\t\t\t\t\tOverview:<\/p>\n
Gotham FC wraps up its three-match homestand Sunday evening, hosting the Orlando Pride in a rematch of the 2025 National Women’s Soccer League semifinals at Sports Illustrated Stadium.<\/p>\n
Rose Lavelle in action with Gotham FC. (Photo courtesy of Gotham FC)<\/p>\n
HARRISON, N.J. \u2013 Gotham FC wraps up its three-match homestand Sunday evening, hosting the Orlando Pride in a rematch of the 2025 National Women\u2019s Soccer League semifinals at Sports Illustrated Stadium.<\/p>\n
Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET, with Victory+ streaming the match for free.<\/p>\n
Gotham FC (1-1-1, 4 points) enters the contest looking to bounce back following a 2-0 loss to expansion side Denver Summit FC on Wednesday night. The defeat marked Gotham\u2019s first loss of the campaign and the first time the club conceded this season after opening the year with back-to-back clean sheets.<\/p>\n
The team has conceded two goals through its first three matches and remains one of the league\u2019s stronger defensive sides to start the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s good that we have another game quickly. We\u2019re not happy with our performance last Wednesday, especially in certain situations,\u201d Gotham head coach Juan Carlos Amoros said. \u201cThe best thing that can happen is to have another game as soon as possible and try to be better in front of our fans.<\/p>\n
The Orlando Pride (1-1-1, 4 points) arrives in Harrison after earning its first win of the season in emphatic fashion, defeating Chicago Stars FC 3-0 on Wednesday. Forward Barbra Banda continued her strong start to the campaign, scoring her third goal in as many matches, while Jacquie Ovalle recorded a goal and an assist in the victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cOrlando is fantastic opposition, coming off a great win in Chicago,\u201d Amoros said. \u201cThey\u2019re a strong team with a great coach. We are more familiar with them, but we\u2019re still trying to take care of every detail to make sure we perform.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s match marks the first meeting between Gotham FC and the Pride since the semifinals, when Gotham advanced to the championship match behind a second-half stoppage-time goal from Jaedyn Shaw. Gotham secured its second NWSL title in three years the following week.<\/p>\n
Gotham holds a 12-9-7 advantage in the all-time regular-season series between the two clubs across all NWSL competitions.<\/p>\n
Following Sunday\u2019s match, Gotham will recharge ahead of its first road trip since opening weekend, heading to CPKC Stadium on Saturday to face the Kansas City Current in yet another NWSL playoff rematch from last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Overview: Gotham FC wraps up its three-match homestand Sunday evening, hosting the Orlando Pride in a rematch of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[30946,96171,24623,8216,139,141,140,3968],"class_list":["post-209826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-gotham-fc","tag-juan-carlos-amoros","tag-national-womens-soccer-league","tag-nwsl","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-orlando-pride"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}