The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/08/24/bay-fcs-soccer-game-at-oracle-park-draws-biggest-crowd-in-us-womens-sports-history/Local women’s soccer team Bay FC played its first game at Oracle Park Saturday against Washington Spirit. Despite the team’s loss of 2-3, the game drew the most attendees in the history of US professional women’s sports, prompting discussions of moving to SF. As the Chronicle reports, the excitement among fans at Saturday’s game was palpable. The game drew a record-breaking 40,091 attendees, which the Chronicle notes was triple the size of Bay FC’s usual draw of around 13,400 fans. The team’s home stadium, San Jose PayPal Park, has a capacity of 18,000.

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