Bay Football Club (Bay FC) is the new women’s professional soccer franchise representing the Bay Area and the 14th team to join the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). Bay FC was established in April 2023 and co-founded by USWNT legends Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne, Danielle Slaton, and Aly Wagner in partnership with global investment firm Sixth Street and an investor group of leading tech, business and sports executives. Sixth Street’s investment is the largest institutional investment to date in a women’s professional sports franchise. Bay FC is changing the face of women’s soccer as we know it. Beginning play in the 2024 season, we are building a squad that will play the beautiful game with power, passion, energy, and creativity.
Bay FC signs Nigerian international Asisat Oshoala
Forward departs Barcelona, signs contract through 2026 with option for 2027 season.
San Francisco (Feb. 1, 2024) – Bay FC, the Bay Area’s new women’s professional soccer franchise in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), have acquired the rights to Nigerian international Asisat Oshoala through a transfer with FC Barcelona Femení of Liga F in Spain in exchange for a transfer fee, the club announced today. Following the transfer, the forward was signed to a contract through the 2026 season with an option for the 2027 campaign. She will join the team and be added to the roster pending the receipt of her P-1 visa and International Transfer Certificate (ITC). Oshoala will occupy an international roster spot.
“To have the opportunity to add a player of Asisat’s quality, experience and winning pedigree to our roster is an exciting and important day for the club and the NWSL,” said Bay FC General Manager Lucy Rushton. “She brings a top-class mentality to the field combined with pace and technical ability that allows her to lead the line, while also giving those players around her the license to be creative and thrive in space. Asisat is a proven goal scorer at the most elite levels of World football, and she comes here to continue that with Bay FC.”
At Barcelona across five seasons (2019-23), Oshoala scored 107 goals in 149 appearances, including a record-setting season in 2022, when she was the joint top scorer in the league with 19 goals. The two-time Ballon D’or nominee led the team in scoring three times, helping the club win the UEFA Women’s Champions League twice (2020-21, 2022-23), earn four league titles, three Spanish Super Cups and the Copa de la Reina three times. She became the first African woman to the win the UEFA Champions League final in 2021 and the first African woman to score in the Champions League final in 2019.
A six-time African Women’s Footballer of the Year, Oshoala has appeared in three FIFA Women’s World Cups (2015, 2019, 2023) with Nigeria, helping the team advance to the Round of 16 in both the 2019 and 2023 tournaments. As a youth international, she was the Golden Ball and Golden Boot winner at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, scoring seven goals in the tournament.
There have been rumours since last week that Asisat Oshoala was about to leave Barcelona. Her contract expires at the end of the season, but rumours said that she wanted to leave before then for personal reasons.
These rumours were solidified when Maria Tikas, a prominent Spanish women's football journalist posted that Oshoala was moving to the United States. People began speculating about the team she was moving to.
It became clear this morning when Bay City FC posted that they were about to announce a major signing. They used Flavour's music in their post.
Bay City FC is based in California and you can see that Oshoala is posting from California.
As I bid farewell to this incredible team and the city that has been my home for the past 5 years, I am filled with mixed emotions. It has been an absolute honor and privilege to wear the @fcbfemeni jersey and represent this prestigious club.
Since joining the team in 2019, I have had the opportunity to be a part of some of the most memorable moments in the club’s history. Together, we have lifted several trophies and these achievements are a testament to hard work, dedication and I feel privileged to have been a part of this team.
But beyond the trophies and accolades, what I will cherish most are the relationships I have built with some of my teammates, coaches, staff and the amazing fans. You have become my family and I will forever be grateful for the love and support you have shown me.
As I embark on a new journey, I want you to know that @fcbfemeni will always hold a special place in my heart. I will carry with me the memories, lessons and friendships that I have gained during my time here.
Thank you for everything @fcbfemeni , You have given me more than I could have ever imagined and I will always be a proud representative of this incredible club.
There's no civilised society where someone will just wake up and convert a residence into a nightclub, church or mosque without planning permission and get away with it, yet someone is defending people who have done exactly that, just because of politics.
The rules are so so simple that there is just no excuse.
Some commercial concerns are allowed in residential areas (you can see it in the regulations that I posted screenshots of), but at least you must apply for planning permission so that the town planner can assess the impact on the area. These people did not even bother to apply for planning permission, yet someone is trying to defend them just because of politics.
Many people subsequently began to complain to Lasepa about churches, mosques, nightclubs and other facilities in their neighbourhood that are disturbing the peace. Abubakar Suleiman also complained about another establishment in his neighbourhood.
