{"id":278054,"date":"2026-06-25T17:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/278054\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T17:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:47:07","slug":"queens-classic-2026-gotham-fc-on-track-to-smash-nyc-attendance-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/278054\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen’s Classic 2026: Gotham FC on Track to Smash NYC Attendance Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gotham FC has already set an NWSL record before the first whistle at Citi Field.<\/p>\n

The reigning NWSL champions announced Wednesday that ticket sales<\/a> for July’s Queens Classic have passed 29,000, breaking the New York City attendance record for a women’s sporting event. Coco Gauff previously held that mark, when 28,144 fans witnessed her 2023 US Open title run<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NWSL Aims for Historic Night at Citi Field<\/p>\n

The Gotham FC match will also be the first professional women’s sporting event hosted by the Mets’ home stadium, and the first NWSL game played within New York City limits<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To mark the milestone, the club launched a 24-hour flash sale with tickets priced at $28.14 \u2014 a nod to the old record.<\/p>\n

Still, the draw goes beyond the venue. The standalone showcase is a 2025 NWSL Championship rematch<\/a> between Gotham FC and the Washington Spirit. USWNT teammates Rose Lavelle<\/a> and Trinity Rodman<\/a> are set to lead their squads yet again with kick-off at 8 PM ET on ESPN.<\/p>\n

Pregame festivities include a 2026 FIFA World Cup semifinal watch party, a live recording of the Welcome to the Party podcast<\/a> featuring USWNT legends Julie Foudy and Abby Wambach, and Footy Fest hosted by World Cup champion Sam Mewis.<\/p>\n

In addition, the first 7,500 fans through the gates at Citi Field will receive a commemorative Rose Lavelle bobblehead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gotham FC has already set an NWSL record before the first whistle at Citi Field. The reigning NWSL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[90798,19202,9,24,106846,63,122,68711,124,123,68321],"class_list":["post-278054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-2026-nwsl-season","tag-gotham-fc","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nwsl-attendance","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-classic","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-washington-spirit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278054","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=278054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}