2022 NJ/NY Gotham FC season

NJ/NY Gotham FC
2022 season
Club Chair	Tammy Murphy
Head coach	Scott Parkinson (until August 11); Hue Menzies (interim) (from August 13)
Stadium	Red Bull Arena; Harrison, New Jersey; (Capacity: 25,000)
NWSL	12th
Challenge Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Margaret Purce (3); Paige Monaghan (3); McCall Zerboni (3); All: ; Margaret Purce (4); Kristie Mewis (4)
Highest home attendance	7,145; (June 19 vs. SD)
Lowest home attendance	2,130; (Sept. 11 vs. KC)
Average home league attendance	4,415
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2021 2023 →

Club ChairTammy Murphy

Head coachScott Parkinson (until August 11)
Hue Menzies (interim) (from August 13)

StadiumRed Bull Arena
Harrison, New Jersey
(Capacity: 25,000)

NWSL12th

The 2022 NJ/NY Gotham FC season was the team's 13th season as a professional women's soccer team and their tenth season as a member of the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Notes^[a]
Goalkeepers
1	Michelle Betos	GK	(1988-02-20) February 20, 1988 (age 37)	Free agency
18	Ashlyn Harris	GK	(1985-10-19) October 19, 1985 (age 39)	Orlando Pride
51	Hensley Hancuff	GK	(2000-08-03) August 3, 2000 (age 24)	Clemson
Defenders
11	Ali Krieger	CB/LB	(1984-07-28) July 28, 1984 (age 40)	Orlando Pride
15	Sabrina Flores	RB/LB	(1996-01-31) January 31, 1996 (age 29)	Sevilla
21	Ellie Jean	FB	(1997-01-31) January 31, 1997 (age 28)	PSV Eindhoven
22	Mandy Freeman	CB	(1995-03-23) March 23, 1995 (age 30)	USC Trojans
24	Estelle Johnson	CB	(1988-07-21) July 21, 1988 (age 36)	Washington Spirit
27	Kelly Ann Livingstone	DF	(1998-11-23) November 23, 1998 (age 26)	Georgetown
28	Imani Dorsey	LB/LW	(1996-03-21) March 21, 1996 (age 29)	Duke Blue Devils
	Bruninha	RB	(2002-06-16) June 16, 2002 (age 22)	Santos FC
Midfielders
5	Nicole Baxter	DM/CM/AM	(1994-05-24) May 24, 1994 (age 31)	Asarums IF
6	Jennifer Cudjoe	CM/AM	(1994-03-07) March 7, 1994 (age 31)	Racing Louisville
7	McCall Zerboni (captain)	CM/AM	(1986-12-13) December 13, 1986 (age 38)	North Carolina Courage
8	Taryn Torres	MF	(1999-04-23) April 23, 1999 (age 26)	University of Virginia
9	Nahomi Kawasumi	LW/AM/FW	(1985-09-23) September 23, 1985 (age 39)	OL Reign
14	Delanie Sheehan	MF	(1999-01-13) January 13, 1999 (age 26)	UCLA
16	Allie Long	CM	(1987-08-13) August 13, 1987 (age 37)	OL Reign	On maternity leave
17	Domi Richardson	DM/CM/CB	(1992-10-18) October 18, 1992 (age 32)	Free agent	^[12]
19	Kristie Mewis	AM	(1991-02-25) February 25, 1991 (age 34)	San Diego Wave FC
	Victoria Pickett	MF	(1996-08-12) August 12, 1996 (age 28)	Kansas City Current
Forwards
2	Cameron Tucker	FW	(1999-07-15) July 15, 1999 (age 25)	BYU
4	Paige Monaghan	RW/FW	(1996-11-13) November 13, 1996 (age 28)	Butler Bulldogs
13	Kumi Yokoyama	FW	(1993-08-13) August 13, 1993 (age 31)	Washington Spirit
20	Taylor Smith	FW	(1993-12-01) December 1, 1993 (age 31)	North Carolina Courage	Claimed off waivers^[13]
20	Évelyne Viens	FW	(1997-02-06) February 6, 1997 (age 28)	South Florida Bulls	Loaned to Kristianstads DFF
23	Margaret Purce	RW/LW/FW/RB	(1995-09-18) September 18, 1995 (age 29)	Portland Thorns FC
25	Ifeoma Onumonu	FW	(1994-02-25) February 25, 1994 (age 31)	OL Reign
44	Jenna Bike	FW	(1998-02-02) February 2, 1998 (age 27)	Boston College Eagles

