{"id":294744,"date":"2026-07-13T19:31:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T19:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/294744\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T19:31:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T19:31:03","slug":"gotham-fc-star-jaedyn-shaw-is-inspiring-the-next-generation-of-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/294744\/","title":{"rendered":"Gotham FC star Jaedyn Shaw is inspiring the next generation of players"},"content":{"rendered":"

WHIPPANY, N.J. — For women’s professional soccer team Gotham FC, their upcoming match at The Queens Classic<\/a> showcase is a historic milestone, both for their team and for women’s soccer as a whole.<\/p>\n

“The Queens Classic is the first-ever women’s sporting event in Citi Field,” Jaedyn Shaw, Gotham FC midfielder and soccer prodigy, explains.<\/p>\n

The iconic 42,000-capacity venue, which is also the home of the New York Mets, will host Gotham FC’s match against Washington Spirit on Wednesday, July 15, with ESPN televising. This game, a rematch of the 2025 NWSL Championship, marks the first time a women’s professional soccer match will be played at Citi Field.<\/p>\n

“I think it’ll be so fun to play in front of so many fans,” Shaw says. “It’s such an insane atmosphere, and obviously that’ll help us on the field.”<\/p>\n

For Shaw, this feat also marks a milestone in her personal journey as both a player and role model for the next generation.<\/p>\n

“One of the most rewarding parts of playing at this level is how you get to be a role model for the next generation of players coming up,” Shaw says. “I’m very proud of my background. Being African-American and Asian-American is something I take a lot of pride in, and I find it really cool to be that representation for the next generation. I didn’t necessarily have that growing up.”<\/p>\n

Gotham FC-Washington Spirit will air Wednesday, July 15 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Get your tickets to the Queens Classic on Gotham FC’s official website<\/a> or via Gotham FC vs. Washington Spirit – MyProVenue\u2122.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WHIPPANY, N.J. — For women’s professional soccer team Gotham FC, their upcoming match at The Queens Classic showcase…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[2031,3080,19202,80583,9,24,63,122,124,123,400,319,15000],"class_list":["post-294744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-citi-field","tag-espn","tag-gotham-fc","tag-localish","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-womens-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294744","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=294744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}