The push to safe an NWSL playoff berth will take a pause this week for the beginning of the CONCACAF W Champions Cup.
Gotham FC should get well shortly for the beginning of that event title protection on Wednesday after they conceded an personal objective early within the second half and the decisive tally in added time following a 2-hour climate delay for a crushing 2-1 loss Sunday to the Houston Sprint in Harrison, N.J.
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“Clearly, a troublesome one to take,” Gotham coach Juan Carlos Amorós stated after the tip of his workforce’s four-match unbeaten streak. “The workforce did all the things they wanted to do to win the sport other than scoring objectives.
“We dominated a lot, had so many probabilities, however with one shot I believe they had been capable of rating two objectives. It was troublesome to take.”
Gotham FC reacts after permitting the game-winning objective throughout their Aug. 17 loss to Houston. Corey Sipkin for the NY Submit
Juan Carlos Amorós reacts throughout Gotham FC’s loss to Houston on Aug. 17. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST
Main scorer Esther González discovered the again of the web within the first half for Gotham, who fell to 5-5-6 and missed a chance to move Racing Louisville FC into the seventh of eight playoff positions within the league.
It additionally marked the primary of three dwelling video games in seven days for Gotham, who will play host to CF Monterrey Femenil at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island in group-stage play of the Champions Cup.
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Gotham received the inaugural event in 2024, defeating Tigres UANL, 1-0, within the ultimate on a objective by González at Estadio Universitario in Mexico.
Esther González reacts after scoring throughout Gotham FC’s Aug. 17 loss. Corey Sipkin for the NY Submit
“No person likes to be on the again finish of video games like that,” midfielder Sarah Schupansky stated of Sunday’s loss. “There have been some superb moments, but it surely was an unlucky strategy to finish it.
“We do have one other sport developing in a short time, so we are able to let this one sting for a bit bit, however we undoubtedly should refocus as quickly as attainable and transfer on to the following.”
Esther González battles for possession throughout Gotham FC’s loss to Houston on Aug. 17. Corey Sipkin for the NY Submit
This marked the primary match between the groups since a scoreless draw March 26 in Houston, when Gotham defender and U.S. ladies’s nationwide workforce common Tierna Davidson suffered a season-ending ACL tear in her left knee.
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USWNT standout Rose Lavelle rang a left-footed shot off the submit within the eighth minute, and the rebound discovered its strategy to Esther’s toes in the course of the field.
Esther González reacts after scoring throughout Gotham FC’s loss to Houston on Aug. 17. Corey Sipkin for the NY Submit
She slotted her league-high eleventh objective of the season into the correct nook for a 1-0 Gotham lead.
That benefit carried into halftime, however the Sprint evened the rating within the 51st minute with an personal objective that was put previous goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger on a pass-back try by Gotham middle again and nationwide workforce veteran Emily Sonnett.
The match was delayed for 2 hours and 18 minutes later within the second half resulting from lightning within the space, and neither facet scored in regulation till Houston’s Michelle Azolie dashed behind the protection on the correct wing and blasted a shot past Berger’s attain within the 93rd minute.
Rose Lavelle appears to be like to move the ball throughout Gotham FC’s loss to Houston on Aug. 17. Corey Sipkin for the NY Submit
It appeared — and Amorós believed — that Azolie may need been offside on the play, however VAR upheld the objective.
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“We’re naturally super-disappointed,” middle again Jess Carter stated. “We felt like we dominated the sport, so to return away with a loss is basically disappointing, and the best way we misplaced within the final minute was actually powerful. … But it surely’s one we’ve gotta recover from actually fast as a result of we’ve got one other sport in three days.”