NJ/NY Gotham FC W 2–1 Kansas City W

NWSL Women 2026 Regular season · 15 Aug 2026

NJ/NY Gotham FC W vs Kansas City W in the NWSL Women 2026.

At Sports Illustrated Stadium, Harrison.

Referee: Muhammad Hassan, USA.

NJ/NY Gotham FC W beat Kansas City W 2–1. A. White opened the scoring for Kansas City W after 1 minute. S. Kerr made it 2–1 after 41 minutes, and that was the winner.

Goalscorers

• NJ/NY Gotham FC W: M. Purce 13', S. Kerr 41'
• Kansas City W: A. White 1'

NJ/NY Gotham FC W starting lineup (4-3-3)

• 30 Ann-Katrin Berger (G)
• 23 Margaret Purce (D)
• 27 Jess Carter (D)
• 15 Tierna Davidson (D)
• 18 Guro Reiten (D)
• 16 Rose Lavelle (M)
• 7 Jae Howell (M)
• 13 Savannah McCaskill (M)
• 2 Jordynn Dudley (F)
• 20 Sam Kerr (F)
• 10 Jaedyn Shaw (F)

Kansas City W starting lineup (4-2-3-1)

• 1 Marisa Jordan (G)
• 7 Elizabeth Ball (D)
• 24 Gabrielle Robinson (D)
• 27 Kayla Sharples (D)
• 18 Isabel Rodriguez (D)
• 10 Lo’eau LaBonta (M)
• 16 Vanessa DiBernardo (M)
• 3 Amelia White (M)
• 8 Croix Bethune (M)
• 99 Débora de Oliveira (M)
• 13 Haley Hopkins (F)

Match events

• 1′ Kansas City W: Normal Goal, Amelia White, Croix Bethune
• 13′ NJ/NY Gotham FC W: Normal Goal, Margaret Purce
• 33′ Kansas City W: Yellow Card, Elizabeth Ball
• 41′ NJ/NY Gotham FC W: Normal Goal, Sam Kerr, Jaedyn Shaw
• 61′ Kansas City W: Substitution, Bayley Feist, Vanessa DiBernardo
• 61′ Kansas City W: Substitution, Michelle Ivory Cooper, Amelia White
• 78′ NJ/NY Gotham FC W: Substitution, Taryn Torres, Savannah McCaskill
• 78′ Kansas City W: Substitution, Gianna Paul, Haley Hopkins
• 79′ Kansas City W: Substitution, Katie Scott, Elizabeth Ball
• 83′ NJ/NY Gotham FC W: Substitution, Mandy Freeman, Guro Reiten
• 84′ Kansas City W: Substitution, Penelope Hocking, Lo’eau LaBonta

Match statistics

NJ/NY Gotham FC W before this match

• vs San Diego Wave W 1–0 (San Diego Wave W) · Regular season, 8 Aug 2026
• at Houston Dash W 1–0 (Houston Dash W) · Regular season, 2 Aug 2026
• at Bay FC W 1–0 (Bay FC W) · Regular season, 30 Jul 2026
• at Portland Thorns W 2–2 (Portland Thorns W) · Regular season, 25 Jul 2026
• vs Seattle Reign FC W 3–2 (Seattle Reign FC W) · Regular season, 18 Jul 2026

Kansas City W before this match

• at Houston Dash W 1–1 (Houston Dash W) · Regular season, 9 Aug 2026
• vs Angel City W 1–1 (Angel City W) · Regular season, 1 Aug 2026
• vs Racing Louisville W 5–1 (Racing Louisville W) · Regular season, 30 Jul 2026
• at Boston Legacy W 0–1 (Boston Legacy W) · Regular season, 25 Jul 2026
• vs San Diego Wave W 2–2 (San Diego Wave W) · Regular season, 18 Jul 2026