Front Office
Position	Name
General manager and head of soccer operations	Yael Averbuch West
Interim head of business operations	Kristin Bernert
Assistant general manager	Nathán Goldberg Crenier
Director of communications	Mike Kowalsky
Technical Staff
Interim head coach	Hue Menzies
Assistant coach	Beverly Goebel Yanez
Assistant coach	Becki Tweed
Goalkeeper coach	Brody Sams
High performance director	Philip Congleton
Head physical therapist	Joelle Muro
Head athletic trainer	Sara Carpentieri

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NC	WAS	NJY	ORL
1	North Carolina Courage	6	3	3	0	12	7	+5	12	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–2	2–0	1–0
2	Washington Spirit	6	2	4	0	12	7	+5	10	Advance to knockout stage based on ranking	2–2	—	1–1	4–1
3	NJ/NY Gotham FC	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3	6		1–1	1–3	—	1–1
4	Orlando Pride	6	0	2	4	4	11	−7	2		2–4	0–0	0–1	—

March 19, 2022	North Carolina Courage	2–0	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EST	Pinto 22' (Pickett) Erceg 51' (Berkely)	Report	Cudjoe 46'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 2,537 Referee: Karen Callado

March 25, 2022	Washington Spirit	1–1	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Leesburg, Virginia
19:30 EST	Brooks 37' 65' Rodman 55' Hatch 61'	Report	Mewis 23' (pen.) Lewandowski 90+1' Torres 90+3'	Stadium: Segra Field Attendance: 3,421 Referee: Alyssa Nichols

2022 NJ/NY Gotham FC season

Ownership changes

Coaching changes

Management changes

Team

First-team roster

Staff

Competitions

Challenge Cup

Standings

Matches

Regular season

Matches

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Squad statistics

Goalscorers

Clean sheets

Transfers

NWSL Expansion Draft

NWSL Draft

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans out

New contracts

References

External links

Related Articles

March 30, 2022	Orlando Pride	0–1	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Orlando, Florida
19:00 EST	Strom 4'	Report	Krieger 26' Zerboni 53' Purce 83' (Jean)	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 3,551 Referee: Anya Voigt

April 3, 2022	NJ/NY Gotham FC	1–1	North Carolina Courage	Harrison, New Jersey
15:00 EST	Monaghan 24' Richardson 50' Cudjoe 80' Onumonu 84' (Mewis)	Report	Berkely 76' Debinha 25'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 1,408 Referee: Laura Rodriguez

April 17, 2022	NJ/NY Gotham FC	1–3	Washington Spirit	Harrison, New Jersey
15:00 EST	Kawasumi 4' Dorsey 30'	Report	Sanchez 24' Rodman 39' (O'Hara), 75' (Sanchez) Aylmer 53'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 2,061 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

April 23, 2022	NJ/NY Gotham FC	1–1	Orlando Pride	Harrison, New Jersey
19:00 EST	Mewis 45+1' (pen.) Zerboni 72'	Report	Jónsdóttir 10' (James)	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 2,734 Referee: Jeremy Scheer

May 1, 2022 1	Orlando Pride	0–3	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Orlando, Florida
19:00 EDT	Megan Montefusco 53'	Report	Zerboni 29' (Purce) Purce 30' (Dorsey) Mewis 41' (Purce) Zerboni 78'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 4,304 Referee: Natalie Simon

May 7, 2022 2	San Diego Wave FC	4–0	NJ/NY Gotham FC	San Diego, California
19:00 PDT	Morgan 45+1' (pen.), 66' (pen.), 70', 90+1'	Report	Dydasco 45+6' Jean 88'	Stadium: Torero Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alex Billeter

May 14, 2022 3	NJ/NY Gotham FC	v	North Carolina Courage	Harrison, New Jersey
		Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Note: Postponed; 11 players unavailable due to COVID-19 protocols

May 22, 2022 4	NY/NJ Gotham FC	0–1	Racing Louisville FC	Harrison, New Jersey
17:00 EDT	Johnson 19' Baxter 69'	Report	Milliet 13' (McDonald) Howell 73' Olofsson 90+4'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 2,672 Referee: Thomas Snyder

May 29, 2022 5	Angel City FC	0–1	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Los Angeles, California
17:00 PDT		Report	Dorsey 13' Mewis 18' Purce 45+2' Onumonu 57' (Purce)	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 18,784 Referee: Malik Badawi

June 4, 2022 6	NJ/NY Gotham FC	1–0	Washington Spirit	Harrison, New Jersey
19:00 PDT	Purce 21' (Onumonu) Monaghan 74' Betos 88'	Report	Goff 90+8'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 6,433 Referee: John Griggs

July 16, 2022 11	Portland Thorns FC	5–0	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Portland, Oregon
19:30 PDT	Porter 5' Moultrie 7' (Ryan) Everett 11' (Weaver) Pogarch 33' Betfort 65' (Pogarch) Weaver 80'	Report	Dydasco 30'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 16,870 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	4	1	17	16	46	−30	13	1	1	9	8	22	−14	3	0	8	8	24	−16

