# 2024 NJ/NY Gotham FC season

The 2024 NJ/NY Gotham FC season was the team's 15th season as a professional women's soccer team and eleventh participating in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.
As reigning champions, Gotham opened the 2024 NWSL season against San Diego Wave FC, the previous season's NWSL Shield winners, in the 2024 NWSL Challenge Cup one day before the beginning of the regular season.
Gotham finished the regular season in third place and advanced to the NWSL playoffs, where they defeated Portland Thorns FC in the quarterfinals before drawing against the Washington Spirit in regulation and losing the penalty shootout after extra time in the semifinals.

## Background
### Notable offseason transactions

By December 2023, Gotham were in negotiations to sign four members of the United States women's national soccer team: Tierna Davidson, Crystal Dunn, Rose Lavelle, and Emily Sonnett. Dunn and Davidson were signed the next month, followed by Lavelle and Sonnett days later.

## Team
### Staff

    As of March 7, 2024

### Current squad

    As of March 16, 2024.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | Michelle Betos | United States |
| 3 | DF | Bruninha | Brazil |
| 4 | GK | Abby Smith | United States |
| 5 | DF | Kelley O'Hara | United States |
| 6 | MF | Emily Sonnett | United States |
| 7 | MF | McCall Zerboni | United States |
| 8 | DF | Taryn Torres | United States |
| 10 | FW | Lynn Williams | United States |
| 11 | FW | Esther González | Spain |
| 12 | DF | Kristen Edmonds | United States |
| 14 | MF | Nealy Martin | United States |
| 15 | DF | Tierna Davidson | United States |
| 16 | MF | Rose Lavelle | United States |
| 17 | MF | Delanie Sheehan | United States |
| 18 | MF | Yazmeen Ryan | United States |
| 19 | FW | Crystal Dunn | United States |
| 20 | FW | Taylor Smith | United States |
| 21 | DF | Sam Hiatt | United States |
| 22 | DF | Mandy Freeman | United States |
| 23 | FW | Margaret Purce | United States |
| 25 | DF | Maycee Bell | United States |
| 28 | FW | Katie Stengel | United States |
| 2 | DF | Jenna Nighswonger | United States |
| 33 | MF | Sinead Farrelly | Republic of Ireland |
| 38 | GK | Cassie Miller | United States |
| 77 | DF | Maitane López | Spain |
| 13 | FW | Ella Stevens | United States |
| — | FW | Svava Rós Guðmundsdóttir | Iceland |
| — | GK | Erin McKinney | United States |

## Competitions
### NWSL Challenge Cup

The Challenge Cup was reformatted in 2024 to open the season as a single contest between the prior season's NWSL Shield winner and the reigning NWSL Champion.

### Regular season
#### Regular season standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Orlando Pride (C, S) | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 60 | NWSL Shield, playoffs |
| 2 | Washington Spirit | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 56 | Playoffs |
| 3 | NJ/NY Gotham FC | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 20 | +21 | 56 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Kansas City Current | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 57 | 31 | +26 | 55 | Playoffs |
| 5 | North Carolina Courage | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 39 | Playoffs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: November 1, 2024. Source: NWSLsoccer.com

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Stadium | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

### NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NYJ | CHI | WAS | GUA |
| 1 | NJ/NY Gotham FC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 8 | Advances to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Chicago Red Stars | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| 3 | Washington Spirit | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Guadalajara | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — |

### 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TUA | NYJ | MON | LDA | FRA |
| 1 | UANL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 4–0 | 3–1 | — |
| 2 | NJ/NY Gotham FC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | 4–4 | — | 0–0 | — | — |
| 3 | Monterrey | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | | — | — | — | 3–0 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Alajuelense | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | | — | 0–4 | — | — | 5–0 |
| 5 | Frazsiers Whip | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 30 | −29 | 0 | | 1–7 | 0–13 | — | — | — |
NJ/NY Gotham FC qualified as the 2023 National Women's Soccer League champions.

#### Semifinals
## Transactions
### 2024 NWSL Draft

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster.
| Round | Pick | Pos. | Nat. | Player | College | Status | Ref. |
| 1 | 14 | DF | USA | Maycee Bell | North Carolina Tar Heels | Signed. | |

### Transfers in

| Date | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Previous club | Fee/notes |
| January 2, 2024 | DF | USA | Tierna Davidson | Chicago Red Stars | |
| January 2, 2024 | MF | USA | Crystal Dunn | Portland Thorns FC | |
| January 4, 2024 | DF | USA | Rose Lavelle | OL Reign | Free agent |
| January 4, 2024 | DF | USA | Emily Sonnett | OL Reign | Free agent |
| January 23, 2024 | GK | USA | Cassie Miller | Kansas City Current | Trade |
| January 24, 2024 | DF | USA | Sam Hiatt | OL Reign | Trade |

#### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Destination club | Ref. |
| January 31, 2024 | | DF | USA | Taylor Smith | Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. | |