Bay FC shocks Angel City with 1-0 win in first-ever NWSL game

Asisat Oshoala #8 of Bay FC celebrates a goal against Angel City FC in the first half at BMO Stadium on March 17, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. What started last April, with four American women’s soccer legends trying to bring the sport back to the Bay Area, came to an exciting climax on Sunday when Bay FC beat Angel City FC, 1-0, in its inaugural game.

Veteran right back Caprice Dydasco created a turnover in the attacking third and poked it to winger Tess Boade, who found Oshoala streaking through the penalty area. Oshoala took a one-time shot and blasted it upper-90, slamming the ball off the inside of the crossbar that narrowly found netting for Bay FC’s first-ever goal.

The final stat line will show Angel City held almost 60% of the possession and created double the shots and triple the corner kicks . But Bay FC’s organized defensive shape and aggressive pressing style of defense made it difficult for Angel City to break through. Dydasco, the right back, saved a goal in the 90th minute when a short-range shot from Angel City snuck passed goalie Lysianne Proulx and creeped toward the goal line, but Dydasco got to it just in time and booted it out of the danger area.

A goalie for the Canadian national team, Proulx made a ridiculous save in the 35th minute as Meggie Dougherty Howard found a wide open look from the penalty marker and guided it right to the lower right corner, but Proulx poked it wide for a corner kick. She made another stunning block from point-blank range in the 51st minute.

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