Former Chelsea forward Sam Kerr started her second spell with Gotham FC in entrance of the biggest ever crowd for a girls’s sporting occasion in New York Metropolis.
Over 42,000 followers turned out at Citi Discipline for Gotham’s 1-0 victory towards Washington Spirt within the Nationwide Ladies’s Soccer League (NWSL).
Normally residence to Main League Baseball staff the New York Mets, the official attendance was introduced as a sell-out 42,715.
Kerr, who got here on as a second-half substitute, performed for Gotham between 2015 and 2017 after they had been often known as Sky Blue FC.
“In some ways this is sort of a full circle second with Sam Kerr coming right here and having the ability to expertise this on her first evening,” NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman stated.
American midfielder Rose Lavelle scored the winner within the first half.
Gotham’s earlier finest attendance for a recreation was 15,560 in 2024 and the report crowd for a NWSL recreation stays the 63,000 who watched the Denver Summit play the Spirit on the NFL Denver Broncos’ residence Empower Discipline final March.
Gotham not too long ago introduced they may transfer from Sports activities Illustrated Stadium in New Jersey to Etihad Park in Queens, a floor they may share with MLS outfit New York Metropolis.
The transfer is alleged to be designed to assist Gotham grow to be accessible to extra followers.
