Still time for Bay FC to rebrand into the CyberRays.
By the way, that will leave Philadelphia as the only market that had teams in the WUSA and WPS but does not have a NWSL team.
Atlanta will be the #NWSL's 17th team, adding to the league's rapid expansion (@theathletic.com first reported). Atlanta has been talked about as an NWSL market on and off for nearly a decade.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Still time for Bay FC to rebrand into the CyberRays.
THE CYBERRAYS ARE ROLLING IN THEIR GRAVES
September 28, 2026 at 12:14 PM
THE CYBERRAYS ARE ROLLING IN THEIR GRAVES
April 14, 2001: The first Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA) match kicked off at RFK Stadium.
Mia Hamm’s Washington Freedom defeated the CyberRays 1-0 before 34,148 fans. WUSA set the stage for pro women’s soccer.
Today, the NWSL carries that legacy forward. 💫
📸: Tony Quinn
Mia Hamm’s Washington Freedom defeated the CyberRays 1-0 before 34,148 fans. WUSA set the stage for pro women’s soccer.
Today, the NWSL carries that legacy forward. 💫
📸: Tony Quinn
March 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
April 14, 2001: The first Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA) match kicked off at RFK Stadium.
Mia Hamm’s Washington Freedom defeated the CyberRays 1-0 before 34,148 fans. WUSA set the stage for pro women’s soccer.
Today, the NWSL carries that legacy forward. 💫
📸: Tony Quinn
Mia Hamm’s Washington Freedom defeated the CyberRays 1-0 before 34,148 fans. WUSA set the stage for pro women’s soccer.
Today, the NWSL carries that legacy forward. 💫
📸: Tony Quinn
The CyberRays didn't exist until just after my story in San Jose takes place, but what a cool team. I know Mega would have season tickets. #writing
September 25, 2026 at 11:56 AM
The CyberRays didn't exist until just after my story in San Jose takes place, but what a cool team. I know Mega would have season tickets. #writing
I feel like Bay FC will continue to be cursed by feeling like an generic club from a commercial unless they give themselves a cool nickname. really invoke the spirit of the CyberRays
September 5, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I feel like Bay FC will continue to be cursed by feeling like an generic club from a commercial unless they give themselves a cool nickname. really invoke the spirit of the CyberRays
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I helped found a little supporter’s group called The Rayistas. I’m very proud to have my tiny bit of women’s soccer supporterdom in this book. Thanks, Nina.
SIS-SI!, (boom, boom), SIS-SI!
#Cyberrays #WUSA
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SIS-SI!, (boom, boom), SIS-SI!
#Cyberrays #WUSA
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September 13, 2026 at 10:28 PM
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I helped found a little supporter’s group called The Rayistas. I’m very proud to have my tiny bit of women’s soccer supporterdom in this book. Thanks, Nina.
SIS-SI!, (boom, boom), SIS-SI!
#Cyberrays #WUSA
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SIS-SI!, (boom, boom), SIS-SI!
#Cyberrays #WUSA
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24 years ago today, April 14, 2001 the Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA) played its inaugural game: Washington Freedom vs. Bay Area CyberRays at RFK Stadium in front of 34,148. The league lasted for 3 years, but the impact & effects of it are still present in women’s pro soccer today.
April 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
24 years ago today, April 14, 2001 the Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA) played its inaugural game: Washington Freedom vs. Bay Area CyberRays at RFK Stadium in front of 34,148. The league lasted for 3 years, but the impact & effects of it are still present in women’s pro soccer today.
Fun fact — the first-ever soccer game at the then-new Mile High in 2002 was a women's game!
It was a USA preseason match featuring Brandi Chastain's San Jose CyberRays vs Mia Hamm's Washington Freedom.
So perfect for the Summit to launch in this venue.
It was a USA preseason match featuring Brandi Chastain's San Jose CyberRays vs Mia Hamm's Washington Freedom.
So perfect for the Summit to launch in this venue.
Rare air here in Denver for the #NWSL to be in a venue of this scale. It's sunny and gorgeous today, too. Spirit just walked the field, and it looks like a Rodman-Rudd TikTok is incoming from field level.
March 28, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Fun fact — the first-ever soccer game at the then-new Mile High in 2002 was a women's game!
It was a USA preseason match featuring Brandi Chastain's San Jose CyberRays vs Mia Hamm's Washington Freedom.
So perfect for the Summit to launch in this venue.
It was a USA preseason match featuring Brandi Chastain's San Jose CyberRays vs Mia Hamm's Washington Freedom.
So perfect for the Summit to launch in this venue.
Unrelated: anyone else ever hear CyberRays and think of her?
March 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Unrelated: anyone else ever hear CyberRays and think of her?
Ok @bayfc.com, how do I get one of those CyberRays tshirts
March 22, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Ok @bayfc.com, how do I get one of those CyberRays tshirts
......for those curious, that record includes ALL women's pro sport. Previous soccer records were 35,038 set by Chicago Stars + Bay FC at Wrigley Field in 2024, with the record prior to that was 34,148 at WUSA match in DC at RFK Stadium between the Washington Freedom and the Bay Area CyberRays.
August 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
......for those curious, that record includes ALL women's pro sport. Previous soccer records were 35,038 set by Chicago Stars + Bay FC at Wrigley Field in 2024, with the record prior to that was 34,148 at WUSA match in DC at RFK Stadium between the Washington Freedom and the Bay Area CyberRays.
