The Washington Spirit are aiming to come out of the international break in the same form they had going in, but they face a tricky fixture today as they head up to New Jersey to face NJ/NY Gotham FC. Both teams need to win to maintain any chance of winning the NWSL Challenge Cup’s East group, and both will be looking at this game as a chance to make a statement.
For Washington, that statement would be to end Gotham’s frustrating ability to escape with a result even when outplayed by the Spirit. On the other side, Gotham has not convinced in any game thus far in the Challenge Cup, and what better way to convince than by taking down the defending NWSL champs?