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FT Saturday, November 22, 2025
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Washington Spirit LLWWL 0
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Match Report

Gotham beat Washington to win NWSL Championship

Rose Lavelle scored in the 80th minute and the eighth-seeded Gotham FC beat the Washington Spirit 1-0 on Saturday night to win their second National Women's Soccer League championship.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
3
0
Saves
2
47.3
Possession
52.7
12
SHOTS
7
3
ON GOAL
0
0.3
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
254
Accurate Passes
295
354
Passes
393
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
4
12
Crosses
12
0.5
Cross %
0.3
46
Long Balls
41
15
Accurate Long Balls
12
0.3
Long Balls %
0.3
4
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
14
15
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
16
Interceptions
9
26
Effective Clearances
24
26
Clearances
24

Highlights

01:17 Washington Spirit vs. NJ/NY Gotham FC - Game Highlights Watch on ESPN 00:37 Rose Lavelle nets late go-ahead goal for Gotham FC Watch on ESPN 01:57 Rose Lavelle: NWSL Championship win is 'icing on the cake' Watch on ESPN 01:20 Krieger: Gotham FC deserved NWSL Championship win Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

GFC leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

WAS · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Aubrey KingsburyG
  2. 9Tara RuddCD-L
  3. 4Rebeca BernalCD-R
  4. 17Hal HershfeltDM
  5. 6Kate WiesnerLB
  6. 24Esme MorganRB
  7. 7Croix BethuneCM-L
  8. 10Leicy SantosCM-R
  9. 27Sofia CantoreLM
  10. 19Rosemonde KouassiRM
  11. 21Gift MondayF

Substitutes

  1. 22Heather StainbrookSUB
  2. 26Paige MetayerSUB
  3. 13Brittany RatcliffeSUB
  4. 16Courtney BrownSUB
  5. 20Deborah AbiodunSUB
  6. 2Trinity RodmanSUB
  7. 5Narumi MiuraSUB
  8. 28Sandy MacIverSUB
  9. 25Kysha SyllaSUB

GFC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 30Ann-Katrin BergerG
  2. 27Jess CarterCD-L
  3. 6Emily SonnettCD-R
  4. 7Jaelin HowellDM
  5. 4Lilly RealeLB
  6. 22Mandy FreemanRB
  7. 11Sarah SchupanskyCM-L
  8. 16Rose LavelleCM-R
  9. 2Jaedyn ShawLM
  10. 23Midge PurceRM
  11. 9Esther GonzálezF

Substitutes

  1. 13Ella StevensSUB
  2. 19Kayla DuranSUB
  3. 28Katie LampsonSUB
  4. 3BruninhaSUB
  5. 10GeyseSUB
  6. 1Shelby HoganSUB
  7. 5Josefine HasboSUB
  8. 21Sofia CookSUB
  9. 18Gabi PortilhoSUB

Timeline

  1. 45'+3' Lilly Reale (Gotham FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 57' Substitution, Washington Spirit. Trinity Rodman replaces Sofia Cantore.
  3. 63' Substitution, Gotham FC. Bruninha replaces Lilly Reale.
  4. 80' Goal! Washington Spirit 0, Gotham FC 1. Rose Lavelle (Gotham FC) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bruninha.
  5. 81' Substitution, Washington Spirit. Deborah Abiodun replaces Hal Hershfelt because of an injury.
  6. 89' Substitution, Washington Spirit. Paige Metayer replaces Kate Wiesner.
  7. 90'+3' Bruninha (Gotham FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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