelyn Rowland
1	GK	USA	Melissa Lowder
2	DF	USA	Savy King
3	DF	USA	Caprice Dydasco
4	DF	USA	Emily Menges
5	DF	SCO	Jen Beattie
6	MF	USA	Maya Doms
7	FW	GHA	Princess Marfo
8	FW	NGA	Asisat Oshoala
9	FW	ZAM	Racheal Kundananji
10	MF	VEN	Deyna Castellanos
12	MF	USA	Tess Boade
13	DF	USA	Abby Dahlkemper
14	MF	USA	Jamie Shepherd
15	MF	USA	Caroline Conti
16	DF	USA	Jordan Brewster
17	MF	USA	Catherine Paulson
18	MF	USA	Joelle Anderson
19	MF	USA	Dorian Bailey
20	DF	USA	Alyssa Malonson
21	FW	USA	Rachel Hill
22	DF	USA	Alex Loera
23	DF	USA	Kiki Pickett
24	DF	USA	Maddie Moreau
32	GK	USA	Emmie Allen
55	FW	USA	Penelope Hocking

Competitions

Preseason

February 20 Coachella Valley Invitational	San Diego Wave FC	2–1	Bay FC	Indio, California
12:00 PM PST	Bennett 39' Ali 78'	Report	Doms 53'	Stadium: Empire Polo Club

February 24 Coachella Valley Invitational	Angel City FC	0–0	Bay FC	Indio, California
1:00 PM PST		Report		Stadium: Empire Polo Club

Friendlies

August 27, 2024 US Tour^[5]	Bay FC	2–5	Barcelona	San Jose, California
	Oshoala 18' Kundananji 32'	Report	Kika 22' Graham Hansen 35' Mapi León 67' Pina 90+1' Patri 90+3'	Stadium: PayPal Park

Regular season

March 17, 2024 (2024-03-17) 1	Angel City FC	0–1	Bay FC	Los Angeles, California
4:30 PM PDT		Report	Oshoala 17' (Boade) Loera 31'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Alyssa Nichols

March 23, 2024 (2024-03-23) 2	Washington Spirit	2–1	Bay FC	Washington, District of Columbia
4:30 PM PDT	Hershfelt 23' (Rodman) Rodman 59' Bethune 90+5' (Hatch)	Report	Bailey 11' (Oshoala) Camberos 48'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 11,734 Referee: Danielle Chesky

March 30, 2024 (2024-03-30) 3	Bay FC	2–3	Houston Dash	San Jose, California
7:00 PM PDT	Oshoala 16' Castellanos 19' 90+13' Kundananji 90+3'	Report	Puntigam 44' Ordóñez 66' (Sánchez), 87' Patterson 90+2' Solaun 90+10'	Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Abdou Ndiaye

April 14, 2024 (2024-04-14) 4	Bay FC	3–2	Seattle Reign FC	San Jose, California
5:00 PM PDT	Sharples 48' (Menges) Loera 58' Anderson 97' (King)	Report	Sharples 27' (o.g.) Balcer 83' (Ji)	Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 16,719 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

April 20, 2024 (2024-04-20) 5	Kansas City Current	5–2	Bay FC	Kansas City, Missouri
11:30 AM PDT	Bia 2', 73' Feist 6' (Spaanstra) Chawinga 56' (DiBernardo), 62' (DiBernardo)	Report	Sharples 17' (Castellanos) 23' Boade 78' (Anderson) Princess 87'	Stadium: CPKC Stadium Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Rebecca Pagan

April 27, 2024 (2024-04-27) 6	San Diego Wave FC	2–1	Bay FC	San Diego, California
7:00 PM PDT	Colaprico 6' Doniak 13' (Ascanio) Shaw 78' (Bennett)	Report	Oshoala 48' Kundananji 83'	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Attendance: 17,206 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

May 1, 2024 (2024-05-01) 7	Bay FC	2–3	Portland Thorns FC	San Jose, California
7:00 PM PDT	Kundananji 41' (Anderson) Castellanos 60' (Kundananji)	Report	Linnehan 2' (Smith) 45+6' Smith 7' (Linnehan), 78' (Sheva) Dias 90+1'	Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 10,611 Referee: Greg Dopka

