{"id":309867,"date":"2026-07-30T15:23:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/309867\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T15:23:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:23:50","slug":"kiki-markovic-returns-for-fall-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/309867\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiki Markovic Returns for Fall Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Croatian midfielder will remain in Brooklyn following a strong first season with the club<\/p>\n

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Brooklyn, N.Y., July 30, 2026 \u2014 Brooklyn FC<\/a> Women\u2019s midfielder Kristina (Kiki) Markovi\u0107 has signed for the Gainbridge Super League 2026 Fall Season, pending league and federation approval.<\/p>\n

During her first season with Brooklyn FC, Markovi\u0107 appeared in 10 matches, with three starts and 223 minutes. Before joining Brooklyn FC, she played for FC Rapperswil\u2011Jona in the Swiss Women\u2019s Super League, where she made 36 league appearances and notched 5 goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a 14-match season, you need midfielders who can do more than one job, and Kiki is one of those,\u201d said Alex Smith, Brooklyn FC women\u2019s head coach. \u201cShe has European and international experience behind her. My job now is to put her in the positions that showcase the quality she has.\u201d<\/p>\n

Markovi\u0107 joined Brooklyn FC<\/a> in August 2025 ahead of the 2025\/2026 Gainbridge Super League Season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Additional roster transactions and announcements will be released in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn FC Women open the 2026 Fall season on August 15 on the road against Lexington SC at 7 p.m. ET, followed by their home opener against DC Power on Friday, August 21 at 7:30 pm ET. Tickets are available on SeatGeek<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Croatian midfielder will remain in Brooklyn following a strong first season with the club Brooklyn, N.Y., July…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-309867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309867","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=309867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}