Kenza Dali scored her third goal of the season in the 63rd minute in the San Diego Wave's 2-1 win over Bay FC on Saturday night in the National Women's Soccer League.
Elsewhere in the NWSL, the Kansas City Current were held to a scoreless draw at home to the Orlando Pride; and the North Carolina Courage and Portland Thorns played to a 1-1 tie.
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Bay FC forward Penelope Hocking, center on crutches, stands on the sideline before a NWSL soccer match against San Diego Wave FC in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Bay FC forward Racheal Kundananji looks on during warmups before a NWSL soccer match against San Diego Wave FC in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Bay FC defender Caprice Dydasco (3) and San Diego Wave FC midfielder Kimmi Ascanio (17) fight for a ball during the first half of an NWSL soccer match in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Bay FC forward Racheal Kundananji (9) and San Diego Wave FC defender Kennedy Wesley (12) chases after the ball during the first half of a NWSL soccer match in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Kimmi Ascanio opened the scoring for San Diego (8-3-5) in the 52nd minute at PayPal Park in San Jose. The 17-year-old attacker slotted the ball into the net from three yards out after Bay failed to clear.
Caroline Conti scored on a penalty kick for Bay FC (4-7-5) in the 72nd minute after Kristen McNabb handled the ball in the box.
The Wave also extended their undefeated streak to five, while Bay FC is winless in its last four matches.
Kickoff at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City was delayed more than three hours due to excessive heat. The temperatures on the field were reading above the league safety threshold of 92.3 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Current (13-2-1) remained at the top of the standings with the draw even though their eight-game winning streak came to an end.
The Pride (8-4-4) became the first team to avoid defeat at CPKC Stadium this season and the first team to shu tout the Current since CPKC Stadium opened in March 2024, 19 games ago.
Pride forward and 2024 NWSL MVP finalist Barbra Banda left the game with an injury in the 10th minute. Banda was able to walk down the tunnel after leaving the pitch. Ally Lemos came off the bench for the Pride in her place.
Tyler Lussi scored her first goal of the season in the 70th minute and the North Carolina Courage tied 1-1 with the Portland Thorns at WakeMed Soccer Park.
After Jaedyn Shaw's shot from the center of the box was palmed away by Thorns goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold, Lussi stormed in at the back post to equalize with a low first-time shot.
Olivia Moultrie gave the Thorns (7-4-5) a 1-0 lead in the 44th minute. The 19-year-old Thorns midfielder shot into the back of the net from 12 yards out after Courage (5-6-5) goalkeeper Casey Murphy spilled a cross by Reilyn Turner.
The goal was Moultrie's 13th in the NWSL, which puts her level with Shaw for the most by a teenager in league history.
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Bay FC forward Penelope Hocking, center on crutches, stands on the sideline before a NWSL soccer match against San Diego Wave FC in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Bay FC forward Racheal Kundananji looks on during warmups before a NWSL soccer match against San Diego Wave FC in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Bay FC defender Caprice Dydasco (3) and San Diego Wave FC midfielder Kimmi Ascanio (17) fight for a ball during the first half of an NWSL soccer match in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Bay FC forward Racheal Kundananji (9) and San Diego Wave FC defender Kennedy Wesley (12) chases after the ball during the first half of a NWSL soccer match in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
HAVANA (AP) — Trumpets and drums played solemnly at Havana's airport Thursday as white-gloved Cuban soldiers marched out of a plane carrying urns with remains of the 32 Cuban officers killed during a stunning U.S. attack on Venezuela.
Nearby, thousands of Cubans lined one of Havana’s most iconic streets to await the bodies as the island remained under threat by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
The soldiers' shoes clacked as they marched stiff-legged into the headquarters of the Ministry of the Armed Forces and placed the urns on a long table next to the pictures of those killed. Tens of thousands of people paid their respects, saluting the urns or holding their hand over their heart, many of them drenched from standing outside in a heavy downpour.
Thursday’s mass funeral was only one of a handful that the Cuban government has organized over the past half-century.
The soldiers were part of the security detail of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during the Jan. 3 raid on his residence to seize the former leader and bring him to the U.S. to face drug trafficking charges.
State television also showed images of what it said were more than a dozen wounded combatants from the raid, accompanied by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez after arriving Wednesday night from Venezuela. A man identified in state media as Col. Pedro Domínguez attended Thursday's ceremony in a wheelchair.
He said it was a “disproportionate attack” that killed 11 colleagues around him as they slept. Domínguez said he was committed to doing “whatever it takes to defend this people and to remain united in the face of threats from the United States.”
Tensions between Cuba and the U.S. have spiked, with Trump recently demanding that the Caribbean country make a deal with him before it is “too late.” He did not explain what kind of deal.
