online<\/a> and via the NWSL+ app on Apple TV, Fire TV and Roku TV.<\/p>\nWednesday\u2019s goal-scoring game-winner, Midge Purce, again lines up at right back for Gotham FC, setting her sights on rare company in the club history books. Another goal \u2013 she has two in two games \u2013 would push Purce to 20 career regular-season goals for Gotham FC, joining only Esther Gonz\u00e1lez and Sam Kerr, the club\u2019s all-time leading scorers.<\/p>\n
On the left flank, Norwegian international Guro Reiten makes her 12th start since joining the club. She\u2019ll be joined by club captain Tierna Davidson and English national teamer Jess Carter, whose 25 tackles won and 22 interceptions both rank in the top three on the team.<\/p>\n
Goalkeeper Shelby Hogan starts again for Gotham FC, aiming to record her third clean sheet in as many appearances. Regular starter Ann-Katrin Berger was not selected to the team as she rests.<\/p>\n
In the midfield, Jaelin Howell anchors the middle after reaching the century mark for NWSL regular season appearances against Bay FC and registering her second assist of the season. The Colorado native comfortably leads the team in minutes played, tallying 1,489 in her first 17 matches. U.S. Women\u2019s National Team star Rose Lavelle will play ahead of Howell, with Savannah McCaskill making her 17th start in the midfield trio.<\/p>\n
Up front, Kerr again leads the line, starting her third consecutive match. The Australian international will be flanked by two 21-year-olds: Jaedyn Shaw on the left and Jordynn Dudley on the right.<\/p>\n
Gotham FC\u2019s bench includes goalkeeper Teagan Wy; defenders Bruninha and Mandy Freeman; midfielders Sofia Cook, Sarah Schupansky, Talia Sommer and Taryn Torres; and forward Andrea Kitahata.<\/p>\n
Recent signing Denise O\u2019Sullivan is also out with a knee injury, per the player availability report, as is defender Emily Sonnett. Defender Kayla Duran (knee) is on the season-ending injury list.<\/p>\n
Gotham FC lineup at Houston Dash<\/p>\n
1 \u2013 Shelby Hogan (GK)<\/p>\n
23 \u2013 Midge Purce<\/p>\n
27 \u2013 Jess Carter<\/p>\n
15 \u2013 Tierna Davidson (c)<\/p>\n
18 \u2013 Guro Reiten<\/p>\n
7 \u2013 Jaelin Howell<\/p>\n
13 \u2013 Savannah McCaskill<\/p>\n
16 \u2013 Rose Lavelle<\/p>\n
2 \u2013 Jordynn Dudley<\/p>\n
20 \u2013 Sam Kerr<\/p>\n
10 \u2013 Jaedyn Shaw<\/p>\n
Substitutes: 31 \u2013 Teagan Wy (GK); 3 \u2013 Bruninha, 8 \u2013 Taryn Torres, 11 \u2013 Sarah Schupansky, 14 \u2013 Talia Sommer, 21 \u2013 Sofia Cook, 22 \u2013 Mandy Freeman, 24 \u2013 Andrea Kitahata<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gotham FC will field a familiar setup for tonight\u2019s road rematch against the Houston Dash, trotting out an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-395105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}