May 5, 2024 (2024-05-05) 8	Bay FC	1–2	Chicago Red Stars	San Jose, California
5:00 PM PDT	Boade 8' Sharples 79'	Report	Hocking 30' (Staab) 61' Schlegel 63'	Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 14,317 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

May 11, 2024 (2024-05-11) 9	Orlando Pride	1–0	Bay FC	Orlando, Florida
7:30 PM PDT	Sams 7' Adriana 32' (pen.) Rafaelle 52'		Malonson 6' Kundananji 67' Camberos 79'	Stadium: Inter&Co Stadium Attendance: 7,707 Referee: Danielle Chesky

May 17, 2024 (2024-05-17) 10	Bay FC	2–1	San Diego Wave FC	San Jose, California
7:30 PM PDT	Boade 35' Camberos 55' (Pickett) Lundkvist 87' (o.g.)	Report	Carusa 23' McCaskill 80'	Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 16,930 Referee: Brad Jensen

May 24, 2024 (2024-05-24) 11	Bay FC	0–2	NJ/NY Gotham FC	San Jose, California
7:00 PM PDT	Kundananji 49'	Report	Ella Stevens 31' (González), 33'	Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 12,643 Referee: Alyssa Nichols

June 8, 2024 (2024-06-08) 12	Chicago Red Stars	1–2	Bay FC	Chicago, Illinois
4:30 PM PDT	Malham 17' Hocking 90+3' (Groom)	Report	Pickett 25' Anderson 79'	Stadium: Wrigley Field Attendance: 35,038 Referee: Alex Billeter

June 16, 2024 (2024-06-16) 13	Bay FC	0–1	Utah Royals	San Jose, California
7:00 PM PDT	Anderson 37' Dydasco 45' Sharples 80' Boade 88'	Report	Del Fava 89' (Sentnor)	Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 10,367 Referee: Anya Voigt

June 22, 2024 (2024-06-22) 14	Bay FC	1–0	Angel City FC	San Jose, California
7:00 PM PDT	Boade 33' King 34' Beattie 45+4' Kundananji 85'	Report	Le Bihan 36' Dougherty Howard 89'	Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 15,640 Referee: Thomas Snyder

June 29, 2024 (2024-06-29) 15	Racing Louisville FC	0–1	Bay FC	Louisville, Kentucky
1:00 PM PDT	Baggett 76'	Report	Anderson 13' Oshoala 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 8,096 Referee: Laura Rodriguez

July 6, 2024 (2024-07-06) 16	Bay FC	0–3	Washington Spirit	San Jose, California
7:00 PM PDT	Rowland 3' Sharples 81'	Report	Morris 4' Rodman 21' (pen.) Sarr 57' (Morris) Carle 82'	Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 11,384 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

August 23, 2024 (2024-08-23) 17	Utah Royals	2-1	Bay FC	Sandy, Utah
6:30 PM PDT	Monaghan 48' (Tejada) Menges 55' (o.g.) Tejada 87'	Report	Kundananji 83' (Hill)	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 14,539 Referee: Jaclyn Metz

August 30, 2024 (2024-08-30) 18	Portland Thorns FC	1–3	Bay FC	Portland, Oregon
7:00 PM PDT	Smith 32' Fleming 83'	Report	Dahlkemper 7' Hill 18' Bailey 35' Anderson 70' Kundananji 73'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 18,018 Referee: Shawn Tehini

September 7, 2024 (2024-09-07) 19	Bay FC	1-0	Racing Louisville FC	San Jose, California
7:00 PM PDT	Oshoala 75' (Hocking) 82'	Report		Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 11,478 Referee: Rebecca Pagan

September 13, 2024 (2024-09-13) 20	North Carolina Courage	1–1	Bay FC	Cary, North Carolina
5:00 PM PDT	O'Sullivan 14' Sanchez 28' (O'Sullivan)	Report	Oshoala 9' (Boade)	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 6,837 Referee: John Griggs

