KANSAS CITY (Sept. 3, 2026) – To open its September slate, the Kansas City Current (10-8-4, seventh place, 34 pts.) treks to the West Coast on Friday, Sept. 4, to face Bay FC for the primary time this season. The match, which is the primary of three straight Friday night time video games for the Current, kicks off at 9 p.m. CT (7 p.m. PT) at PayPal Park in San Jose, Calif.
The match will broadcast nationally on Prime Video with Mike Watts and Lori Lindsey on the decision in addition to on the World Feed with Jacqui Oatley and Kika Toulouse. Jillian Carroll Letrinko and Erik Bergrud can be over the air on 90.9 The Bridge, and the sport will even be out there on the KC Current App in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
MATCH INFO
Who: Kansas City Current at Bay FC
Where: PayPal Park – San Jose, Calif.
When: Friday, Sept. 4
Kickoff: 9 p.m. CT (7 p.m. PT)
TV: Prime Video, World Feed
Radio: 90.9 The Bridge
TEN THINGS TO KNOW
1. Kansas City has received every of its first 4 conferences with Bay FC by a mixed rating of 12-3.
2. The final assembly between the 2 sides was Sept. 6, 2025, which noticed the Current put up a 2-0 win in San Jose. Forward Michelle Cooper scored within the forty fifth minute earlier than ahead Temwa Chawinga supplied an insurance coverage aim within the second minute of second-half stoppage time.
3. Chawinga has scored 5 objectives in 4 profession common season conferences with Bay FC, discovering the online at least as soon as in all 4. The solely participant to attain a aim in every of her first 5 common season matches towards a single opponent is Alex Morgan vs. Washington from 2013-15.
4. Kansas City posted a 3-2 win over North Carolina final weekend for his or her tenth win of the common season. The Current turned the sixth membership in NWSL historical past to document double-digit wins in three or extra consecutive common seasons.
5. Forward Haley Hopkins registered the primary multi-assist recreation of her profession on Aug. 29, changing into the seventh participant in membership historical past to take action within the common season. She has 5 objectives and three assists to date this 12 months after totaling 5 objectives and 5 assists in her first three skilled seasons mixed.
6. Midfielder Croix Bethune is at present tied for second within the league with 9 assists. Only three gamers in NWSL historical past have recorded 10 assists in a single common season: Tobin Heath (Portland, 2016), Bethune (Washington, 2024) and Cloé Lacasse (Utah, 2026).
7. Bethune (No. 2) and ahead Temwa Chawinga (No. 7) have been ranked in ESPN’s Top 25 NWSL Players rankings earlier this month. Additionally, Kansas City checked in at No. 11 in Opta’s latest Women’s Global Club Power Rankings.
8. Defender Katie Scott is with the U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team at the 2026 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland from Sept. 5-27. She is certainly one of eight NWSL gamers on the roster. The USA begins their World Cup marketing campaign on Sept. 6 vs. Italy.
9. Defender Izzy Rodriguez received the Fan Impact Challenge for the 2026 NWSL Lauren Holiday Impact Award, introduced by Nationwide. Nationwide will make a $10,000 donation to EarlystART, Rodriguez’s group companion, in honor of her profitable the fan vote.
10. The KC Current lately signed defender Maëva Nyadjou, who helped Cameroon win the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), by way of the 2029 season. Nyadjou was named WAFCON Best Young Player and was chosen to the WAFCON Best XI.
AVAILABILITY REPORT
OUT: Ellie Bravo-Young (Maternity Leave), Alana Cook (SEI-Knee), Clare Gagne (SEI-Head), Mary Long (D-45), Lorena (Knee), Kolo Suliafu (Thigh)
QUESTIONABLE: Temwa Chawinga (Illness), Gabrielle Robinson (Knee)
INTERNATIONAL DUTY: Katie Scott (U.S. U-20)