Angel City FC 0–0 Gotham FC, NWSL Matchday 18

Angel City FC v Gotham FC

Angel City FC9th 26 pts

0

0–0

Full time

Sun 23 Aug

Expected goals: Angel City FC 1.39, Gotham FC 1.97

Gotham FC1st 44 pts

0

Sun 23 Aug, 8:00 pm EDT BMO Stadium NWSL 2026, Matchday 18

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

Key moments

The event record holds no goals or red cards for this match.

Top performers

Angel City FC

A. SentnorMLAshirt 170G3SH
C. EmslieMLAshirt 100G3SH
P. ChilufyaFLAshirt 240G3SH

Gotham FC

S. KerrFGFCshirt 200G6SH
J. DudleyFGFCshirt 20G3SH
G. ReitenDGFCshirt 180G1SH

Three per club, chosen from the match record: goals, then shots.

What it means

Angel City FC

9th▲2 from 11th

Outside the playoff places, 2 points behind Seattle Reign FC in the last playoff place, with 11 to play.

Gotham FC

1stNo change

In the playoff places, 18 points above Angel City FC, with nine to play.

Season series

Matchday 18 Sun 23 Aug

Angel City FC0

Gotham FC0

Matchday 24 Sun 4 Oct

Gotham FC1

Angel City FC1

Two drawn; level at 1–1 on aggregate.

Team stats

LA GFC

Expected goals: Angel City FC: 1.39; Gotham FC: 1.97
Possession: Angel City FC: 40%; Gotham FC: 60%
Shots: Angel City FC: 16; Gotham FC: 11
Corners: Angel City FC: 7; Gotham FC: 3

NWSL table 2026

Standings →

NWSL table
#	Club	P	GD	Pts
1	Gotham FC	21	+13	44
2	Washington Spirit	21	+11	37
3	Portland Thorns FC	21	+6	37
4	Utah Royals FC	21	+10	36
5	San Diego Wave FC	21	+6	36
6	North Carolina Courage	20	+6	33
7	Kansas City Current	21	+3	31
8	Seattle Reign FC	20	−1	28
9	Angel City FC	19	+7	26

After this result

By the numbers

Angel City FC have 13 points from last 5 and are in form. 2.6 a match, against 1.7 all season. NWSL average 1.4.

Angel City FC are 10 matches unbeaten. Last defeat: 0–2 at North Carolina Courage, 26 August.

Angel City FC have 10 scoring matches in a row, level with their longest this season. Longest 10. Next at Kansas City Current, 7 November.

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

The match on the pitch

Angel City FC: 40% possession; 84 possessions; 18% ended in a shot; 33% reached the box; 4.9 actions each
Gotham FC: 60% possession; 82 possessions; 13% ended in a shot; 23% reached the box; 7.4 actions each

Where each team won the ball

Angel City FC

Gotham FC

Where each possession began, both teams attacking right. Angel City FC started 19% of their possessions in the final third, Gotham FC 7%.

Where the shots came from

Angel City FCGotham FC

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

How each team moved the ball

Angel City FC

Gotham 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

Angel City FCGotham FC

Share of possessions by number of actions.

Longer possessions shot more

Angel City FCGotham 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

Angel City FCGotham 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. 1,601 events in the record.

Period Minute 95 Only the 5 minutes up to it

Angel City FC attack right, Gotham 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.

69 events shown.

Events shown, in recorded order
Time	Player	Team
0:40	S. Kerr	Gotham FC
3:06	A. Berger	Gotham FC
3:45	J. Dudley	Gotham FC
4:41	G. Reiten	Gotham FC
5:55	C. Lageyre	Angel City FC
6:02	J. Dudley	Gotham FC
6:04	A. Anderson	Angel City FC
6:48	G. Thompson	Angel City FC
6:52	A. Berger	Gotham FC
8:03	A. Sentnor	Angel City FC
10:12	A. Berger	Gotham FC
10:36	A. Sentnor	Angel City FC
11:27	C. Emslie	Angel City FC
11:52	A. Berger	Gotham FC
15:38	A. Berger	Gotham FC
16:49	A. Berger	Gotham FC
18:18	A. Sentnor	Angel City FC
18:20	C. Emslie	Angel City FC
19:35	S. Kerr	Gotham FC
20:46	A. Sentnor	Angel City FC

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Lineups

Angel City FCFormation 4-2-3-1

Angel City FC, 4-2-3-1, each line from right to left. Goalkeeper: 19 A. Anderson. Line 1: 20 G. Thompson, 6 E. Sams, 11 S. Gorden, 15 E. Shores. Line 2: 8 A. Borges, 16 C. Lageyre. Line 3: 10 C. Emslie, 17 A. Sentnor, 99 T. Suarez. Line 4: 24 P. Chilufya.

