SAN FRANCISCO — If you can’t win, you can at least entertain.

Bay FC was unable to put together a needed victory in its historic tilt with the Washington Spirit on Saturday afternoon in San Francisco, but what the second-year NWSL club did accomplish was a unique experience for a record-breaking, announced crowd of 40,091 fans at Oracle Park.

Bay FC lost the game 3-2, finding itself unable to come back from a 3-0 first-half deficit despite an array of late chances. But what the late rally did accomplish was pumping energy into a collective that was desperate for a reason to cheer.

“If you saw me every corner (kick), I was like, ‘Come on, keep on going,’” said forward Racheal Kundananji, whose late first-half goal put Bay FC on the board and got the crowd into the game for the first time

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