Before a crowd of 14,817 Bay FC hosted their second ever friendly, this time against the three time European champions FC Barcelona from Spain. The match was very competitive with Bay FC opening up the scoring with a strike from Asisat Oshoala in the 18th minute. Each team continued to trade goals with Kika Nazareth equalizing for the visitors three minutes later, Rachael Kundananji giving back the lead for the home team in the 32nd minute and Caroline Graham Hansen scoring three minutes later again to draw the game at 2-2.
It was the second half attack on FC Barcelona that gave them the lead when Mapi León curled the ball off a corner kick in the 68th minute. Claudia Pina and Patri Guijarro provided insurance goals at stoppage time to give the team from Catalan a 5-2 win.
Our photo album and select shots from the game are here:
Bay FC resumes league play at Portland on Friday August 30 at 7pm while Barcelona will continue their two game US tour against USL Super League club Dallas Trinity on the same day at 5:30pm.