Bay FC looks ahead into first offseason with optimism

Bay FC’s inaugural season was a success after making the playoffs, but coach Albertin Montoya wants more than a first-round loss.

“Not going to lie to you, it hurts,” Montoya said at a season-ending news conference Wednesday. “But it hurts because we had evolved to that point. It wasn’t good enough just making the playoffs. We felt that we were good enough and we had the team and the belief to make it to the semis.”

Bay made the playoffs as the NWSL’s No. 7 seed in its first season...