Abubakar Suleiman - previously blue ticked @suleimana
… will the owner of this club situate it next to his home? Will the club goers accept this where the family lives?
Or is this just another case of any-howness believing Nigerians won’t stand up for themselves?
The state will serve you what you accept, it can only determine standards, legislate standards, assess standards and enforce standards to the extent that the CITIZENS insist on it.
This is true if anyone who offers services, but truer of the state as she has fewer competitors.
For four years, I responded to the unacceptable level of noise pollution by improving my home, including purchasing advanced sound proofing blinds, the state had no reason to sweat it until I took up arms, then it did. Let’s demand for one loudly if we want more from the state.
Today, LASEPA issued a stern warning to Morning Side Suites, a popular hotel located at 11B, Taslim Elias Close, Victoria Island. This action follows complaints from residents about noise pollution caused by loud music, disrupting the peaceful night rest in the neighborhood.
In response, LASEPA's enforcement team visited the hotel, providing a warning to the management. They outlined specific guidelines, including restricting noise activities to the hotel premises, limiting musical activities to 10 pm daily, adhering to approved noise levels, and maintaining good relations with the community.
The agency emphasized that adherence to these regulations is crucial for maintaining peace in the neighborhood. LASEPA warned that failure to comply may result in the hotel's closure for violating the state environmental laws 2017.
LASEPA TAKES SWIFT ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL DIESEL SALES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
In swift response to the complaint by some residents of Victoria Island on illegal sales of some petroleum products within the neighborhood, LASEPA today demonstrated its commitment to environmental safety as it apprehended three tankers engaged in illegal sales of Automated Gas Oil (AGO) products, diesel along Taslim Elias Close, Victoria Island.
The Enforcement exercise carried out by the Lagos State government officials, targeted at bringing to an end, illicit diesel sales within residential areas, a clear violation of environmental regulations.
The apprehended trucks were caught at their illegal sales points, posing potential hazards to the community. LASEPA, in collaboration with relevant authorities, promptly intervened to curtail the activities and mitigate any environmental risks associated with such operations.
The agency therefore encourages residents to report any suspicious or similar illegal activities that may pose environmental risks through its designated channels.
LASEPA remains steadfast in its mission to uphold environmental standards and protect the citizens from the danger associated with environmental degradation and other infractions.
It is 4.00am on a Saturday and the entire residential neighborhood is vibrating with the noise from the club. My windows are shut, blinds drown but the idea of a quiet night is now a pipe dream in Lagos.
Because of the nuisance ecosystem.
You can place a club on any road, edict on sound pollution, if they exist, are on paper, no community, no matter how residential is exempt from high traffic businesses.
It is an economy built on the less care for thy neighbor- a do as you damn well please philosophy.
But noise is just the beginning- somewhere in a close, in the middle of a high density residential area is a road-side diesel transshipment facility.
To legitimize this life-endangering venture, they have obtained a state ‘parking permit’ likely without full disclosure.
You can see this callous economy take shape with the buses making random and dangerous stops in the middle of the road to pick up passengers to the reckless convoys, guns sticking out of moving vehicles
The me-first philosophy underlying this is becoming a national way of being.
In some cases, such as the emerging micro-gated ecosystem, with each community installing gates at every turn, the logic is understandable- we have to protect ourselves if the government can’t- but ultimately unsustainable. No fence is high enough, no gate tall enough.
To paraphrase Ken Saro Wiwa’s son, we are trying to secure ourselves in an unsafe community instead securing the community for ourselves.
It is an all about me approach- and it has backfired as those gates have become prisons, the measures clearly ineffective. Still unsafe.
And my favorite peeve is the ‘block the road’ party economy where events are held without paying any heed to how it will impact their immediate communities or roads are blocked without notice to celebrate an individual accomplishment, like the birthday of a 1 year old children.
If we want to build the mega city of our dream, we must enforce standards, the quality of our buildings, public sanitation, noise pollution, road and driving culture; we must set boundaries for acceptable commercial activities in residential areas to protect lives.
Rule of rules
Cities must accommodate those who want to sweat to ear piercing noise at 4am and those who would prefer to hold their toddlers close and watch them sleep at this holy hour.
Lagos has to be a city for everyone, not just those who are high on something and low on empathy.
Many people urged him to report to Lasepa and some of them tagged the agency.
Moyosore Oloyede
There is an agency in Lagos in charge of noise and environmental control, LASEPA, but we don't see them acting on such public concerns. Pathetic!