September 20, 2024 (2024-09-20) 21	Bay FC	0–1	Orlando Pride	San Jose, California
7:30 PM PDT	Moreau 76'	Report	Banda 84'	Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 11,063 Referee: Brad Jensen

September 29, 2024 (2024-09-29) 22	Seattle Reign FC	0–1	Bay FC	Seattle, Washington
3:00 PM PDT		Report	Oshoala 27' (pen.) Dydasco 58'	Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 9,051 Referee: Elton Garcia

October 5, 2024 (2024-10-05) 23	NJ/NY Gotham FC	5–1	Bay FC	Harrison, New Jersey
4:30 PM PDT	Nighswonger 9' (pen.) Lavelle 69' González 71', 73' Kizer 83'	Report	Oshoala 17'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

October 12, 2024 (2024-10-12) 24	Bay FC	0–1	Kansas City Current	San Jose, California
7:30 PM PDT	Hocking 33' Oshoala 35'	Report Report	Chawinga 34' Mace 40' DiBernardo 90+2' Wheeler 90+4'	Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 12,974 Referee: Danielle Chesky

October 19, 2024 (2024-10-19) 25	Bay FC	1–0	North Carolina Courage	San Jose, California
7:00 PM PDT	Pickett 60' Dahlkemper 83'	Report	Hopkins 90+1'	Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 14,901 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

November 2, 2024 (2024-11-02) 26	Houston Dash	2–3	Bay FC	Houston, Texas
6:30 PM PDT	Olivieri 15' Nagasato 38' Nielsen 45' Patterson 46'	Report	Nielsen 9' (o.g.) Kundanaji 20', 53' 60'	Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Attendance: 8,176 Referee: Matthew Thompson

Regular season standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	North Carolina Courage	26	12	3	11	34	28	+6	39	Playoffs
6	Portland Thorns FC	26	10	4	12	37	35	+2	34
7	Bay FC	26	11	1	14	31	41	−10	34
8	Chicago Red Stars	26	10	2	14	31	38	−7	32
9	Racing Louisville FC	26	7	7	12	33	39	−6	28

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	11	1	14	31	41	−10	34	5	0	8	13	19	−6	6	1	6	18	22	−4

Last updated: November 2, 2024.
Source: NWSLsoccer.com

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Stadium	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	W
Position^[a]	5	7	10	6	8	10	12	13	11	12	10	12	11	11	8	8	10	8	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	7

Updated to match(es) played on November 3, 2024. Source: NWSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw 1; L = Loss

^ Bay's position at the end of the day on which their match was played.

Playoffs

Bay FC finished the regular season in 7th place and qualified for the NWSL playoffs as the seventh-seeded of eight teams.

Matches

November 10, 2024 (2024-11-10) Quarterfinals	Washington Spirit	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Bay FC	Washington, District of Columbia
12:30 p.m. EST (UTC−5)	Hershfelt 46' McKeown 86' Dydasco 96' (o.g.)	Report	Malonson 59' Oshoala 82' Pickett 99'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 19,215 Referee: Katja Koroleva

NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LA	SD	AME	BAY
1	Angel City FC	3	2	1	0	0	4	1	+3	8	Advances to knockout stage	—	0–0	2–1	2–0
2	San Diego Wave FC	3	1	0	1	1	3	3	0	4		0–0	—	0–2	3–1
3	Club América	3	1	0	0	2	4	4	0	3		1–2	2–0	—	1–2
4	Bay FC	3	1	0	0	2	3	6	−3	3		0–2	1–3	2–1	—

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: tiebreakers

July 20, 2024 (2024-07-20) 1	San Diego Wave FC	3–1	Bay FC	San Diego, California
7:00 p.m. PDT (UTC-7)	Wesley 45+1' Sánchez 53' Ali 80'	Report	Moreau 63'	Stadium: Torero Stadium Attendance: 5,153 Referee: Iryna Petrunok

