Houston (August 1, 2025) – The Houston Dash returns to the championship on Saturday August 2 while they travel to the west in the Bay FC face. Saturday’s match is the first of three trips on the road this month after the summer holidays. Fans can watch the match live this Saturday on Ion (chain guide).
Houston played two friendly games during the league break in July. The dashboard finished their friendly slate with a 2-0 victory on the USL Super League side Carolina Ascent FC on July 20 in Houston Sports Parkwith midfielder objectives Delanie Sheehan and defender Natalie Jacobs. Earlier in the month, Houston won an impressive 4-0 victory over the power of Liga MX Femenil Rayadas from Monterrey to Shell Energy Stadium. Four players found the back of the net in this match: Sheehan, defender Avery Pattersonmidfielder Maggie Graham and midfielder Kiki Van Zanten.
The team will be aimlessly, Liz Beardsley, who was placed on the 45 -day injuries list in June. Beardsley is one of the three unavailable players for the match on Saturday due to an injury. Strongr Ramona Bachmann was placed on the late season’s injury list earlier this year and striker Amanda West was also placed on the SEI list after an injury when he was loaned with Toronto. The full availability report is available in the game notes file linked above.
Following the recent FIFA window, seven Dash players contributed or trained with their respective national teams at senior and youth levels. Before Yazmeen Ryan And Patterson played three friendly games with the American national women’s team. Patterson scored his first international goal on June 26 against Ireland, followed by Ryan, who scored his first and second goals for the United States on June 29 against Ireland and July 2 against Canada.
Defender Zoe Matthews And Graham participated in the national team team camps, with Matthews participating in the U-19 camp and Graham joining the U-23. In addition, Van Zanten appeared in Jamaica’s friendly match against England on June 29.
Before Michelle Alozie Helped Nigeria to win the African female Nations (Wafcon). Alozie has played five of Nigeria’s six of the six matches and scored a dramatic winner in time of time in the semi-finals to win a 2-1 victory over South Africa-shouting Nigeria’s place in the final. It was his second international career objective. Nigeria exceeded group B with a record of 2-1-0 (WDL) and broke Morocco in the final to win its 10th continental title. Midfielder Bárbara Olivieri appeared in three of the four group group group games in Venezuela at the 2025 CONMEBOL COPA American Feménina while the team contributed to group B where they finished fourth in the group with a 1-2-1 file.
In particular, the dashboard added to their attack with the signing of the Canadian international Clarissa Larisey of Crystal Palace FC for non -disclosed costs. The 26 -year -old attacker joined Houston during the 2027 NWSL season after four years in Europe, where she scored 27 goals in 68 appearances, won three trophies and participated in the UEFA women’s Champions League on three campaigns.
Bay FC had five players competing during the recent FIFA window. Three featured in the African female nations of this year. Asisat Oshala competed alongside Alozie in the Nigerian national team, appearing in four of the six games and scoring his 38th international goal for the Super Falcons during a 3-0 victory against Ghana on July 6. Racheal Kundananji played a key role for Zambia, starting its four games while recording three goals and help while the team advanced the quarterfinal. Princess Marfo appeared in five of the six Ghana tournament matches, helping her country finish third after a dramatic victory of 4-3 in penalties against South Africa. In addition, Emmie Allen and Taylor Huff participated in the U-23 United States national team camp during the international window.
Bay FC added two new players to their list before the second half of the season, including goalkeeper Leah Freeman, who signed his first professional contract after a college career outside competition at the University of Oregon and Duke. The club also acquired the ONYEKA Gamero striker of the SPANISH SIDE FC Barcelona for non -disclosed transfer costs, after two seasons in Spain.
The Dash and the Bay FC divided the points during their first meeting of the season, a 2-2 draw in Shell Energy Stadium on May 24. Patterson scored his second goal for the club and the front Brilliant Messiah opened its rating account for the season. Olivieri has collected aid on both goals. Houston has a 1-1-1 file against Bay FC after scoring seven goals in his last three games. The Dash seeks to earn key points on Saturday because they are currently seven points below the line of the playoffs.
The Dash will return to Shell Energy Stadium on Friday August 8 to welcome the courage of North Carolina. Tickets for this match and all dashboard matches are available on housthondash.com.