Angel City FC lineup: 11 starters, then 2 substitutes who came on, then the team, with minutes, goals, assists and expected goals for this match
#	Player	Min	G	A	xG
19	A. Anderson	90	0	0	0.00
20	G. Thompson	90	0	0	0.05
15	E. Shores	90	0	0	0.03
16	C. Lageyre	90	0	0	0.03
6	E. Sams	90	0	0	0.00
11	S. Gorden	90	0	0	0.00
10	C. Emslie, off at 68′	68	0	0	0.18
8	A. Borges	90	0	0	0.07
24	P. Chilufya	90	0	0	0.34
17	A. Sentnor	90	0	0	0.52
99	T. Suarez, off at 68′	68	0	0	0.04
Substitutes
3	S. King, on at 68′	22	0	0	0.00
33	R. Tiernan, on at 68′	22	0	0	0.14
Team			0	0	1.39

Unused: K. Cherry, J. Immethun, S. Leroux, N. Martin, S. Mattice, M. McClelland, F. Nguyen

All player stats

Angel City FC lineup: 10 outfield starters, then 9 substitutes, then the team, with every figure for this match
#	Player	Min	G	A	xG	Sh	SOT	CC	Pass %	Tkl	Int
20	G. Thompson	90	0	0	0.05	1	0	4	79%	1	2
15	E. Shores	90	0	0	0.03	1	1	1	73%	1	2
16	C. Lageyre	90	0	0	0.03	1	0	1	76%	0	1
6	E. Sams	90	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	88%	3	1
11	S. Gorden	90	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	86%	2	1
10	C. Emslie, off at 68′	68	0	0	0.18	3	0	1	66%	0	0
8	A. Borges	90	0	0	0.07	2	1	0	95%	1	0
24	P. Chilufya	90	0	0	0.34	3	0	3	74%	2	0
17	A. Sentnor	90	0	0	0.52	3	1	2	62%	0	0
99	T. Suarez, off at 68′	68	0	0	0.04	1	0	1	56%	0	1
Substitutes
4	K. Cherry	–
40	J. Immethun	–
3	S. King, on at 68′	22	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	92%	0	0
2	S. Leroux	–
14	N. Martin	–
25	S. Mattice	–
41	M. McClelland	–
30	F. Nguyen	–
33	R. Tiernan, on at 68′	22	0	0	0.14	1	0	0	67%	0	0
Team			0	0	1.39	16	3	15	78%	10	8

Angel City FC goalkeeper
#	Goalkeeper	Min	Saves	SOT faced	Save %	GA	Claims
19	A. Anderson	90	4	4	100%	0	0

Clean sheet: A. Anderson

Gotham FCFormation 4-3-3

Gotham FC, 4-3-3, each line from right to left. Goalkeeper: 30 A. Berger. Line 1: 23 M. Purce, 27 J. Carter, 15 T. Davidson, 18 G. Reiten. Line 2: 16 R. Lavelle, 7 J. Howell, 13 S. McCaskill. Line 3: 2 J. Dudley, 20 S. Kerr, 10 J. Shaw.

Gotham FC lineup: 11 starters, then 4 substitutes who came on, then the team, with minutes, goals, assists and expected goals for this match
#	Player	Min	G	A	xG
30	A. Berger	90	0	0	0.00
23	M. Purce, off at 68′	68	0	0	0.00
18	G. Reiten, off at 89′	89	0	0	0.76
7	J. Howell	90	0	0	0.00
27	J. Carter	90	0	0	0.00
15	T. Davidson	90	0	0	0.00
16	R. Lavelle, off at 37′	37	0	0	0.00
13	S. McCaskill, off at 68′	68	0	0	0.00
20	S. Kerr	90	0	0	0.92
2	J. Dudley	90	0	0	0.24
10	J. Shaw	90	0	0	0.05
Substitutes
3	Bruninha, on at 68′	22	0	0	0.00
21	S. Cook, on at 89′	1	0	0	0.00
22	M. Freeman, on at 37′	53	0	0	0.00
8	T. Torres, on at 68′	22	0	0	0.00
Team			0	0	1.97

Unused: S. Hogan, A. Kitahata, T. Sommer, M. Speck, T. Wy

All player stats

Gotham FC lineup: 10 outfield starters, then 9 substitutes, then the team, with every figure for this match
#	Player	Min	G	A	xG	Sh	SOT	CC	Pass %	Tkl	Int
23	M. Purce, off at 68′	68	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	88%	3	1
18	G. Reiten, off at 89′	89	0	0	0.76	1	1	1	74%	0	1
7	J. Howell	90	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	94%	1	1
27	J. Carter	90	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	95%	0	0
15	T. Davidson	90	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	98%	3	1
16	R. Lavelle, off at 37′	37	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	90%	0	0
13	S. McCaskill, off at 68′	68	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	86%	0	0
20	S. Kerr	90	0	0	0.92	6	1	2	72%	0	0
2	J. Dudley	90	0	0	0.24	3	2	2	60%	0	0
10	J. Shaw	90	0	0	0.05	1	0	1	74%	2	0
Substitutes
3	Bruninha, on at 68′	22	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	87%	0	0
21	S. Cook, on at 89′	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	100%	0	0
22	M. Freeman, on at 37′	53	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	84%	0	0
1	S. Hogan	–
24	A. Kitahata	–
14	T. Sommer	–
25	M. Speck	–
8	T. Torres, on at 68′	22	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	100%	1	0
31	T. Wy	–
Team			0	0	1.97	11	4	9	87%	10	4