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Defending National Women’s Soccer League champion Gotham FC announced on Wednesday that more than 29,000 fans have purchased tickets for The Queens Classic at Citi Field, surpassing the New York City attendance record for a women\u2019s sporting event in tickets.<\/p>\n
JERSEY CITY, N.J. \u2013 Defending National Women\u2019s Soccer League champion Gotham FC announced on Wednesday that more than 29,000 fans have purchased tickets for The Queens Classic at Citi Field, surpassing the New York City attendance record for a women\u2019s sporting event in tickets.<\/p>\n
Kickoff for the Wednesday, July 15 match is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET with ESPN carrying the national broadcast.<\/p>\n
The highest-attended women\u2019s sporting event in NYC had 28,144 fans for Coco Gauff\u2019s victory during the U.S. Open women\u2019s singles final in 2023. To commemorate over 28,144 tickets for Citi Field on Wednesday, July 15, Gotham FC is launching an exclusive flash sale for $28.14 tickets, concluding after 24 hours on June 25 at 10 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n
Fans can take advantage of the exclusive offer\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0and become part of a record-breaking moment in New York sports history. Additional ticketing information, including unique group experiences and suite options, is available at\u00a0Mets.com\/GothamFC<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Queens Classic, a rematch of the 2025 NWSL Championship between Gotham FC and Washington Spirit, will bee the first professional women\u2019s sporting event hosted at Citi Field, the home of the New York Mets, while also becoming the first NWSL match played within New York City limits.<\/p>\n The celebration of women\u2019s sport and soccer begins ahead of The Queens Classic at 2:30 p.m. with Footy Fest, hosted by World Cup champion and The Women\u2019s Game editor Sam Mewis. Gotham FC will stage a FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 Semifinal Match Watch Party, presented by Dove and in collaboration with U.S. Soccer and the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 New York New Jersey Host Committee, beginning at 3 p.m. Fans can RSVP watch party interest here.<\/p>\n Footy Fest also features a live recording of\u00a0Welcome to the Party,\u00a0presented by Nature\u2019s Garden, featuring U.S. Women\u2019s National Team legends Julie Foudy and Abby Wambach as well as live music and activations for all ages until 7 p.m. Fans can purchase The Queens Classic limited-edition merch collection at Citi Field, available for\u00a0pre-sale<\/a>\u00a0now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Overview: Defending National Women’s Soccer League champion Gotham FC announced on Wednesday that more than 29,000 fans have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123,78669],"class_list":["post-276843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-u-s-open"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276843","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=276843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}