{"id":295253,"date":"2026-07-14T10:31:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T10:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/295253\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T10:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T10:31:43","slug":"how-to-watch-gotham-fc-and-the-washington-spirit-in-the-queens-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/295253\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch Gotham FC and the Washington Spirit in the Queens Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"

The day is finally here.\u00a0 Since the announcement<\/a>, many fans have circled the match between NJ\/NY Gotham FC and the Washington Spirit<\/a>.\u00a0 The reason is baseball.\u00a0 The two teams will face off at Citi Field in an event that has been deemed the Queens Classic.\u00a0 It has been well advertised<\/a> by the Bats that there is a chance that the record for the highest attendance at a women\u2019s sporting event in New York City could be broken.<\/p>\n

At this moment, over 40,000 tickets have been sold<\/a>, which would break the record set by Coco Gauff\u2019s 2023 U.S. Open win.\u00a0 It would not be the highest attended NWSL<\/a> match, for Denver Summit FC holds that record.\u00a0 But it would surpass Gotham FC\u2019s record of 15,569 fans<\/a> from the quarterfinals of the 2024 NWSL<\/a> Playoffs.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, there is a game that must be played, and the NJ\/NY side has another tough test ahead of them.\u00a0 The Washington Spirit<\/a> is currently in second place and has won their last three NWSL<\/a> matches.\u00a0 As fans know, since Gotham\u2019s awful showing in the CONCACAF W Champions Cup knockout games, the team has won two of their last three NWSL<\/a> fixtures.\u00a0 This includes this past Friday\u2019s win over Utah Royals FC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, if the home team can get a win, then there is no doubt that they can compete with the top NWSL<\/a> teams.\u00a0 Even if they do not win, then that will still be up for debate based on results against other sides toward the top of the table.\u00a0 Of course, with such a big crowd attending the Queens Classic, Gotham FC will want to win.<\/p>\n

ESPN and ESPN Deportes on TV and streaming on ESPN+<\/p>\n

Fans can head to Citi Field, for there are still tickets available.<\/p>\n

Fans can follow the game on Gotham\u2019s social media accounts, the NWSL<\/a> feed on the NWSL<\/a> website, and other websites like ESPN.com.<\/p>\n

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is still going on, and one of the semifinal matches will be played before the Queens Classic.\u00a0 Gotham FC is hosting a watch party<\/a>, so fans can show up to Citi Field at 2:30 PM to watch the match.\u00a0 Note that it is not clear where the screening will take place, but one can assume that it will be where the Footy Fest is being held outside of the ballpark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The day is finally here.\u00a0 Since the announcement, many fans have circled the match between NJ\/NY Gotham FC…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-295253","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295253","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=295253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}