{"id":297318,"date":"2026-07-16T03:25:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T03:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/297318\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T03:25:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T03:25:28","slug":"who-will-be-queen-of-the-hill-gotham-fc-spirit-will-tussle-in-the-queens-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/297318\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO WILL BE QUEEN OF THE HILL?: Gotham FC, Spirit will tussle in The Queens Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\tOverview:<\/p>\n<p>Gotham FC returns to action Wednesday night for one of the most anticipated matches in club history, hosting the Washington Spirit in The Queens Classic at Citi Field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">QUEENS, N.Y. \u2013 Gotham FC returns to action Wednesday night for one of the most anticipated matches in club history, hosting the Washington Spirit in The Queens Classic at Citi Field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 8 p.m. ET game is a rematch of the 2025 NWSL Championship (ESPN).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contest is expected to become the largest women\u2019s sporting event in New York City history and marks Gotham FC\u2019s first NWSL regular season match played in New York City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gotham FC (7-3-3, 24 points) enters the match after earning a 3-1 road victory over the Utah Royals on Friday night behind a brace from Esther Gonz\u00e1lez and Tierna Davidson\u2019s second goal of the season. The victory was the club\u2019s 100th regular season win and lifted Gotham into fourth place in the NWSL standings. Gotham has won six of its last eight league matches (6-1-1) and continues to build momentum entering one of the marquee fixtures of the regular season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Spirit (8-2-3, 27 points) is one of the league\u2019s hottest teams, having won three consecutive matches and eight of its last nine after defeating the North Carolina Courage 2-0 on Saturday. Leicy Santos and Trinity Rodman each scored in the victory while goalkeeper Sandy MacIver recorded her seventh clean sheet of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wednesday marks the first meeting between Gotham FC and the Spirit since the 2025 NWSL Championship, when Gotham captured its second league title in three seasons with a 1-0 victory behind Rose Lavelle\u2019s dramatic 80th-minute winner. Washington holds a slight edge in the all-time series, leading 17-15-12 across all competitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following Wednesday\u2019s match, Gotham FC remains in New York City at Icahn Stadium to host Seattle Reign FC on Saturday, July 18, at Icahn Stadium. Kickoff is set for noon ET, with national broadcast coverage on ABC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can\u2019t enjoy the World Cup without reading Michael Lewis\u2019 book:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around the World Cup in 40 Years, An American sportswriter\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s how you can purchase the book:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s available on Amazon for $29.95, and it\u2019s available here:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3vb5rd6p\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3vb5rd6p<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img can-restack\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!-HOF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F508db735-91a0-42f4-90dc-7f18e3894207_780x1244.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/508db735-91a0-42f4-90dc-7f18e3894207_780x.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Overview: Gotham FC returns to action Wednesday night for one of the most anticipated matches in club history,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[19202,27809,9,24,19203,63,122,124,123,83761,68321],"class_list":["post-297318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-gotham-fc","tag-national-womens-soccer-league","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nwsl","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-the-queens-classic","tag-washington-spirit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297318","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=297318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}