Gotham FC 2–0 Utah Royals FC, NWSL Matchday 27

Gotham FC v Utah Royals FC

Gotham FC1st 61 pts

2

2–0

Full time

Sun 1 Nov

Expected goals: Gotham FC 1.42, Utah Royals FC 0.45

Utah Royals FC7th 47 pts

0

Sun 1 Nov, 5:00 pm EST Sports Illustrated Stadium NWSL 2026, Matchday 27

The match event record is unavailable right now.

The match story

Photo from Gotham FC — Devon Cafaro/Courtesy Gotham FC

NWSL News

Gotham says its titles came from the bottom. Now it starts on top.

The club says its 2023 and 2025 NWSL Championships came as the postseason’s lowest seed. Its first Shield brings home-field advantage through the semifinals, subject to venue availability.

3 November 2026

What it means

Gotham FC

1stNo change

Finished 1st in the regular season, in the playoff places, 16 points above North Carolina Courage.

Playoff quarter-final

Gotham FC: playoff quarter-final
R	Date	H/A	Opponent	Score
	Sun 8 Nov	H	Seattle Reign FC	12:30 pm EST

Utah Royals FC

7thNo change

Finished 7th in the regular season, in the playoff places, 2 points above North Carolina Courage.

Playoff quarter-final

Utah Royals FC: playoff quarter-final
R	Date	H/A	Opponent	Score
	Fri 6 Nov	A	San Diego Wave FC	10:00 pm EST

Season series

Matchday 12 Fri 10 Jul

Utah Royals FC1

Gotham FC3

Matchday 27 Sun 1 Nov

Gotham FC2

Utah Royals FC0

Gotham FC took both meetings, 5–1 on aggregate.

NWSL table 2026

Standings →

NWSL table
#	Club	P	GD	Pts
1	Gotham FC	30	+16	61
2	San Diego Wave FC	29	+13	55
3	Washington Spirit	29	+13	52
4	Kansas City Current	29	+13	50
5	Angel City FC	29	+19	49
6	Portland Thorns FC	29	+7	47
7	Utah Royals FC	30	+5	47
8	Seattle Reign FC	29	+3	44

After this result

By the numbers

Utah Royals FC have 5 points from last 5 and are out of form. 1.0 a match, against 1.6 all season. NWSL average 1.4.

Gotham FC have 23 goals conceded, the fewest in the NWSL. 0.8 a match. NWSL average 1.4.

The match on the pitch

Gotham FC: 114 possessions; 7% ended in a shot; 21% reached the box; 4.5 actions each
Utah Royals FC: 117 possessions; 4% ended in a shot; 16% reached the box; 3.9 actions each

Where each team won the ball

Gotham FC

Utah Royals FC

Where each possession began, both teams attacking right. Gotham FC started 11% of their possessions in the final third, Utah Royals FC 10%.

Where the shots came from

Gotham FCUtah Royals FC

Gotham FC attack right, Utah Royals FC left. A larger ringed dot is a goal. Own goals are not shots.

How each team moved the ball

Gotham FC

Utah Royals FC

Passes between 20 zones, both teams attacking right. Forward moves in the team colour, backward moves dark, sideways moves pale; line weight is the share of the team’s passes.

How long possessions ran

Gotham FCUtah Royals FC

Share of possessions by number of actions.

Longer possessions shot more

Gotham FCUtah Royals FC

Of the possessions with each number of actions, the share that produced a shot. A gap marks too few possessions to rate.

Where play slowed down

Gotham FCUtah Royals FC

Mean seconds between one action and the next in the same possession, by where the action happened.

Every recorded action

Observed match events

Every action recorded in this match, where it happened: what was seen on the pitch, not a simulated path. 1,625 events in the record.

Period Minute 92 Only the 5 minutes up to it

Gotham FC attack right, Utah Royals FC left. Passes are arrows to where they ended, dashed when not completed; a ringed start is a restart. A dot is a shot, a larger ringed dot a goal; a diamond is a take-on, a square a keeper action. Showing the whole match.

Choose an action on the pitch or in the list to see everything recorded about it.

41 events shown.

Events shown, in recorded order
Time	Player	Team
2:13	Ana Tejada	Utah Royals FC
2:55	T. Boade	Gotham FC
4:09	M. Purce	Gotham FC
6:54	P. Cronin	Utah Royals FC
8:35	M. Purce	Gotham FC
8:40	G. Reiten	Gotham FC
12:13	M. Moriya	Utah Royals FC
14:42	D. O'Sullivan	Gotham FC
17:23	Ana Tejada	Utah Royals FC
22:16	P. Cronin	Utah Royals FC
28:06	M. Hammond	Utah Royals FC
28:06	A. Berger	Gotham FC
30:04	M. Purce	Gotham FC
30:30	M. Purce	Gotham FC
34:44	S. McCaskill	Gotham FC
35:48	M. Purce	Gotham FC
38:55	T. Boade	Gotham FC
39:39	M. Moriya	Utah Royals FC
41:35	M. McGlynn	Utah Royals FC
42:42	M. McGlynn	Utah Royals FC

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Lineups

Gotham FC

Gotham FC lineup: 11 starters, then 9 substitutes
Starters
A. Berger
M. Freeman
L. Ouahabi
D. O'Sullivan
J. Carter
T. Davidson
M. Purce
J. Howell
S. Kerr
T. Boade
G. Reiten
Substitutes
S. Hogan
T. Torres
J. Shaw
S. McCaskill
T. Sommer
R. Lavelle
A. Kitahata
M. Speck
O. Wingate

Utah Royals FC

Utah Royals FC lineup: 11 starters, then 9 substitutes
Starters
M. McGlynn
M. Moriya
N. Rábano
M. Hammond
K. Del Fava
K. Riehl
P. Cronin
A. Tejada
K. Palacios
J. Joseph
C. Lacasse
Substitutes
M. Justus
D. Jackson
T. Milazzo
B. Mozingo
A. Spaanstra
D. Pierre-Louis
A. Swensen
C. Brown
K. Simmonds