Bay FC falls to San Diego as Wave scores late goal

Bay FC equalized just after halftime and pushed for a game-winning goal in San Diego on Saturday night, but found themselves on the wrong end of a decisive goal, losing 2-1 to the Wave .

Substitute forward Jaedyn Shaw slipped an Elyse Bennett cross into the net in the 78th minute on a San Diego transition. At the time, Bay FC had only 10 players on the field as striker Asisat Oshoala, who had scored earlier, was being examined for a leg injury.

“We could have made a substitution at that point, but she was ready to come back into the game and she’s always very present for us up top, so I didn’t necessarily want to bring her off at that point,” he said. declared coach Albertin Montoya. said.

After the goal, Montoya changed his mind and brought on Princess Marfo in place of Oshoala, looking for fresh legs to chase a late equalizer that never came despite 13 shots in the second half. Oshoala said after the match that she was fine.

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Center defender Emily Menges took responsibility for San Diego’s second goal as Shaw beat her in front of the net to finish off a crisp Wave attack. Menges said he saw progress from his team, which was playing for the first time since central midfielder and captain Alex Loera suffered a season-ending knee injury.

“We worked a lot this week on the team’s defense. I think we’ve seen tremendous progress there,” Menges said.

Oshoala equalized for Bay FC in the 48th minute when she returned a rebound off the crossbar into the back of the San Diego net. The play developed after a Bay FC corner and Kayla Sharples’ header off the bar left the Wave defense out of position to defend Oshoala’s shot.