Phone: Call or SMS. +234-704-635-1295. +234-815-045-8639. EMAIL: info@lasepa.gov.ng. Complaint form :
LASEPA
Dear @suleimana,
Thank you for bringing your concerns regarding noise pollution to our attention. We appreciate your detailed account of the challenges you've faced. Your input is valuable in our efforts to improve the environment.
This is what happens when you sit in the comfort of your armchair and think you know better/more than the officials that are actually on the field and who have to deal with these things everyday.
Everybody knows that before you convert any property you must first get planning permission and town planners will inspect your application and see how it affects the neighbourhood and what measures you need to take.
This is elementary knowledge, but someone wants to defend people that didn't bother to do the right thing and feel that they can do whatever they want. He is defending them simply because of politics.
And you think that government will not respond to the complaints of people like this.
Hannu Oluwa
I won’t stop tagging you people @LasepaOfficial
This is happening inside a residential street!! So unfair! I have sent mails,called,tweeted ,filled form and nothing! Please I beg you, do something! The name of the hotel is carizma located at 10 Ishola Lemomu street Abule Egba .
Omo the noise won’t allow anybody to sleep 😩 I feel your pain ooo
Hannu Oluwa
Driving me crazy for real! It’s my babies that just worries me most. Please help me retweet 🙏
Jubril A. Gawat
UPDATE:
LASEPA @LasepaOfficial
LASEPA SEALS CARIZMA HOTEL FOR NOISE POLLUTION
In furtherance of its campaign against noise pollution and other environmental infractions, LASEPA today sealed Carizma Hotel and Luxury Suites located at Abule Egba area of the State.
Despite receiving multiple warnings and agreeing to guidelines in previous meetings with the agency, the hotel failed to comply with stipulated noise levels. The decision to seal the hotel was made and carried out today, 27th December, 2023 after it violated the terms outlined in a Memorandum of Understanding signed during earlier meetings, which included commitments to cease noisy activities by 10 pm and adhere to approved noise levels.
naptu2: One of the terrible things about the election season is that people just oppose anything that their opponents do, whether it is good or bad. Instead of analysing things with common sense, people prefer to focus on "what political party? what religion? what ethnic group?"
The Lagos State Government has been carrying out this kind of enforcement for decades and it is based on complaints from members of the public.
They don't just show up and shut places down, instead they give warnings and only shut the premises down when the warnings are not heeded (that's why some think that they don't work, because they expect them to shut the premises immediately).
Some people say that the Quilox building is soundproofed. Who doesn't know that Quilox holds special events outside during the holiday season and they've been warned about that many times (by LASTMA because of the way that patrons park on the street and by LASEPA because of noise pollution).
These are videos of their special event this holiday season. Watch it and decide for yourself. Is that inside or outside?
oshozondii: NOISE POLLUTION: LAGOS SHUTS QUILOX CLUB
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) on Saturday shut the popular Quilox Club on Ozumba Mbadwe Street, Victoria Island for its failure to comply with directives on organising events and not obtaining a sound control permit from the Agency. The enforcement exercise, which was jointly carried out by the officials of the agency and the Lagos State Task Force, was also a result of several complaints made by residents in the area.
Reacting to the exercise, General Manager, LASEPA, Dr. Dolapo Fasawe disclosed that the agency received several distress calls with video evidence from concerned neighbours to support their claims on alleged environmental nuisances being perpetrated by the club without consideration to the rights of other residents to a peaceful environment.
“To avert a situation like this, we recently held a stakeholders’ parley with the Owners/Chief Executive Officers of night clubs in the State to address the issue of noise pollution, particularly during the festive period. Lagos had earlier increased the decibels to accommodate leisure/hospitality business interests. We, however, urged them to apply for sound control permits before hosting events to enable us to reach out to the host community of the intended programme and further deploy our officials to the venue for proper monitoring and prevention of excessive noise pollution”, she explained.
According to her, an invitation was extended to Quilox Club, like every other stakeholder, but it was ignored by the management for reasons best known to them. She noted that no individual or group is bigger than society, adding that the Agency is still making efforts to ensure that all interests are protected under the law.
“Entertainment and Lagos are like a conjoined twin, thus our prolific intervention to preserve the sanctity of the State and at the same time sustained its economic relevance through aggressive environmental sustainability drive. To support the entrepreneurship interest of the operators. We came up with a communique which serves as a bond guiding all parties on the mode of operations during the yuletide period and the attendant consequences for non-compliance to the agreement”, Fasawe added.
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