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Suggesting a loss can really feel like a win may be a drained sports activities cliche, however Bay FC gamers really feel they gained momentum in a single such case just lately.
It was Sept. 20 when the enhancing enlargement facet hosted the undefeated Orlando Delight at PayPal Park. Bay FC went toe-to-toe with the league leaders, forwards and backwards for 84 minutes — a lot of which noticed Bay taking the play to the Delight. Ultimately, the Defend leaders discovered a method, scoring the one aim of the evening on a stunning Carson Pickett cross that discovered Barbra Banda’s head after which the again of the web.
“It’s really humorous in considering we really gained momentum from that recreation as a result of it was a loss,” goalkeeper Katelyn Rowland advised The Equalizer final week. “However there have been so many positives that got here out of it. It’s simply propelling us ahead for certain.”
Bay FC at present occupies the eighth and ultimate playoff spot with 4 video games left within the Nationwide Ladies’s Soccer League season. That may not sound outstanding, however for an enlargement workforce that began the season by shedding seven of its first 9 video games — whereas bleeding 20 objectives — it’s an unbelievable place to be in.
On the coronary heart of the workforce’s turnaround has been a concentrate on defending, a subject head coach Albertin Montoya has overtly admitted was a secondary focus to attacking when the season started.
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