Gotham FC vs. Washington Spirit | July 15, 2026
July 15, 2026
Citi Field
Gates: 6:30pm
Kickoff: 8:00pm
The reigning NWSL champion Gotham FC – with four World Cup winners and Olympic gold medalists leading its star-studded roster – will host superstar forward Trinity Rodman and Washington Spirit on July 15 in the first women’s professional sporting event at Citi Field. Gotham FC and Washington have met in some of the most consequential matches in recent league history, including the 2024 NWSL semifinals and the 2025 final, elevating the tension in a long-standing series now dubbed District vs. Empire. The July 15 meeting will be the first since Gotham edged Washington, 1-0, in the 2025 NWSL Championship match thanks to a late game-winning goal from Final MVP Rose Lavelle.
New York is no stranger to hosting high-profile women’s sporting events, including the record-setting 2023 U.S. Open Final at Arthur Ashe Stadium that brought in more than 28,000 fans. The Queens Classic, presented by CarMax, is primed to join that rarefied air as two of the NWSL’s most successful clubs clash four days before the New York region hosts the men’s FIFA World Cup final amid a history-making summer of soccer.
ABOUT GOTHAM FC:
Representing New Jersey and New York with top global talent, Gotham FC is one of 16 clubs in the National Women’s Soccer League. The club won its first NWSL championship in 2023 and captured the first continental club trophy in North American women’s soccer by winning the inaugural 2024-25 Concacaf W Champions Cup, earning qualification for the first editions of the FIFA Women’s Champions Cup and the FIFA Women’s Club World Cup. Gotham went on to secure its second NWSL championship in 2025, becoming the lowest seed in league history to win the title.
Rebranded as Gotham FC in 2021, the club plays its home matches at Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, N.J. Originally founded in 2007 as Sky Blue FC, the team won the inaugural Women’s Professional Soccer Championship in 2009 and has been a founding member of the NWSL since the league’s launch in 2013.
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