{"id":829801,"date":"2026-07-27T19:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T19:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/829801\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T19:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T19:25:10","slug":"esther-and-gotham-agree-to-mutually-part-ways-equalizer-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/829801\/","title":{"rendered":"Esther and Gotham agree to mutually part ways \u2013 Equalizer Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"7888\" height=\"5259\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-07-18T213833Z_1170639063_MT1USATODAY29407571_RTRMADP_3_NWSL-SEATTLE-REIGN-FC-AT-GOTHAM-FC.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJul 18, 2026; New York, New York, USA; Gotham FC forward Esther Gonzalez (9) chases the ball during the second half against the Seattle Reign FC at Icahn Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark Smith-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, July 27, NJ\/NY Gotham FC announced the club\u2019s mutual departure with Esther Gonz\u00e1lez, the club\u2019s all-time leading scorer. Per Gotham\u2019s official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gothamfc.com\/news\/gotham-fc-esther-gonzalez-agree-to-mutual-contract-termination\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a>, Gonz\u00e1lez departs Gotham FC to return home to her native Spain to attend to personal matters. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish Esther and her family all the best as they return home to Spain,\u201d said Yael Averbuch West, president of soccer operations for Gotham FC, in the club\u2019s release. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGotham FC will always hold a very special place in my heart,\u201d Gonz\u00e1lez added in the release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gonz\u00e1lez joined Gotham FC two summers ago. She scored two goals in her five regular season appearances, and notched the game-winning goal in the 2023 NWSL Championship. She scored 30 goals in her 64 total appearances with Gotham. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/equalizerWhite-1.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jul 18, 2026; New York, New York, USA; Gotham FC forward Esther Gonzalez (9) chases the ball during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":829802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-829801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=829801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}