Trump also has said that Cuba will no longer live off Venezuela's money and oil. Experts warn that the abrupt end of oil shipments could be catastrophic for Cuba, which is already struggling with serious blackouts and a crumbling power grid.
Officials unfurled a massive flag at Havana's airport as President Miguel Díaz-Canel, clad in military garb, stood silent next to former President Raúl Castro, with what appeared to be the relatives of those killed looking on nearby.
Cuban Interior Minister Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas called the slain soldiers “heroes” of an anti-imperialist struggle spanning both Cuba and Venezuela. In an apparent reference to the U.S., he said the “enemy” speaks of “high-precision operations, of troops, of elites, of supremacy.
“We, on the other hand, speak of faces, of families who have lost a father, a son, a husband, a brother,” Álvarez said.
The events demonstrate that “imperialism may possess more sophisticated weapons; it may have immense material wealth; it may buy the minds of the wavering; but there is one thing it will never be able to buy: the dignity of the Cuban people,” he said.
Carmen Gómez, a 58-year-old industrial designer, was among the thousands of Cubans who lined a street where motorcycles and military vehicles thundered by with the remains of those killed.
“They are people willing to defend their principles and values, and we must pay tribute to them,” Gómez said. “It’s because of the sense of patriotism that Cubans have, and that will always unite us.”
The 32 military personnel ranged in age from 26 to 60 and were part of protection agreements between the two countries.
Officials in Cuba have said they expect a massive demonstration Friday across from the U.S. Embassy to protest the deaths.
“People are upset and hurt ... many do believe that the dead are martyrs” of a historic struggle against the United States, analyst and former diplomat Carlos Alzugaray told The Associated Press.
In October 1976, then-President Fidel Castro led a massive demonstration to bid farewell to the 73 people killed in the bombing of a civilian flight financed by anti-revolutionary leaders in the U.S. Most of the victims were Cuban athletes.
In December 1989, officials organized a ceremony to honor the more than 2,000 Cuban combatants who died in Angola during Cuba’s participation in a war that defeated the South African army.
In October 1997, memorial services were held following the arrival of the remains of guerrilla commander Ernesto “Che” Guevara and six of his comrades, who died in 1967.
The latest mass burial is critical to honor those slain, said José Luis Piñeiro, a 60-year-old doctor who lived for four years in Venezuela.
“I don’t think Trump is crazy enough to come and enter a country like this, ours, and if he does, he’s going to have to take an aspirin or some painkiller to avoid the headache he’s going to get,” Piñeiro said. “These were 32 heroes who fought him. Can you imagine an entire nation? He’s going to lose.”
The remains arrived a day after the U.S. announced $3 million in additional aid to help the island recover from the catastrophic Hurricane Melissa. The first flight took off on Wednesday, and a second flight was scheduled for Friday. A commercial vessel also will deliver food and other supplies.
Cuba had said on Wednesday that any contributions will be channeled through the government.
But U.S. State Department foreign assistance official Jeremy Lewin said Thursday that the U.S. was working with Cuba’s Catholic Church to distribute aid, as part of Washington's efforts to give assistance directly to the Cuban people.
“There’s nothing political about cans of tuna and rice and beans and pasta,” he said Thursday, warning that the Cuban government should not intervene or divert supplies. “We will be watching, and we will hold them accountable.”
Lewin said the Cuban government has a choice to: “Step down or better provide towards people.” Lewin added that “if there was no regime,” the U.S. would provide “billions and billions of dollars” in assistance, as well as investment and development: “That’s what lies on the other side of the regime for the Cuban people.”
Rodríguez, the Cuban foreign minister, said the U.S. government was “exploiting what appears to be a humanitarian gesture for opportunistic and politically manipulative purposes.”
Coto contributed from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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People line up outside the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces where the remains are on display of the Cuban officers who were killed during the U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured President Nicolas Maduro, as it sprinkles rain in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Military members line up outside the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces where the urns containing the remains of Cuban officers, killed during the U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured President Nicolas Maduro, are on display in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Military members pay their last respects to Cuban officers who were killed during the U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, at the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces where the urns containing the remains are displayed during a ceremony in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A motorcade transports urns containing the remains of Cuban officers, who were killed during the U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, through Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Soldiers carry urns containing the remains of Cuban officers, who were killed during the U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, at the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (Adalberto Roque /Pool Photo via AP)
A motorcade transports urns containing the remains of Cuban officers, who were killed during the U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, through Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A motorcade transports urns containing the remains of Cuban officers, who were killed during the U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, through Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People line the streets of Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, to watch the motorcade carrying urns containing the remains of Cuban officers killed during the U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Workers fly the Cuban flag at half-staff at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune near the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in memory of Cubans who died two days before in Caracas, Venezuela during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
