Oracle Park, the home ballpark of the San Francisco Giants, on July 24, 2021. (Dan McMenamin/Bay City News)

Bay FC, the professional women’s soccer team, set an attendance record for the National Women’s Soccer League on Saturday with a sellout crowd of 40,091 for its 3-2 loss to the Washington Spirit at Oracle Park.

The San Francisco crowd surpassed the previous record of 35,038 for a single NWSL match set on June 8, 2024, at Wrigley Field in Chicago, when Bay FC beat the Chicago Stars FC, 2-1.

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