Utah Royals FC – Sports Radio Service

Bay FC gave a strong effort forcing a 0-0 draw against one of the tougher clubs in the NWSL the Utah Royals FC at Pay Pal Park in San Jose on Sun May 10, 2026 (Bay FC X photo)

By William Espy

SAN JOSE–Bay FC returned home to PayPal Park to host a regular season game for the first time in a month looking to follow up a big road win against the San Diego Wave last week. This week, the surging Utah Royals were in town, looking to continue their strong start to the season. Bay stopped a good Utah club as both clubs ended up with a 0-0 draw on Sunday.

Utah nearly got a ball past Jordan Silkowitz in the 17th minute, but the header sailed wide of the goal. Silkowitz then denied Utah on the rush, making a tremendous toe save to deflect the ball out of play. After the fact, the Utah attack was ruled offside regardless.

Silkowitz was again called to action in the 36th minute when she had to punch away a Royals corner kick that was heading toward the back of the goal.

Rachael Kundananji had a great run for Bay FC in the 40th minute, dancing around the Utah defense, but when she eventually tried to take a shot, it was blocked in front of the goal by a defender. Hannah Bebar then fired a shot from the midfield that tested the Royals’ goalkeeper, but went just above the crossbar in the 44th minute.

At halftime, the score remained a 0-0 tie.

Early in the second half, momentum seemed to favor Utah. Claire Hutton was shown the game’s first yellow card in the 56th minute following a challenge in the midfield .Kiana Palacios almost shot a laser past Silkowitz in the 57th minute, but the shot went just wide of the net. Immediately afterward, Bay FC made their first substitution of the night. Caroline Conti entered the match for Taylor Huff.

In the 66th minute, Aldana Cometti was shown Bay FC’s second yellow card for the night. Silkowitz denied Paige Cronin on a one-on-one in the 68th minute, keeping the game deadlocked. In the 70th minute, Utah got their first booking of the night after Tatumn Milazzo blatantly pulled Karlie Lema’s jersey.

Dorian Bailey exited the match in the 73rd minute with Onyeka Gamero taking her place. Silkowitz made another massive save in the 79th minute, preventing Utah from taking a late lead. Moments later, Joelle Anderson was shown a yellow card.

Maddie Moreau entered the game for Karlie Lema in the 90th minute. Gamero fired a shot from distance in stoppage time, but the shot went out of play. Hutton took a shot in the dying moments of the game which was saved easily by Mandy McGlynn. Ultimately, the match ended in a 0-0 draw.

Utah Royals forward Alsha Solozano (30) is fired up after scoring in the 18th minute against Bay FC at Pay Pal Park in San Jose on Sat Sep 27, 2025 (Utah Royals FC photo)

By William Espy

SAN JOSE–Bay FC hosted the Utah Royals on Saturday night at PayPal Park and lost their 11th game of the season getting shutout 2-0 by the Royals.

Karlie Lema got a great scoring chance in the early moments of the game, but the shot went just wide of the goal. It would be Utah that opened the scoring with a Janni Thomsen goal in the ninth minute. In the 13th minute, Utah’s Aisha Solorzano was shown a yellow card for a reckless challenge on Caprice Dydasco.

The Royals added a second, Solorzano’s first career goal, in the 18th minute. With the goal, Solorzano became the first Guatemalan to score in the NWSL. Kiki Pickett was shown a yellow card in the 24th minute. Utah would hang onto that lead until the half, and Bay FC had a major deficit to overcome in the second half.

Bay FC was robbed by Utah goalkeeper Mia Justus in the 57th when she made back-to-back saves to deny the attack.

Penelope Hocking made her return for Bay FC around the 65th minute. Rachael Kundananji was shown a yellow card for an off-the-ball play on Kate Del Fava in the 78th minute. With it being her fifth yellow card of the season, Kundananji will be suspended for Bay FC’s next game in Portland.

At that point in the game, it was clear that frustration had set in for Bay FC and they’d be unable to get things back on track. Silkowitz was forced to make one final save in stoppage time, but ultimately it made no difference. Utah walked away with a 2-0 win and playoffs seem well out of the picture for Bay FC.