The NWSL celebrated a brand new attendance document on Saturday with a sellout crowd of 40,091 at MLB’s Oracle Park as Bay FC hosted the Washington Spirit. It’s the second attendance document that Bay FC is part of after being a part of final yr’s then-record attendance (35,038) at Wrigley Subject in Chicago. Bay have been spoilers of the marquee matchup final yr throughout their inaugural season and at the moment are the only real house owners of the best attended match in NWSL historical past. The guests received 3-2, with objectives by Kate Wiesner and Croix Bethune.
“Breaking the NWSL attendance document is a historic second that extends far past a single match. It represents the muse we’re constructing at Bay FC and the legacy we hope to depart for future generations of gamers and followers. By pushing boundaries as we speak, we’re shaping what girls’s soccer will appear to be tomorrow. Particular because of every Bay Space fan. You made this historic second potential,” a Bay FC membership assertion learn.
The brand new crowd document is the best of any match in NWSL relationship again to the league’s inaugural season in 2013 and is a brand new benchmark for any U.S. girls’s skilled sports activities league.
The loss for Bay FC means an extended march towards a playoff push. The group now sit 4 factors off the playoff line after week 17. A win for the Spirit places them in second-place with 31 factors, as third-place San Diego Wave FC have 29 factors, and a sport towards Racing Louisville on Sunday.
What are essentially the most attended NWSL video games in historical past?
5. 32,066 at Snapdragon Stadium for San Diego Wave vs. KC Present in 2024
4. 32,262 at Snapdragon Stadium for San Diego Wave vs. Seattle Reign in 2023
3. 34,148 at Lumen Subject for Seattle Reign vs. Washington Spirit in 2023
2. 35,038 at Wrigley Subject for Chicago Stars vs. Bay FC in 2024
1. 40,091 at Oracle Park for Bay FC vs. Washington Spirit on Saturday