They don’t make team names like the “San Jose CyberRays” anymore
March 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
They don’t make team names like the “San Jose CyberRays” anymore
September 23, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Bay FC to Honor First Professional Women’s Soccer Team in the Bay Area and 25th Anniversary of Bay Area CyberRays WUSA Championship During Women’s Empowerment Match on March 21 at PayPal Park
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March 5, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Bay FC to Honor First Professional Women’s Soccer Team in the Bay Area and 25th Anniversary of Bay Area CyberRays WUSA Championship During Women’s Empowerment Match on March 21 at PayPal Park
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I will always have a place in my heart for the Torrent.
But San Jose is happening, and being able to go to games easily will always win out. Long live the Seals/CyberRays/Lasers/Hammerheads/SJPWHL!
But San Jose is happening, and being able to go to games easily will always win out. Long live the Seals/CyberRays/Lasers/Hammerheads/SJPWHL!
May 16, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I will always have a place in my heart for the Torrent.
But San Jose is happening, and being able to go to games easily will always win out. Long live the Seals/CyberRays/Lasers/Hammerheads/SJPWHL!
But San Jose is happening, and being able to go to games easily will always win out. Long live the Seals/CyberRays/Lasers/Hammerheads/SJPWHL!
I have not been back to the former Spartan Stadium in San Jose since the @sjearthquakes74.bsky.social last game at the stadium over 20 years ago. My interview about my support of #WomensSoccer provided the chance to have an emotional reunion. #WUSA #USWNT #Cyberrays #SJSU
May 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I have not been back to the former Spartan Stadium in San Jose since the @sjearthquakes74.bsky.social last game at the stadium over 20 years ago. My interview about my support of #WomensSoccer provided the chance to have an emotional reunion. #WUSA #USWNT #Cyberrays #SJSU
U.S. professional women's soccer—and sports in general—has come along way, but let’s not forget 34,148 watched the Washington Freedom face off against the Bay Area CyberRays at RFK Stadium to kick off the WPS on April 14, 2001. That attendance would still crack the top three in the post-NWSL era.
Women's soccer has come a long way in Bay Area. When Albertin Montoya coached FC Gold Pride to 2010 WPS title, its largest crowd was 4,003. On Saturday, Montoya's Bay FC set a record for a standalone NWSL match, drawing 40,081 fans at Oracle Park.
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August 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
U.S. professional women's soccer—and sports in general—has come along way, but let’s not forget 34,148 watched the Washington Freedom face off against the Bay Area CyberRays at RFK Stadium to kick off the WPS on April 14, 2001. That attendance would still crack the top three in the post-NWSL era.
after much thought, I have decided I like the name Bay FC because it includes my home county in a way that San Jose CyberRays did not
July 6, 2023 at 7:07 PM
after much thought, I have decided I like the name Bay FC because it includes my home county in a way that San Jose CyberRays did not
Bay FC had their chance to be called the CyberRays and they didn’t take it, so it’s only right the WNBA has that option
naming the new Bay Area WNBA team the Sacramento Monarchs would be sacrilegious, however, I think naming them the Bay Area CyberRays would be fine
October 5, 2023 at 9:05 PM
Bay FC had their chance to be called the CyberRays and they didn’t take it, so it’s only right the WNBA has that option
naming the new Bay Area WNBA team the Sacramento Monarchs would be sacrilegious, however, I think naming them the Bay Area CyberRays would be fine
October 5, 2023 at 9:03 PM
naming the new Bay Area WNBA team the Sacramento Monarchs would be sacrilegious, however, I think naming them the Bay Area CyberRays would be fine
Uma curiosidade bacana sobre esse: breve participação da gigante Sissi do Amor!
Ela aparece junto com seu time da época, San jose CyberRays, que também tinha Brandi Chastain
Ela aparece junto com seu time da época, San jose CyberRays, que também tinha Brandi Chastain
September 21, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Uma curiosidade bacana sobre esse: breve participação da gigante Sissi do Amor!
Ela aparece junto com seu time da época, San jose CyberRays, que também tinha Brandi Chastain
Ela aparece junto com seu time da época, San jose CyberRays, que também tinha Brandi Chastain
San Jose's CyberRays won the first fully professional women's soccer league championship in 2001, establishing a pioneering legacy that enabled future women's soccer development.
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San Jose's CyberRays won the first fully professional women's soccer league championship in 2001, establishing a pioneering legacy that enabled future women's soccer development.
#OTD 2001 – Injured Michelle Akers performs ceremonial 1st kick for Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) prior to inaugural match at RFK Stadium. Washington Freedom defeat Bay Area CyberRays, 1-0, before 34,148.
April 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
#OTD 2001 – Injured Michelle Akers performs ceremonial 1st kick for Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) prior to inaugural match at RFK Stadium. Washington Freedom defeat Bay Area CyberRays, 1-0, before 34,148.
also thinking about late 90s/early 00s sports team names because "tempo" would just fit in so well in like the WUSA, and wow "san jose cyberrays" was really ahead of its time huh (biased)
December 5, 2024 at 8:38 PM
also thinking about late 90s/early 00s sports team names because "tempo" would just fit in so well in like the WUSA, and wow "san jose cyberrays" was really ahead of its time huh (biased)
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