Bay Area Breeze was a professional American women's

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team. Founded in 2011, the team was based in

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. The team played in the Western Conference of the W-League. The team's colors were blue, white and green.

History

The Bay Area Breeze originally played in the

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. They won the North Division of the Pacific Conference in 2011 with an 8–1–1 record. The team joined the W-League on January 16, 2013. Former Australian U17 Women's National Team Coach Vicki Linton was hired as head coach on April 4. They secured

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for their home games on May 3. The Breeze defeated

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1–0 in their W-League debut on May 25.

Year-by-year

W-League Standings

Links

Team Facebook Page

References

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