July 26, 2024 (2024-07-26) 2	Bay FC	0–2	Angel City FC	San Jose, California
5:00 p.m. PDT (UTC-7)		Report	Bailey 18' (o.g.) Emslie 54'	Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 9,766 Referee: Adam Zarrin

August 2, 2024 (2024-08-02) 3	Bay FC	2–1	Club América	San Jose, California
7:30 p.m. PDT (UTC-7)	Moreau 7' Bailey 53'	Report	Camberos 29'	Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 10,192 Referee: Laura Rodriguez

Statistics

As of match played November 10, 2024

Appearances

Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		NWSL		Playoffs		Summer Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
0	GK	USA	Katelyn Rowland	23	0	20	0	1	0	2	0
1	GK	USA	Melissa Lowder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	GK	USA	Jordan Silkowitz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	USA	Emmie Allen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	USA	Savy King	20	0	12+6	0	0	0	1+1	0
3	DF	USA	Caprice Dydasco	29	0	22+3	0	1	0	2+1	0
4	DF	USA	Emily Menges	28	0	25+1	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF	SCO	Jen Beattie	10	0	6+2	0	0	0	2	0
13	DF	USA	Abby Dahlkemper	10	2	9	2	1	0	0	0
16	DF	USA	Jordan Brewster	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	2+1	0
20	DF	USA	Alyssa Malonson	26	0	16+6	0	1	0	1+2	0
23	DF	USA	Kiki Pickett	24	1	18+2	1	1	0	1+2	0
24	DF	USA	Maddie Moreau	15	2	2+9	0	0+1	0	3	2
Midfielders
6	MF	USA	Maya Doms	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0
10	MF	VEN	Deyna Castellanos	24	2	12+8	2	0+1	0	3	0
12	MF	USA	Tess Boade	27	3	23+2	3	1	0	1	0
14	MF	USA	Jamie Shepherd	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
15	MF	USA	Caroline Conti	10	0	1+7	0	0	0	2	0
17	MF	USA	Catherine Paulson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	USA	Joelle Anderson	20	3	10+7	3	0	0	0+3	0
19	MF	USA	Dorian Bailey	30	2	18+8	1	1	0	3	1
22	MF	USA	Alex Loera	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	GHA	Princess Marfo	11	0	2+7	0	0	0	0+2	0
8	FW	NGA	Asisat Oshoala	26	8	23+2	7	1	1	0	0
9	FW	ZAM	Racheal Kundananji	22	5	20+1	5	1	0	0	0
21	FW	USA	Rachel Hill	20	1	12+6	1	1	0	1	0
55	FW	USA	Penelope Hocking	9	0	3+5	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season:
11	FW	MEX	Scarlett Camberos	10	1	8+2	1	0	0	0	0
27	DF	USA	Kayla Sharples	17	2	12+3	2	0	0	1+1	0
44	GK	CAN	Lysianne Proulx	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0

Goals

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	NWSL	Playoffs	Summer Cup	Total
1	8	FW	Asisat Oshoala	7	1	0	8
2	9	FW	Racheal Kundananji	5	0	0	5
3	12	MF	Tess Boade	3	0	0	3
3	18	MF	Joelle Anderson	3	0	0	3
4	10	MF	Deyna Castellanos	2	0	0	2
	13	DF	Abby Dahlkemper	2	0	0	2
	27	DF	Kayla Sharples	2	0	0	2
5	19	MF	Dorian Bailey	1	0	1	2
6	24	DF	Maddie Moreau	0	0	2	2
7	11	FW	Scarlett Camberos	1	0	0	1
	21	FW	Rachel Hill	1	0	0	1
	22	MF	Alex Loera	1	0	0	1
	23	DF	Kiki Pickett	1	0	0	1
Own goals				2	0	0	2
Total				31	1	3	35

