Denver Summit W welcome Bay FC W to home soil on Thursday in a NWSL Women, Group Stage fixture that finds the two clubs in starkly different positions in the table. The hosts sit tenth with 31 points from 23 matches, while Bay FC W occupy fifteenth place — in the bottom two — with 22 points from the same number of matches played.
The nine-point gap between the sides is the clearest marker of where each club stands heading into this encounter. Denver Summit W carry a mid-table standing built on eight wins, seven draws and eight defeats, with a goals record of 37 scored and 30 conceded across their 23 outings.
Denver Summit W arrive in reasonable shape, having taken 8 points from their last five matches. That run includes back-to-back wins over NJ/NY Gotham FC W and Chicago Red Stars W, the latter a 6-1 result, before a 3-3 draw with Angel City W in their most recent outing.
Bay FC W present a contrasting picture. They have taken only 3 points from their last five matches and arrive on the back of three consecutive defeats — losses to Seattle Reign FC W, Kansas City W and Washington Spirit W. Their overall record reads six wins, four draws and thirteen defeats, with 22 goals scored and 32 conceded.
The one head-to-head reference point available from this year places Bay FC W as the side that came out on top, winning 2-1 on 14 March 2026. That result sits as the only prior meeting on the fact sheet. With 16 teams in the NWSL Women, Group Stage, Bay FC W's position in the bottom two underlines the significance of this fixture for the away side.