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NWSL 2026 Matchday 27

Bay FC v San Diego Wave FC

Bay FC v San Diego Wave FC

Bay FC14th 27 pts
0
0–1

Full time

Sun 1 Nov

Expected goals: Bay FC 0.44, San Diego Wave FC 1.06

San Diego Wave FC1st 58 pts
  • M. Van Zanten 9′
1

Sun 1 Nov, 5:00 pm EST PayPal Park NWSL 2026, Matchday 27

Key moments

  1. 9′Goal M. Van Zanten (San Diego Wave FC)0–1

Top performers

Bay FC
  • A. HolzheierBAY0G2SH
  • K. LemaBAY0G2SH
  • A. ComettiBAY0G1SH
San Diego Wave
  • M. Van ZantenSD1G1SH
  • L. GodfreySD0G4SH
  • M. BarcenasSD0G2SH

Three per club, chosen from the match record: goals, then shots.

What it means

Bay FC

14thNo change

Finished 14th in the regular season, out of the playoffs, 20 points behind Seattle Reign FC in the last playoff place.

San Diego Wave FC

1st▲1 from 2nd

Finished 2nd in the regular season, in the playoff places, 13 points above North Carolina Courage.

Playoff quarter-final

San Diego Wave FC: playoff quarter-final
RDateH/AOpponentScore
Fri 6 NovHUtah Royals FC10:00 pm EST

Season series

Matchday 6 Sun 3 May

San Diego Wave FC0

Bay FC1

Matchday 27 Sun 1 Nov

Bay FC0

San Diego Wave FC1

Bay FC won one, San Diego Wave FC won one; level at 1–1 on aggregate.

Team stats

BAYSD

Expected goals
Bay FC: 0.44
San Diego Wave FC: 1.06
Possession
Bay FC: 44%
San Diego Wave FC: 56%
Shots
Bay FC: 9
San Diego Wave FC: 12
Corners
Bay FC: 1
San Diego Wave FC: 7

NWSL table 2026

Standings →
NWSL table
#ShieldClubPGDPts
1San Diego Wave FC30+1458
2Gotham FC29+1458
3Washington Spirit29+1352
4Kansas City Current29+1350
5Angel City FC29+1949
6Portland Thorns FC29+747
7Utah Royals FC29+747
8Seattle Reign FC29+344
14Bay FC30−1727

After this result

By the numbers

Bay FC have 1 points from last 5 and are out of form. 0.2 a match, against 0.9 all season. NWSL average 1.4.

San Diego Wave FC are 7 matches unbeaten. Last defeat: 0–1 at Seattle Reign FC, 6 September.

Bay FC have gone 5 without a win. Last win: 2–0 v Racing Louisville FC, 20 September.

Bay FC have scored 30 goals, the 15th most in the NWSL. 1.0 a match. NWSL average 1.4.

The match on the pitch

Bay FC
44% possession
103 possessions
8% ended in a shot
17% reached the box
4.6 actions each
San Diego Wave FC
56% possession
103 possessions
12% ended in a shot
23% reached the box
6.0 actions each

Where each team won the ball

Bay FC

San Diego Wave FC

Where each possession began, both teams attacking right. Bay FC started 14% of their possessions in the final third, San Diego Wave FC 8%.

Where the shots came from

Bay FCSan Diego Wave FC

Bay FC attack right, San Diego Wave FC left. A larger ringed dot is a goal. Own goals are not shots.

How each team moved the ball

Bay FC

San Diego Wave FC

Passes between 20 zones, both teams attacking right. Forward moves in the team colour, backward moves dark, sideways moves pale; line weight is the share of the team’s passes.

How long possessions ran

Bay FCSan Diego Wave FC

Share of possessions by number of actions.

Longer possessions shot more

Bay FCSan Diego Wave FC

Of the possessions with each number of actions, the share that produced a shot. A gap marks too few possessions to rate.

Where play slowed down

Bay FCSan Diego Wave FC

Mean seconds between one action and the next in the same possession, by where the action happened.

Every recorded action

Observed match events

Every action recorded in this match, where it happened: what was seen on the pitch, not a simulated path. 1,715 events in the record.

Bay FC attack right, San Diego Wave FC left. Passes are arrows to where they ended, dashed when not completed; a ringed start is a restart. A dot is a shot, a larger ringed dot a goal; a diamond is a take-on, a square a keeper action. Showing the whole match.

Choose an action on the pitch or in the list to see everything recorded about it.

59 events shown.

Events shown, in recorded order
TimeActionPlayerTeam
0:17G. CorleySan Diego Wave FC
2:56A. HolzheierBay FC
6:07P. MorroniSan Diego Wave FC
7:32K. WesleySan Diego Wave FC
8:55M. Van ZantenSan Diego Wave FC
11:09Sandra PañosSan Diego Wave FC
14:27L. GodfreySan Diego Wave FC
14:32J. SilkowitzBay FC
16:49H. BebarBay FC
16:54K. LemaBay FC
17:16Sandra PañosSan Diego Wave FC
20:32G. CorleySan Diego Wave FC
21:20G. CorleySan Diego Wave FC
24:40J. SilkowitzBay FC
24:59J. SilkowitzBay FC
28:21G. CorleySan Diego Wave FC
32:32Sandra PañosSan Diego Wave FC
33:47L. GodfreySan Diego Wave FC
34:50A. HolzheierBay FC
35:35K. AscanioSan Diego Wave FC
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Lineups

Lineups are not available for this match yet.

Position by matchday

Each club’s place in the table after every matchday, from recorded results.

Form before this match

Bay FC
San Diego Wave FC