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SAN JOSE, Calif. – Bay Football Club, the women’s professional soccer franchise in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), announced the club's roster ahead of its first match of the 2025 NWSL season. The club will kick off its second campaign this Saturday, March 15 on the road against the Utah Royals at America First Field in Sandy, Utah at 4:30 p.m. PT and broadcast on ION.
There are 21 players return from last season’s roster, joined by five new additions to the club for its second season – veteran defender and two-time NWSL Championship title winner Kelli Hubly, collegiate All-American midfielders Hannah Bebar and Taylor Huff, and local product and UC Berkeley standout Karlie Lema. This year marks Bebar, Huff, and Lema’s first professional seasons.
Six players on the club’s roster have Bay Area ties, including San Jose native Joelle Anderson, Menlo Park native Abby Dahlkemper, Morgan Hill native and UC Berkeley product Lema, Santa Clara product Melissa Lowder, Los Altos native Catherine Paulson, and Stanford product Kiki Pickett. Three players enter the season designated as international players: forwards Racheal Kundananji (Zambia), Princess Marfo (Ghana), and Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria).
Lowder re-joins the roster from the Season-Ending Injury list. She returns after missing the 2024 season recovering from a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered last March, ahead of the 2024 season opener.
Dahlkemper and midfielder Tess Boade have been named the club’s captains. Dahlkemper, a three-time league title winner, four-time NWSL Shield winner, 2019 World Cup champion and 2020 Olympic bronze medalist joined the club last August via trade and earned back-to-back NWSL Best XI of the Month selections to close the season. Boade, a two-time NWSL Challenge Cup winner, wore the captain's armband on four occasions for the club last season as she had a career year with 25 appearances and three goals scored in regular season play.
Bay FC officially opens the 2024 season this Saturday, March 15 on the road at the Utah Royals in Sandy Utah. Kickoff is set for 4:30 p.m. PT from America First Field, and the match will be broadcast live on ION. Fans looking to cheer on the squad from the Bay Area can attend watch parties held throughout the region at 21st Amendment Brewery Taproom in San Leandro, 21st Amendment Brewpub in San Francisco, Standard Deviant in San Francisco, Jack’s in San Jose (Age 21 and older), Taplands in Santa Clara, and Rosie’s New York Pizza in San Jose. The club’s home opener is set for the following week, March 22 at PayPal Park vs. Racing Louisville FC. Tickets and the club’s full schedule are available at BayFC.com.
2025 BAY FC ROSTER
(Alphabetically by position): Goalkeepers (3): Emmie Allen, Melissa Lowder, Jordan Silkowitz
Defenders (7): Jordan Brewster, Abby Dahlkemper, Caprice Dydasco, Kelli Hubly, Alyssa Malonson, Emily Menges, Maddie Moreau,
Midfielders (8): Joelle Anderson, Dorian Bailey, Hannah Bebar, Tess Boade, Caroline Conti, Taylor Huff, Kiki Pickett, Jamie Shepherd
Forwards (7): Penelope Hocking, Rachel Hill, Racheal Kundananji (INTL), Karlie Lema, Asisat Oshoala (INTL), Catherine Paulson, Princess (NYR, INTL)
INTL – International Player
NYR – Not Yet Reported
ABOUT BAY FOOTBALL CLUB
Bay Football Club (Bay FC) is the professional soccer franchise representing the Bay Area and the 14th team to join the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). Bay FC was established in April 2023 and co-founded by USWNT legends Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne, Danielle Slaton, and Aly Wagner in partnership with global investment firm Sixth Street and an investor group of leading tech, business and sports executives. Sixth Street’s investment is the largest institutional investment to date in a women’s professional sports franchise. Bay FC is changing the face of women’s soccer as we know it. The Club began play in the 2024 season. Tickets are now on sale for Bay FC at BayFC.com and fans can follow Bay FC’s social channels (@wearebayfc) for the latest news, merchandise, and events.
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