Full name | Bay Cities Football Club |
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Founded | 2021 |
Stadium | Terremere Field |
Capacity | 3,500 |
President | Anders Perez |
Sporting director | Eric Bucchere |
Head coach | Anders Perez |
League | National Independent Soccer Association |
Website | Club website |
Bay Cities FC was an American professional soccer team based in Redwood City, California that began play in 2022 to play in the National Independent Soccer Association, in the third tier of the US soccer pyramid. [1] The club played in NISA until August 26, when financial difficulties forced the club to prematurely end the season. [2]
Bay Cities Football Club was founded in 2021 in Redwood City, California by the co-owners Anders Perez, [3] Ivan Martinez [4] and K.C. Watson. [5] During 2021 BCFC took part at the 2021 NISA Independent Cup, [6] where they finished 3rd of the Pacific Region, just behind PDX FC and Space United FC. Later that year the club announced Eric Bucchere as sporting director [7] and National Independent Soccer Association accepted Bay Cities' application for the 2022 season. [8] [9] Bay Cities FC will become the sixth professional soccer club of Northern California after San Jose Earthquakes, Sacramento Republic FC, Oakland Roots, Monterey Bay FC and Central Valley Fuego FC.
On April 6, 2022, they defeated USL Championship side Monterey Bay FC 2–1 at PayPal Park, San Jose, in the US Open Cup. Bay Cities FC were defeated by the San Jose Earthquakes 5-0 to end their US Open Cup run at the same venue they previously won at. [10]
BCFC colors are gold and black, the colors of the 'Golden State' and their motto is Bridge the Bay; [3] in fact the club's major goal is to take a professional soccer team to the 700,000 soccer fans that live in the western Bay Area, that haven't had a pro club since the San Francisco Deltas folded in 2017.
Bay Cities FC supporters group is the 'Legion del oro'.
Bay Cities FC played their home games at Terremere Field in Redwood City, California. [11]
No. | Position | Player | Nation |
---|---|---|---|
— | MF | Edson Cardona | United States |
— | DF | Alan Cruz | United States |
— | MF | Rei Dorwart | United States |
— | DF | Jacob Goyen | United States |
— | DF | Andrés Jiménez | United States |
— | FW | Tony Jimenez | Mexico |
— | DF | David Kinnear | United States |
— | MF | Mumbi Kwesele | United States |
— | GK | Alonso Lara | United States |
— | FW | Anthony Orendain | United States |
— | DF | Jacob Penner | United States |
— | MF | Victor Romero | United States |
— | FW | Kevin Salto | United States |
— | FW | Malik Shaheed | United States |
— | MF | Gabe Silveira | United States |
— | FW | Marco Silveira | Brazil |
— | MF | Adolfo Trujillo | United States |
— | DF | Danny Turgeon | United States |
— | MF | Iván Valencia | Mexico |
— | MF | Carlos Gomez-Zavala | United States |
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