Bay FC closes a busy three-match stretch on July 31, 2026, when it hosts Seattle Reign FC at 5:45 p.m. PT in the nightcap of an NWSL doubleheader on ION. It is the final stop in a compact run of games for Bay FC, and it comes with the club trying to steady itself after back-to-back 1-0 defeats.
The matchup is drawing attention because Seattle arrives with more recent end product. The Reign have scored six goals and won two of their last three matches, including a 2-0 victory at San Diego, while Bay FC has been held to one goal or fewer in its last two outings. Seattle’s recent run has not been perfect — it gave up three late goals to Gotham FC on July 18 and conceded in its first match back from the break on July 4 — but it has still found a way to collect points, which is more than Bay FC has done in the same span.
That is what gives the game its weight. Bay FC lost 1-0 in Houston on July 24 and then fell 1-0 to Gotham FC on Wednesday, when a seventh-minute equalizer was wiped out by video review. Jordan Silkowitz was the reason the score stayed close at all. She made nine saves against Gotham, her second-highest total in a match this season and the second-best of her career, and she is tied with Jane Campbell for the league lead in saves.
Silkowitz’s performance matters because Bay FC has not been getting much margin for error. Kennedy Fuller has created 10 chances since arriving from Angel City in June, and Maddie Mercado has scored in each of her last three matches, but the team still has not turned pressure into enough goals. Seattle presents a different kind of problem. Entering Week 15, 11 different players had scored at least once for the Reign, and Mercado leads the club in scoring this season. Seattle has also lost only once when she has scored, a warning sign for a Bay side already chasing form.
Bay FC also used the day to add Agostina Holzheier, announcing the transfer from Racing Club on a four-year deal through 2029 with a fifth-year option. Her first-team debut came in 2016 at Unión de Crespo, and she joined River Plate in 2021, but her Bay FC debut will have to wait until her P-1 visa and international transfer clearance are complete. For now, Bay FC gets the match first. The roster addition is the next step, and it could matter as soon as the club needs another attacking answer after a stretch that has left little room to breathe.
