Rivalry Weekend is here for the NWSL.

Can up-and-down Gotham FC’s Saturday afternoon clash with the visiting third-place Washington Spirit live up to that new capital-letter billing?

“The feeling of a rivalry is something that obviously takes time to grow, but certainly I do think we feel rivalry with them — because of their proximity to us and a number of other factors,” Gotham general manager Yael Averbuch West recently told The Post. “We are really pumped up for the game. 4

“I think we’re still not forgetting how we exited the playoffs last year.”

Ah, yes, that heartbreaker. Gotham’s hopes of repeating as NWSL champs were dashed in the nation’s capital in the semifinals last November when the Spirit equalized on a last-ditch Hal Hershfelt header in stoppage time and ultimately

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