Gotham FC ensured that U.S. girls’s nationwide staff defender isn’t going wherever anytime quickly.
The defending champions signed Sonnett to a contract extension that locks her up by the 2028 season, the membership introduced Thursday.
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“I’m actually excited to proceed with Gotham FC,” Sonnett mentioned in an announcement. “It is a particular group that holds itself to a excessive commonplace each day. I’m wanting ahead to constructing on what we’ve began right here.”
It’s no shock {that a} championship-hungry membership like Gotham needed to increase Sonnett, who was named to the NWSL Greatest XI Second Group final season.
Emily Sonnett #6 of the Gotham FC addresses members of the media throughout a press convention held at ScottsMiracle-Gro Discipline on June 25, 2026 in Columbus, Ohio. Getty Photos
The 32-year-old performed an integral half in Gotham successful final yr’s NWSL championship, together with making the sliding cease of Leicy Santo’s objective try in entrance of her staff’s web.
Because of Sonnett’s cease and Lavelle’s unimaginable objective, Gotham earned its spot on this yr’s Problem Cup, which is scheduled to happen Friday. Gotham is about to face the reigning NWSL Protect winner Kansas Metropolis Present in Columbus in what’s the primary alternative of the season to win some {hardware}.
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Sonnett is in her third season with Gotham, making eight appearances this season, together with 5 begins.
The 2-time Olympian cemented her spot as an anchor of the staff’s again line. Regardless of shedding center-back , Gotham, with Sonnett’s assist, boasted one of many NWSL’s prime defenses.
The membership conceded the second fewest targets within the league, permitting solely 25 scores in 26 matches. Gotham additionally set a membership report of 11 clear sheets.
“Emily has been a necessary a part of our staff’s success,” president of basketball operations Yael Averbuch West mentioned. “Her high quality, consistency and commonplace of excellence have been extremely beneficial to our group, and we’re excited to have her proceed with Gotham FC.”
Emily Sonnett of United States and Dudinha of Brazil combat for the ball throughout a world pleasant match between Brazil and United States at Neo Quimica Enviornment on June 06, 2026 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Getty Photos
Sonnett has appeared in 77 video games, together with 70 begins throughout her time at Gotham. She’s additionally been a relentless for the U.S. girls’s nationwide staff, successful the 2019 FIFA Girls’s World Cup and Olympic objective in 2024.
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Gotham’s title protection received off to a rocky begin. They did not win the FIFA Girls’s Champions Cup and the CONCACAF W Champions Cup.
Gotham seems to have turned issues round as of late. They’ve received 4 of their final 5 video games and are 6-3-2 total. They’re at the moment in a three-way tie with the Present and Washington Spirit for sixth within the league standings with 21 factors.
Friday’s Problem Cup recreation shall be a rematch of final yr’s Semifinals by which Gotham stunningly pulled off the upset towards the Present in Kansas Metropolis.