Bay FC were announced on 4 April 2023 and began play in 2024 as the first NWSL club in the San Francisco Bay Area. Home is PayPal Park in San Jose, which holds 18,000. The primary colours are Bay blue and Poppy red, with Fog Gray and Steel as secondaries, and the crest is a circular mark built around a blackletter B that incorporates a support structure of the Golden Gate Bridge. The club is majority owned by Sixth Street, with former United States international Aly Wagner as co-chair alongside Sixth Street chief executive Alan Waxman. Andre Iguodala is also part of the investor group.