Midfielder Nealy Martin’s time with Gotham FC has come to an finish.
Gotham granted Martin’s commerce request on Tuesday, agreeing to ship the 27-year-old to Angel Metropolis FC for $85,000.
Martin requested for a commerce as a result of she hoped for extra enjoying time and left the franchise on good phrases, a supply informed The Submit.
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“Greater than something I need to thank the Gotham group for taking an opportunity and believing in me throughout my time right here,” Martin stated. “I gave my coronary heart and soul to this membership, and a bit of me will at all times stay in NJ/NY. It could’ve taken one thing very particular for me to contemplate leaving this place, and I’ve discovered that in Angel Metropolis. As I go away excited for this new chapter with LA, my coronary heart is so stuffed with gratitude for each second right here.”
Gotham FC midfielder Nealy Martin (14) vying for the ball in opposition to North Carolina Braveness midfielder Shinomi Koyama. Noah Ok. Murray-NY Submit
Since becoming a member of the New Jersey-based membership, Martin helped the group win the 2023 NWSL championship and the inaugural Concacaf W Champions Cup earlier this season.
She’s registered 62 begins in 73 match appearances for Gotham over the previous three seasons. In 2025, she appeared in 16 of the group’s 19 matches, together with 12 begins.
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She got here off the bench throughout the Concacaf W Champions Cup in Might to assist Gotham qualify for the FIFA Ladies’s Champions Cup and FIFA Ladies’s Membership World Cup.
Gotham basic supervisor and head of soccer operations Yael Averbuch West thanked Martin for her contributions to the membership.
“We assist Nealy and her needs to maneuver on,” Averbuch West stated, “and we want her nothing however the very best on this subsequent step of her profession.”
Jaedyn Shaw #19 of North Carolina Braveness controls the ball in opposition to Debinha #99 of Kansas Metropolis Present. NWSL by way of Getty Pictures
Information of Martin’s commerce comes a day after Gotham acquired U.S. Ladies’s Nationwide Crew midfielder and rising American soccer star Jaedyn Shaw from the North Carolina Braveness for a .
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Gotham (7-6-6) have gained every of their previous two video games, together with Sunday in opposition to Angel Metropolis. They’re ranked sixth within the NWSL standings, with the roster freeze a month away.
Gotham’s season continues Friday, after they play the Wave in San Diego.