Ifeoma Onumonu (center), Lynn Williams and Yazmeen Ryan celebrate after Gotham FC’s May 21 win against OL Reign. (Michael Thomas Shroyer/USA TODAY Sports)
Gotham FC are surging to start the season, and fans are buying in.
The New Jersey-based club is on track to break its attendance record in its next home game, with more than 10,000 tickets already sold for the June 4 contest against the San Diego Wave at Red Bull Arena. The ticket sales total is also a single-game record for the club.
At the end of last season, Gotham sat at the bottom of the league table with just 13 points and a 4-1-17 record. In the 2023 season, boosted by a new coach in Juan Carlos Amorós and several key offseason pickups, the team already has surpassed its points total and its wins total from 2022.
Gotham’s 16 points rank first in the NWSL one third of the way through the season, and the team’s five wins are tied with San Diego atop the league. The defense has allowed just seven goals through eight regular-season matches, knotted with the Washington Spirit…
