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i was surprised this whole ordeal wasn't already posted in the sub, so i apologize if i somehow missed a post about this already.

tldr is that wilkinson was previously the president of both the timbers (mls) and the thorns but was fired after being featured heavily in the yates report for not reporting or acting on complaints from players and staff about sexual abuse by the thorns head coach, paul riley.

from the article linked: "He was fired in 2022 after his name showed up prominently in the Yates Report, the independent investigation into abusive behavior and sexual misconduct in women's professional soccer. 

While the report did not specifically sanction Wilkinson, it portrayed him as overseeing a toxic environment with the Thorns, where the sexual misconduct by head coach Paul Riley was an open secret. The report indicates that Wilkinson did not adequately respond to reports from players and team trainers about Riley's sexual harassment as well as the coach's unsafe actions that endangered players' health. Two days after the report came out, Wilkinson was let go."

"Though the Earthquakes and Bay FC are independent of each other, they share the same building and the same market. The fact that the Earthquakes cavalierly hired Wilkinson, without any consideration of his toxic reputation in women's soccer, is beyond insulting to their co-tenants, who are supposed to be their partners in building a soccer culture."

Cont: "On Monday, Bay FC issued a statement that read: "As an organization committed to building a safe, inclusive and respectful environment, we believe the actions and history associated with Wilkinson's time in professional soccer are inconsistent with the standards we hold for those entrusted to lead in our sport.

"We stand with the players, survivors and advocates who have worked tirelessly to make soccer a safer and more inclusive place and we will continue to put the safety, dignity and well-being of our players and our community first.""

Has anyone gotten information about this? I can’t find anything in my email. I saw it through the link about auto renewing the membership.

Neat article about Claire! It’s a gift link but let me know if anyone has trouble accessing it

As a lifetime soccer player the more my coach talked about the ref post game the worse my team did. This is Coates 4th or 5th time eluding to calls changing the result of the game.

It might seem trivial to some but when every loss is partially attributed to the ref by the head coach then there is no accountability in the locker room.

Refs suck. They always have and always will. But they suck for everyone. Creating narratives around bad calls being the reason for losses is unproductive regardless of if it’s accurate or not. For a young and impressionable team this is even more catastrophic.

You can see the mentality rubbing off on our premier players like last week when Claire eluded to the offside call being wrong and wanting a better call next time. She is more mature than Coates and didn’t suggest the refs caused the loss but even a comment like that shows the post game talk included commentary about the “bad call” from the refs influencing the game.

Just miserable stuff every game. Really hard being a fan right now.

Silkowitz is the lone exception.

How y’all feeling?

IT’S GAME DAY!! LAST WEEK WE GOT A POINT, BUT THE BRIGHTEST POINT IS THAT WE FINALLY SAW HEATHER GILCHRIST MAKE HER DEBUT AND SAW SOME TRULY GREAT CHANGES FROM OUR ATTACK.

IT’S ALL COMING TOGETHER FOLKS. IT’S BEEN A LONG AND DIFFICULT ROAD GETTING HERE, AND NOW WE’RE UP AGAINST THE 3RD RANKED TEAM WHO WE’VE NEVER BEATEN, BUT GUESS WHAT? TODAY IS THE DAY. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN WHEN IT'S NWSL AFTER DARK. THE YAUGHTAH ROIYHYLLS DON’T KNOW THE COUP THAT’S COMING. THEY’LL RUN FROM OUR ATTACK LIKE UTAHNS RUN TO AN MLM. OUR PLAYERS ARE FULL OF POPPY POWER, THEY’RE GETTING STRONGER AND STRONGER AND NOW CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNER JENNA NIGHSWONGER IS OFFICIALLY “PAROLED FROM THE CROME OF BEING GREAT.” 

7 PM KICKOFF. WE WERE HERE WHEN WE STRUGGLED. WE ARE HERE WHEN THEY’RE FIGURING IT OUT. AND WE’LL BE HERE WHEN THIS TEAM STARTS TO DOMINATE. NO KINGS, NO ROYALS.

AND IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN SANDY, UTAH ON A NIGHT SUCH AS THIS, KEEP THAT ENERGY 4449 FT HIGH AND HELP OUR PLAYERS WITH THE POWER OF THE BAY. ROYALS COME AND GO BUT THE BAY IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF DYNASTY. GOOOOOOOOOOOO BAY!

This isn’t just about tonight’s loss, but it drives me insane that refs will go to VAR to see if the keeper is 2 inches off the line but I have NEVER once seen any ref call out the shooter for stuttering so much or going so slowly to bait the keeper that they are essentially stopping mid-run up (generally men’s players are much more obnoxious about this tactic).

https://bayfc.com/articles/hannah-bebar-2026-lauren-holiday-impact-award-nominee-stands-up-for-girls-in-sports-20260810/

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Hi all!

Okay. So, as you can see, I'm having fun on the Valkyries train as I also take note of the Firebelles (quack the Fueens), and I look forward to the upcoming Hammerheads season or whatever name they'll use for the hockey team. I know! Yay!

I have multiple questions regarding Bay F.C. If you're wondering why haven't I been glued onto them as much as the Valkyries, us Filipinos like our basketball, and yet, we never had the height for the sport. I also am aware now that we have Filipinas in NWSL as I learned, but no Filipina has ever appeared in a WNBA game. That typed, here I go with the questions.

1. Why are they in a rut? I know they made the playoffs their first year, and the last time I heard, they got someone from the England national team coaching (Emma Coates), who I saw was ranked 4th minutes ago, but why are they in a rut?

2. While I'm at it, does this mean we get fans yelling "I want all of the Britishies!" when they really should be saying and typing "I want all of the Tarheels!" (yup, Mr. Jamison's school has the most women's soccer titles w/ 22, a rabbit hole I went to minutes ago also) instead? Actually, "I want all of the Tarheels and Britishies!" works also.

3. Probably the most annoying question for me. Why is it that I never find Bay FC autograph events? Lefty's gave me both Kayla Thornton's and Monique Billings's, Rush's gave me both Tiffany Hayes's and Veronica Burton's, and Peets's gave me Gabby Williams's.

Thank you guys! Go Bay FC, go Valks, and go Belles!

I’m honestly not impressed with Coates’ coaching at all. This team has gotten better players than they had last year (Hutton, Pfeiffer), but they’re still underperforming. I know the ML crew and Malonson SEI take a toll, but regardless, it’s been uninspiring. I’ve rarely seen her take accountability for the results either. Let’s not forget the last time she coached a club, they had the worst season in WSL history (Guinness World Record btw).

Bay has seen a good amount of movement in this transfer window when compared to other teams.

Any thoughts on if we will see more roster moves before the end of the 9/7 international transfer window and the NWSL roster freeze on 10/8? If so - what positions or players do you hope they target?

If you account for the recent loans, Girelli leaving at the end of the month and you include Menges being back soon, Bay’s roster sits at 25. If Boade does leave (just speculation with her being on excused absence recently), then we have two spots open.

My hope is they keep pushing for roster changes. We need more forward scoring threats.