{"id":297833,"date":"2026-07-16T17:31:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/297833\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:31:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:31:46","slug":"nwsls-queens-classic-sells-out-citi-field-largest-womens-sports-event-held-in-n-y","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/297833\/","title":{"rendered":"NWSL\u2019s Queens Classic sells out Citi Field, largest women\u2019s sports event held in N.Y."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-events-and-attractions \">A sold-out crowd of 42,175 \u201cflocked to Flushing\u201d Wednesday night for the first NWSL match held in N.Y., as Gotham FC came away with a 1-0 win over the Washington Spirit at Citi Field. The Queens Classic was the third NWSL match held at an MLB ballpark in the past two years and was also \u201cthe first women\u2019s sports event hosted at Citi Field in its 17-year history.\u201d The crowd was \u201cthe largest at a New York women\u2019s sports event, surpassing\u201d the 28,143 fans at the 2023 U.S. Open women\u2019s singles final at Arthur Ashe Stadium. It was also the \u201csecond-largest NWSL crowd in league history,\u201d only behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2026\/03\/29\/denver-summit-fc-draw-nwsl-record-crowd-of-63004-for-mile-high-opener\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the 63,004 fans at Denver\u2019s Empower Field in March<\/a>. The game \u201cwas a stepping stone for the NWSL, too, as its attendance continues to grow and it looks to capitalize on the excitement drawn\u201d by the men\u2019s World Cup (<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/15\/sports\/gotham-fc-makes-history-with-win-in-nwsl-match-held-at-citi-field\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">N.Y. POST, 7\/15<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A sold-out crowd of 42,175 \u201cflocked to Flushing\u201d Wednesday night for the first NWSL match held in N.Y.,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,19203,63,122,124,123,400,6223],"class_list":["post-297833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nwsl","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-soccer","tag-womens-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297833","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=297833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}