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	NWSL	Playoffs	Summer Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Racheal Kundananji	4	0	0	4
2	4	DF	Emily Menges	2	0	0	2
	12	MF	Tess Boade	2	0	0	2
	2	DF	Savy King	2	0	0	2
	18	MF	Joelle Anderson	2	0	0	2
	19	MF	Dorian Bailey	2	0	0	2
	21	FW	Rachel Hill	2	0	0	2
3	55	FW	Penelope Hocking	1	1	0	2
4	8	FW	Asisat Oshoala	1	0	0	1
	10	MF	Deyna Castellanos	1	0	0	1
	23	DF	Kiki Pickett	1	0	0	1
5	5	DF	Jen Beattie	0	0	1	1
Total				20	1	1	22

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Name	NWSL	Total
1	0	Katelyn Rowland	5	5
2	44	Lysianne Proulx	1	1
Total			6	6

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	NWSL			Playoffs			Summer Cup			Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
0	GK		Katelyn Rowland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	DF		Savy King	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	DF		Caprice Dydasco	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
5	DF		Jen Beattie	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
7	FW		Princess Marfo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
8	FW		Asisat Oshoala	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
9	FW		Racheal Kundananji	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
10	MF		Deyna Castellanos	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	FW		Scarlett Camberos	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
12	MF		Tess Boade	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
18	MF		Joelle Anderson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
19	MF		Dorian Bailey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	DF		Alyssa Malonson	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
22	MF		Alex Loera	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	DF		Kiki Pickett	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
24	DF		Maddie Moreau	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
27	DF		Kayla Sharples	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
55	FW		Penelope Hocking	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total				32	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	35	0	0

Transactions

2024 NWSL Expansion Draft

The 2024 NWSL Expansion Draft was held on December 15, 2023.^[6]

Pick	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Previous team	Ref.
1		Alyssa Malonson	DF	Seattle Reign FC	^[7]
3		Tess Boade	FW	OL Reign	^[7]
5		Rachel Hill	FW	San Diego Wave FC	^[7]
7		Katelyn Rowland	GK	North Carolina Courage	^[7]
9	PASS				^[7]
11	PASS				^[7]
12		Sierra Enge	MF	San Diego Wave FC	^[7]

2024 NWSL Draft

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2024 NWSL Draft was held on December 14, 2023.^[8]

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	College	Status
1	2	Savannah King	DF	North Carolina	Signed^[9]
1	8	Maya Doms	MF	Stanford	Signed^[10]
3	30	Jamie Shepherd	MF	BYU	Signed^[10]
3	34	Caroline Conti	MF	Clemson	Signed^[10]
4	55	Laveni Vaka	DF	Georgia	Not signed

Re-signings

Date	Player	Pos.	Notes	Ref.
October 11, 2024	Catherine Paulson	MF	Former national team replacement player re-signed to a contract through the remainder of 2024.	^[11]

