In 2023, Gotham FC won their first National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) championship, but it wasn't until 2025, when they triumphed again, that they received the recognition they deserved.

After a short procession from Barclay Street and along Broadway to City Hall in downtown Manhattan, outgoing Mayor Eric Adams honored the New Jersey/New York team for their remarkable feat with the Keys to the City, at a ceremony at City Hall on Nov.24. Adams also announced that City Hall and other municipal buildings, including the David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building, and Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island borough halls will be lit up in Gotham FC sky blue tonight.

The team, which entered the National Women's Soccer League playoffs as the eighth seed, defied all odds, winning the final pla

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