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Kansas City\u2019s Rocky Rodriguez boomed a left-footed strike from the top of the box that found the net with a minute left in regulation \u00a0to send Bay FC to a disappointing 2-1 loss Friday night.<\/p>\n

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Bay FC (6-12-4) dropped its second straight match despite a strong showing at PayPal Park, highlighted by Karlie Lema\u2019s game-tying goal mere seconds before halftime.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought we did a great job to get a goal back in the first half and get ourselves back in at 1-1,\u201d said head coach Emma Coates. \u201cIt\u2019s just as I say, disappointing to concede later on again.\u201d<\/p>\n

A pair of saves by Bay goalkeeper Jordan Silkowitz, including a stellar leaping effort to deny a shot from distance in the 78th\u00a0minute,\u00a0kept the match tied heading into the final 10 minutes of the contest.<\/p>\n

Bay forward Racheal\u00a0Kundananji\u00a0entered as a second-half substitute and nearly put her club ahead, but an 83rd\u00a0minute chance was blocked after\u00a0the Zambian\u00a0cut inside\u00a0from the left. Midfielder Hannah Bebar missed just high on a volley towards goal with four minutes to go as the club mounted a spell of late attacking pressure.<\/p>\n

Kansas City, though, pulled ahead with a minute to go as substitute Rocky Rodriguez netted a go-ahead score in the 89th minute. A long-distance effort went past the outstretched dive of Silkowitz in goal and into the back of the net.<\/p>\n

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Rodriguez\u2019s winning goal was set up by Croix Bethune\u2019s pass to her at the top of the box. It was Bethune\u2019s club-record tying 10th assist of season, matching her assist total in 2024.<\/p>\n

Kansas City (11-8-4) opened the scoring in the 11th\u00a0minute when midfielder Izzy Rodriguez put her club ahead direct from a corner kick.<\/p>\n

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Lema\u2019s late first half efforts enabled Bay to level the match just before the halftime whistle. Lema scored her sixth goal of the season on a sequence that began with a ball played in by forward Cristiana Girelli. Her ball set Pfeiffer up one-on-one with goalkeeper Marisa Jordan, but her attempt blocked by a sliding effort. The rebound fell straight to Lema, who put the ball in the back of the net with her first touch.<\/p>\n

Bay FC kicks off a busy stretch of three matches in eight days next Saturday with a road match against Seattle Reign FC at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

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