An all-important showdown awaits the National Women’s Soccer League, as third faces fourth this Saturday September 28, 2024. Kansas City Current will host NJ/NY Gotham at CPKC Stadium, with the latter currently holding a one-point edge over the Current in third place in the league standings.
It has been a recent run of victory for the Current, as the side are yet to taste defeat against Saturday’s upcoming opponents. KC Current has claimed victory over Gotham on three occasions, drawing four times, and facing zero losses.
With Saturday’s all-important fixture now drawing near, Sporting News previews the upcoming matchup between KC Current and NJ/NY Gotham FC.
Neighbors on the NWSL table
The hosts of the showdown, KC Current, currently occupy fourth spot on the NWSL league table with 42 points to their tally. The Current will be eager to capitalize on their growing momentum with five league fixtures to go before the playoffs, as the side returns off the back of a 3-0 thumping over table neighbors Washington Spirit last Saturday.
As for the visitors, NJ/NY Gotham FC will search to make it three victories in a row, as Juan Carlos Amoros’s side return to NWSL action after league wins over Utah Royals (1-0), and Seattle Reign (2-0) in recent weeks. Gotham…