Alex Simon is a sports digital strategist and editor for Bay Area News Group. While there are multiple interested parties in a potential WNBA expansion team, the league has remained at 12 teams for more than a decade now. That's the name for the Bay Area's newest professional sports team, a National Women's Soccer League expansion club. Shawlee said the Earthquakes have been working with the NWSL ownership quartet for nearly two years. CLUB W L ERA G CG SHO SV INN H R ER; Atlanta . It came in the summer of 2022, when she pitched Charlotte Waxman, the wife of Sixth Street CEO Alan Waxman, on the virtues of a NWSL expansion team in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was announced And thats a structural change, Waxman said. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. section: | slug: nwsl-expands-to-bay-area-ex-uswnters-brandi-chastain-leslie-osborne-danielle-slaton-aly-wagner-lead-bid | sport: soccer | route: article_single.us | Q: Does the NWSL have any other competitions? The event will be held at The Presidio in San Francisco from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday. Gotham FC did it first by claiming New York and New Jersey, but now the new Bay Area team can claim multiple territories. Elsewhere in womens sports, the San Jose Lasers played parts of three years in the American Basketball League before that league folded during the 1998 season and San Francisco Pioneers played in the Womens Pro Basketball League for two years (1979-1981). "We, as you can imagine, went through an exploration where we looked at a lot of names. We just liked the play on words. This draws inspiration from the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman told ESPN that at least two teams will be added for the 2024 season and "over 30 investor groups" were interested in the league. The San Jose CyberRays were WUSA champions when they defeated the Atlanta Beat in 2001 and won the Founders Cup during the league's inaugural season. ]]>, For more: https://t.co/x0n828UDaf pic.twitter.com/gQpo6dtnuW, Its happening. The Bay Area hasnt had a major professional womens sports team since 2010. Slaton is an NCAA National Champion, Olympic silver medalist, 2003 USWNT World Cup defender, and Chair of the U.S. Soccer Yates Implementation Committee. Its not a coincidence. The league announced on Tuesday that it has awarded an expansion club to the Bay Area, California for next year. Toronto Star articles, please go to: www.TorontoStarReprints.com, Conversations are opinions of our readers and are subject to the, The Toronto Star and thestar.com, each property of Toronto Star The expansion draft will take place in the offseason and details on rules and processes will be announced at a later date. The new Bay Area clubs majority investor is Sixth Street, a leading global investment firm with deep experience in sports including investments with Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, and the San Antonio Spurs. The original Royals were part of the NWSL for three seasons from 2018 to 2020 but were sold and moved to Kansas City when the owner of Major League Soccer's Real Salt Lake stepped away from the team amid controversy. RSL's new owners retained the rights to a future women's team. On the first day of June 2023, Bay FC was. An expansion fee of $50 million, interestingly, may be a little conservative given the current economics of womens sports. A group of former players, including Aly Wagner and Brandi Chastain, has joined with global investment firm Sixth Street to bring a National Women's Soccer League team to the San Francisco Bay Area. 6-keys: media/spln/soccer/nwsl/free/stories, at California is widely regarded as the cradle of the womens soccer scene, and insiders in the sport expected this eventuality And with plenty of sports capital looking to enter the sport, adding four teams in 2024 and 2025 fits in the current investment environment. . All Rights Reserved. Im a big fan of what theyre doing.. Alan Waxman is Co-Chair of the club and Co-Founder and CEO of Sixth Street in partnership with former U.S. women's national team players Leslie Osborne, Danielle Slaton, Aly Wagner, and two-time World Cup champion Brandi Chastain. Angel City in Los Angeles and the San Diego Wave joined the league last year. Six of the leagues 12 teams make the three-round playoffs. The club also announced a future project to build a state-of-the-art training venue at a "to-be-announced location." Joining Wagner and Chastain as founders of the new team are Danielle Slaton and Leslie Osborne. NorCal native Megan Rapinoe doesnt play in send-off match for USWNT Nearly two months after being awarded an expansion. The National Women's Soccer League is officially set to have 14 teams for the 2024 season. Bay FC | SF/OAK/SJ/GTA San Andreas FC via GIPHY Gotham FC. All four have connections to the Bay Area and played for the United States. More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and. The gothic lettering is representative with the Bay's impressive street art scene. 'National Womens Soccer League' is one option -- get in to view more @ The Web's largest and most authoritative acronyms and abbreviations resource. I am confident that this ownership group and market will help us deliver on the leagues continued transformative growth and success and look forward to watching the Bay Area club kick off in 2024.. Waxman will serve on the NWSL's board of governors. Bay FC unveiled as team name for new NWSL franchise in Bay Area. The National Women's Soccer League is in advanced discussions to add teams in Boston, Utah and the San Francisco Bay area, according to Friday's report in The Wall Street Journal. Pictured: Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne, Danielle Slaton and Aly Wagner. "We want to be the best and I feel like that is the part of how we show up everyday, and that is our soul and reason for being," Chastain said. The championship match is played at a predetermined site, though the 2023 location has not yet been announced. Both of those clubs shined in their first season, with San Diego Wave FC setting a league attendance record with 32,000 fans at a September match and Angel City FC reportedly raising enough money to receive a $100 million valuation. pic.twitter.com/ZgLF0Spoky. ( KRON) The Bay Area's incoming women's professional soccer team unveiled its name, crest and team colors on Thursday. Majority investor Sixth Street is an investment firm with extensive representation in sports that includes investments with Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, and the San Antonio Spurs. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) The National Women's Soccer League will. On the bright side this could create the fiercest fanbase in the NWSL. The teams public launch is being billed "FC Day for the Bay," and its open to everyone. We are so grateful for the community of early investors that made this bid possible, and we know the entire Bay is going to help us make this club one that will set the bar," Osborne, who played on the United States' 2007 World Cup team, said in a prepared statement. The National Women's Soccer League announced Tuesday that an expansion franchise representing the Bay Area in Northern California will be the league's 14th team. The Associated Press contributed to this article. Comments The Bay FC logo. Vini Jr. is seen holding hands with Mexican influencer Kenia Os Are they a couple? Joining a region of champions and world-class professional sports teams, the National Women's Soccer League's 14th franchise looks to add to the Bay's winning ways. Up in San Francisco, theres Kezar Stadium, the one-time home of the 49ers that has been downsized to its current 10,000-seat arrangement. Stabbing inside Levis Stadium during soccer match heightens concerns about security "But, we're prepared. USWNTs former Stanford stars cherish return to The Farm for World Cup training "It's nerve-wracking and it's exciting and that pressure is a privilege. Were super excited about both the opportunity and what it means for the Bay Area and our league in the present, but also what it tells us about the future and where were heading, Commissioner Jessica Berman told The Associated Press. More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports, Anyone can read Conversations, but to contribute, you should be a registered Torstar account holder. According to the report, the NWSL, the top-tier women's professional soccer league in the U.S., is in "advanced discussions" with groups from the Bay Area, Boston and Utah. @WeAreBayFC #BayFC pic.twitter.com/HkOgLNsdvl. // ]]]]>
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