Transfers in

Date	Player	Pos.	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref.
November 15, 2023	Alex Loera	MF	Kansas City Current	Acquired in a trade in exchange for $175,000 in allocation money and protection from Bay FC in the 2024 NWSL Expansion Draft.	^[12]
November 21, 2023	Caprice Dydasco	DF	Houston Dash	Free agent signing.	^[13]
December 12, 2023	Dorian Bailey	DF	Washington Spirit	Acquired in a trade in exchange for protection from Bay FC in the 2024 NWSL Expansion Draft.	^[14]
	Emily Menges	DF	Portland Thorns FC	Acquired in a trade in exchange for $75,000 in allocation money and protection in the 2024 NWSL Expansion Draft.	^[15]
	Ellie Jean	DF	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Acquired in a three-team trade in exchange for protection in the 2024 NWSL Expansion Draft. Bay also received $130,000 in allocation money from Racing Louisville FC.	^[16]
	Scarlett Camberos	FW	Angel City FC	Acquired in a trade in exchange for $50,000 in allocation money and protection from Bay FC in the 2024 NWSL Expansion Draft.	^[17]
	Joelle Anderson	MF	Houston Dash	Acquired in a trade along with $25,000 in Allocation Money in exchange for protection from Bay FC in the 2024 NWSL Expansion Draft.	^[18]
December 21, 2023	Kayla Sharples	DF	Chicago Red Stars	Free agent signing.	^[19]
January 21, 2024	Kiki Pickett	DF	North Carolina Courage	Free agent signing.	^[20]
January 25, 2024	Melissa Lowder	GK	Þór/KA	Free agent signing. Was a Preseason Non-Roster Invitee.	^[21]
January 26, 2024	Deyna Castellanos	MF	Manchester City W.F.C.	Transfer with fee from Manchester City	^[22]
January 30, 2024	Princess Marfo	FW	FC Nordsjælland	Transfer with fee from FC Nordsjælland.	^[23]
February 1, 2024	Asisat Oshoala	FW	FC Barcelona	Transfer with fee from FC Barcelona.	^[24]
February 2, 2024	Jen Beattie	DF	Arsenal	Transfer with fee from Arsenal.	^[25]
February 8, 2024	Lysianne Proulx	GK	Melbourne City FC	Transfer with fee from Melbourne City FC.	^[26]
February 13, 2024	Racheal Kundananji	FW	Madrid CFF	Transfer with fee from Madrid CFF.	^[27]
March 11, 2024	Jordan Brewster	DF	Kristianstads DFF	Free agent signing.	^[28]
March 13, 2024	Emmie Allen	GK	North Carolina Tar Heels	Free agent signing. Was a Preseason Non-Roster Invitee.	^[10]
March 15, 2024	Maddie Moreau	DF	West Virginia Mountaineers	Free agent signing. Was a Preseason Non-Roster Invitee.	^[29]
August 26, 2024	Abby Dahlkemper	DF	San Diego Wave FC	Acquired in a trade in exchange for $50,000 in allocation money.	^[30]
August 27, 2024	Catherine Paulson	MF	Stanford Cardinal	Signed to a national team replacement contract.	^[31]
August 28, 2024	Jordan Silkowitz	GK	Kansas City Current	Acquired in a trade along with $15,000 in allocation money in exchange for Kayla Sharples.	^[32]
August 31, 2024	Penelope Hocking	FW	Chicago Red Stars	Acquired in a trade in exchange for a two-year total of $350,000 in intra-league transfer funds.	^[33]

Transfers out

Date	Player	Pos.	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref.
December 17, 2023	Sierra Enge	MF	Houston Dash	Traded in exchange for $50,000 in allocation money.	^[34]
December 18, 2023	Ellie Jean	DF	Racing Louisville FC	Traded in exchange for $40,000 in Alternative Allocation Money. Bay also received $130,000 in Allocation Money on December 12, as part of this trade.	^[35]
July 25, 2024	Scarlett Camberos	FW	Club América	Transferred in exchange for an undisclosed fee.	^[36]
August 26, 2024	Lysianne Proulx	GK	Juventus	Transferred in exchange for an undisclosed fee.	^[37]
August 28, 2024	Kayla Sharples	DF	Kansas City Current	Traded in exchange for $15,000 in allocation money and Jordan Silkowitz.	^[32]

Injury listings

Date	Player	Pos.	List	Injury	Ref.
March 11, 2024	Melissa Lowder	GK	Season-ending injury	Torn ACL.	^[38]
April 24, 2024	Alex Loera	MF	Season-ending injury	Torn ACL.	^[39]

Preseason trialists

Trialists are non-rostered invitees during preseason and are not automatically signed. Bay released their preseason roster on January 23, 2024.^[40]

Player	Position	Previous team
Emmie Allen^[A]	GK	North Carolina Tar Heels
Hailey Coll	GK	Oregon State Beavers
Melissa Lowder^[A]	GK	Þór/KA
Caitlin Cosme	DF	Orlando Pride
Maya Gordon	DF	LSU Tigers
Tegan McGrady	DF	Portland Thorns FC
Maya McCutcheon	MF	West Virginia Mountaineers
Maddie Moreau^[A]	MF	West Virginia Mountaineers
Brianna Visalli	MF	Aarhus GF
Jasmine Hamid	MF	Towson Tigers
Ru Mucherera	FW	Shelbourne F.C.
Shaelan Murison	FW	Oly Town FC
Chioma Ubogagu	FW	Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

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Signed to first team contract.

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