{"id":220941,"date":"2026-05-05T18:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/220941\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T18:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:25:09","slug":"kroeger-named-to-april-team-of-the-month-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/220941\/","title":{"rendered":"Kroeger Named to April Team of the Month XI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TOTM-16x9-1.webp.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9459\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn, N.Y., May 5, 2026 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynfootballclub.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn FC<\/a> Women\u2019s midfielder Sam Kroeger has been named to the Gainbridge Super League Team of the Month (TOTM) Starting XI for April, marking her third Team of the Month honor of the 2025\/26 season.<\/p>\n<p>Kroeger anchored Brooklyn\u2019s midfield across a three-match April slate, playing every minute while contributing on both sides of the ball. She delivered a standout performance in Brooklyn\u2019s 3\u20130 win over Dallas Trinity FC on April 12, recording two assists, including the cross that set up Rebecca Cooke\u2019s Goal of the Month\u2013nominated strike. Kroeger followed with another complete performance in a 1\u20131 draw against Dallas on April 25, contributing three chances created, two tackles, and two clearances to help Brooklyn secure a point.<\/p>\n<p>She currently sits tied for first in the Gainbridge Super League with seven assists on the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Team of the Month is selected by league technical staff.<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn FC Women close out their 2025\/26 campaign on the road, traveling to Lexington SC on Sunday, May 10 at 2:00 PM ET before heading west to face Spokane Zephyr FC on Saturday, May 16 at 4:00 PM ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooklyn, N.Y., May 5, 2026 \u2013 Brooklyn FC Women\u2019s midfielder Sam Kroeger has been named to the Gainbridge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-220941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}