"ORLANDO, Fla. -- Gotham FC playmaker Jaedyn Shaw scored seven minutes into second-half stoppage time on her team's only shot on target of the game to lift them to a 1-0 win over the defending NWSL champion Orlando Pride in Sunday's semifinal at Inter&Co Stadium. Gotham, the lowest-seeded team in this year's playoff field, will face the Washington Spirit on Saturday in the NWSL Championship at PayPal Park in San Jose, California."
"Shaw starred in Gotham's upset win over the No. 1 seeded Kansas City Current in the quarterfinals, scoring a goal and assisting the game-winner. She arrived at Gotham in September in a $1.25 million transfer from the North Carolina Courage, an NWSL intra-league record. On Sunday, she curled in the game's lone goal from a free kick."
"Her goal also ended the Orlando Pride's hopes of repeating as champions after last year's NWSL Shield and NWSL Championship double. Pride forward Marta said after the match that she didn't think the referee should have awarded the free kick. "It was not a foul. We should lose the game anyway, but not this way," she said. Marta, who turns 40 years old before the start of the next NWSL season, would not say what her future holds. She faced the same questions after winning her first NWSL title last year and she eventually signed a new two-year contract in January."
Jaedyn Shaw scored seven minutes into second-half stoppage time with a curled free kick — the match's only shot on target — to give Gotham FC a 1-0 semifinal victory over Orlando Pride. Gotham, the lowest seed in the playoffs, advanced to face the Washington Spirit in the NWSL Championship at PayPal Park in San Jose. Shaw had joined Gotham in September in a $1.25 million intra-league transfer and also produced a goal and an assist in the quarterfinal upset of Kansas City. The result ended Orlando's bid to repeat as champions, and veteran Marta questioned the awarded free kick and expressed uncertainty about her future while remaining motivated.
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