"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 playoff game against its archrival, the top-seeded Washington Spirit, on Washington's home pitch 1-0 on Nov. 22, after midfielder Rose Lavelle scored in the 80th minute."
"Adams, who was greeted with some jeers from the crowd that filled City Hall Plaza, remarked that you gotta play through the hecklers. You don't win when you worry about the haters. You win when you stay dedicated to the mission, said Adams, referencing the team's unofficial slogan coined by Jaedyn Shaw, Underdogs My Ass. We saw the mentality all season, culminating in the number eight playoff seed beating the naysayers and the number one team in the league to make it to the championship game, and we saw it in that thrilling final, Adams noted. This is no team of underdogs. This is a team of champions."
Gotham FC secured their second NWSL championship in three years, earning city recognition and a celebratory procession to City Hall. Mayor Eric Adams presented the team with the Keys to the City and announced that City Hall and several municipal buildings would be lit in Gotham FC sky blue. The team entered the playoffs as the eighth seed and defeated top-seeded Washington Spirit 1-0 on Nov. 22, with Rose Lavelle scoring in the 80th minute. Mayor Adams praised the team’s dedication and referenced the unofficial slogan “Underdogs My Ass.” Council Member Francisco Moya noted women’s soccer transforming the City.
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