(Photograph credit score: Vincent Carchietta | USA TODAY Sports activities)
HARRISON, N.J. — Though the 2024 season is nicely underway, NJ/NY Gotham FC paid homage to its 2023 Nationwide Ladies’s Soccer League championship on the group’s residence opener Sunday night time.
Even earlier than the match, all eyes have been on celebrating Gotham’s historic championship. Followers might take images not solely with the league’s first-ever Tiffany-designed trophy, however with final yr’s captain, Ali Krieger. The adorned defender, who retired after final season, greeted followers as they filed in for Gotham’s first residence sport of the season.
In the course of the match’s opening ceremony, Krieger personally walked the trophy onto the sector to raucous applause and cheers from followers who had waited nearly six months to have a good time the accomplishments of the 2023 season.
Addressing the followers, Krieger made certain to let the group know simply how pivotal their assist was to the group’s 2023 success. She led a countdown because the group unveiled a everlasting fixture within the rafters at Crimson Bull Enviornment memorializing the group’s championship within the stadium they name residence.
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