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Rose Lavelle scored in the first half and Gotham FC beat the Washington Spirit 1-0 on Wednesday night in a match at Citi Field that was dubbed the Queens Classic.<\/p>\n

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The game was a rematch of the last year\u2019s National Women\u2019s Soccer League championship game, which Gotham also won 1-0 on a goal from Lavelle.<\/p>\n

Gotham (8-3-3) announced that the game was a sellout with 42,175 tickets sold, a record for a women\u2019s sporting event in New York City.<\/p>\n

Lavelle scored on a long chip from an angle to the far post in the 37th minute. It was her third goal of the season.<\/p>\n

Sam Kerr subbed into the game for Gotham in the 64th minute, marking her return after more than six years at Chelsea.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old Kerr played for Sky Blue, which later became Gotham, and the Chicago Stars before signing with Chelsea in late 2019. She remains the NWSL\u2019s top regular-season scorer with 77 career goals and led the league in scoring for three straight seasons from 2017-19. She won league MVP awards in 2017 and 2019.<\/p>\n

Kerr, an Australian who is considered one of the best strikers in the world, signed with Gotham last month.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s weird, honestly,\u201d Kerr said. \u201cI spent most of the start of my career here, and then to go to Chelsea and be in Europe for so long, it\u2019s just so different.\u201d<\/p>\n

Esme Morgan of the Spirit and Gotham\u2019s Jordynn Dudley collided in the first half, resulting in Dudley subbing out of the match with a suspected concussion.<\/p>\n

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The loss ended the Spirit\u2019s three-game winning streak. Washington is 8-3-3.<\/p>\n

The match was played with temperatures in the 90s and with an air quality advisory in New York because of wildfires in Canada. As a result of the conditions, there were two hydration breaks in each half.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Gotham announced the team would start playing at the new Etihad Park adjacent to Citi Field starting in 2028.<\/p>\n

Gotham typically plays its home matches at Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, New Jersey. The move to Queens is in partnership with the Major League Soccer club New York City FC, which is building the 25,000-seat Etihad Park.<\/p>\n

The record for attendance at an NWSL match was set earlier this season when 63,000 watched the Denver Summit play the Spirit at the NFL Denver Broncos\u2019 home Empower Field.<\/p>\n

B\u00e1rbara Olivieri\u2019s early goal led the visiting Boston Legacy to a 1-0 victory over the Orlando Pride.<\/p>\n

The loss snapped a three-match home winning streak for the Pride (6-7-2).<\/p>\n

Olivieri scored her first goal for the expansion Legacy (4-7-4) despite pressure from two defenders in the 17th minute.<\/p>\n

Lizbeth Ovalle appeared to tie the score for the Pride with a goal from a corner kick, but it was disallowed because of interference on Boston goalkeeper Casey Murphy.<\/p>\n

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___<\/p>\n

AP soccer: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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