Match Preview: San Diego Wave FC vs. Bay FC

SAN DIEGO (May 2, 2025) -San Diego Wave FC (3-2-1, 10 points) returns to the Snapdragon Stadium on Sunday, May 4th to organize Bay FC (2-2-2, 8 points). The club celebrates celebrations Aapi nightPresented by Mostra Coffee, in front of the kickoff, which is defined for 5 p.m. PT. Tickets can be bought Here And the match is streamed further live Paramount+ (Subscription) and NWSL+ (free of charge) and locally Kusi.

San Diego and Bay only met twice in the regular NWSL season, with each team achieving a victory in 2024. On April 27, 2024, San Diego scored the first victory of the series with a 2-1 goal and a goal by Makenzy Robbe, which was supported by the midfielder Kimmi Ascanio. In the following Matchup on May 17, 2024, Wave FC striker Kyra Carusa opened in the second minute to bring San Diego in the lead, but Bay FC would come back to achieve a 2-1 win at the end of the game.

Last time
The wave achieved a 3-0 win against Chicago Stars FC on Saturday, April 26. The match was full of milestones for San Diego. Kimmi Ascanio scored the first goal of her professional career and Trinity Armstrong to secure her first career assistant. Hanna Lundkvist found the opening goal of the game and was her first goal of 2025, and Adriana Leon secured her first NWSL assist for the wave, which was also her first since 2017 when she played for the Boston Breakers. To a larger scale, San Diego was the first club in the entire league history, the three 17-year-old started in a game Melanie Barcenas, Ascanio and Armstrong. The services in the entire team contributed to winning FC in a row and positioning the team under the NWSL teams for goals for goals (12) this season behind Orlando Pride and Kansas City Current, each scored 14 goals.

Bay FC occurs in the 7th week of the NWSL season after Seattle Reign was on the Torseresheet 1-1 with Seattle Reign when Caroline Conti received the ball in the middle circle and divided a pass by two government defenders who were connected with an ongoing Kundananji who ended a shot on the edge of the box. Seattle would equalize shortly after half -time by taking a short kick and playing the ball into the front of the gate, which found the head of Jordan Huitema perfectly so that every team goes away with one point.

To see players
The midfielder of Wave FC, Kimmi Ascanio, recorded a target in each of her last two games. In the 3-0 win of the club against Chicago and in her first start of the 2025 season, the 17-year-old achieved a first shot outside of her boot to the long contribution in the second half, which scored the first goal of her professional career. Ascanio also secured her first assist of the year on April 19 against Racing Louisville when she hit two defenders to a ball before passing it on to Delphine Cascarino in the 77TH Minute to help the wave end a 4-1 win on the street. In her second season as a professional, she performed for San Diego in all six games from 2025.

Defender Kiki Pickett leads Bay FC in goals this season (2), with each of mighty volleys come from outside of the hit. At the start of the season of Bay against the Utah Royals, a free kick was taken on March 16 and passed on Pickett, who ran on the jumping ball and ended a first shot against goalkeeper Mandy McGlynn. The defender’s second goal came against North Carolina in a similar game on April 19 when a ball found Pickett’s courage defense, which took a touch to place the ball in front of him before firing a shot into the top right corner of the network.

As you can see
The game on Sunday is played in the Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego with kickoff set for 5:00 p.m. PT. The wave will celebrate AAPI night, presented with Mostra coffeeWith activations and performances that the fans can enjoy all night. Tickets can be bought here And the match is also streamed live Paramount+ (Subscription) and NWSL+ (free of charge) and transfer on site Kusi.

International networks
Australia – Optus
Canada – tsn linear
Africa – ESPN SSA
Central America – TV Azteca
Great Britain & Ireland – TNT Sport