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Stadium	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D
Position	1	7	8	10	10	5	7	8	10	8	9	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	College
2	24	Kelly Ann Livingstone	DF	Georgetown
3	34	Hensley Hancuff	GK	Clemson
4	46	Raleigh Loughman	MF	Michigan

June 11, 2022 7	Kansas City Current	1–0	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 CDT	Hamilton 84' (Rodriguez)	Report	Torres 53'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 5,695 Referee: Samantha Martinez

June 19, 2022 8	NJ/NY Gotham FC	0–3	San Diego Wave FC	Harrison, New Jersey
13:00 EDT	Mewis 44'	Report	Morgan 19' (Kornieck), 43' (Jakobsson) McNabb 31' Doniak 69' (Morgan) Taylor 82' van Egmond 86' Schimmer 88'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 7,145 Referee: Alyssa Nichols

July 2, 2022 9	NJ/NY Gotham FC	0–3	Chicago Red Stars	Harrison, New Jersey
19:00 EDT	Dydasco 39' Zerboni 64'	Report	Luebbert 16' (Stevens) DiBernardo 25' (Milazzo) Stevens 84' (Nagasato)	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 3,499 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

July 8, 2022 10	Racing Louisville FC	1–2	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Louisville, Kentucky
17:00 EDT	Lester 58' DeMelo 67', 90+1' Howell 85'	Report	Dydasco 23' Dorsey 24' Monaghan 25' (Sheehan) Zerboni 43' Cudjoe 74' Smith 80' (Kawasumi)	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 5,771 Referee: Danielle Chesky

July 31, 2022 12	NJ/NY Gotham FC	2–4	Houston Dash	Harrison, New Jersey
14:00 EDT	Monaghan 4' (Smith), 45+2' Purce 82' (Jean)	Report	Freeman 18' (o.g.) Groom 36' (Sánchez) Schmidt 70' (Viggiano) Salmon 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 5,631 Referee: Adorae Monroy

August 7, 2022 13	Chicago Red Stars	2–0	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
15:00 CDT	Milazzo 45+5' (Colaprico) Cook 66' (Pugh)	Report	Mewis 34' Baxter 89' Tucker 90+3'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 5,078 Referee: Kevin Broadley

August 14, 2022 14	OL Reign	4–1	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Seattle, Washington
12:00 PDT	Lavelle 15' (Rapinoe) Rapinoe 42' (pen.), 69' (Huitema) Freeman 73' (o.g.) Barnes 87' Heath 90'	Report	Johnson 24' Jean 41' Smith 72' (Onumonu)	Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 7,048^[17] Referee: Matthew Corrigan

August 17, 2022 15	Houston Dash	2–1	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Houston, Texas
17:30 CDT	Salmon 73' Viggiano 76' (Schmidt) Campbell 79'	Report	Purce 24' 58' Onumonu 58' Zerboni 80' (Mewis)	Stadium: PNC Stadium Attendance: 4,753 Referee: Alex Billeter

August 20, 2022 16	NJ/NY Gotham FC	1–2	Orlando Pride	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
16:00 EDT	Dorsey 42' Mewis 75' (Kawasumi)	Report	Listro 6' Celia 49' Watt 73' (Dougherty Howard)	Stadium: Subaru Park Attendance: 4,107 Referee: Katja Koroleva

August 28, 2022 17	NJ/NY Gotham FC	1–3	Angel City FC	Harrison, New Jersey
17:00 EDT	Freeman 36' Monaghan 52'	Report	McCaskill 16' Roccaro 25' Emslie 31' (McCaskill) Haračić 72'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 6,796 Referee: Brandon Stevis

September 4, 2022 3	NJ/NY Gotham FC	0–1	North Carolina Courage	Harrison, New Jersey
17:00 EDT	Dorsey 71'	Report	Nagano 81' Baisden 84'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 3,124 Referee: Danielle Chesky
Note: Rescheduled from May 14

September 11, 2022 18	NJ/NY Gotham FC	0–1	Kansas City Current	Harrison, New Jersey
15:00 EDT		Report	Merrick 2' Mace 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 2,130 Referee: Brad Jensen

September 17, 2022 19	Washington Spirit	2–0	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Washington, D.C.
16:00 EDT	Staab 33' McKeown 51' Hatch 79' Sanchez 86'	Report	Monaghan 29'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 8,781 Referee: Shawn Tehini

September 21, 2022 20	NJ/NY Gotham FC	0–1	OL Reign	Harrison, New Jersey
19:00 EDT	Krieger 57' Bike 84'	Report	Huitema 24' Rapinoe 58' (pen.) Huerta 77' Fishlock 90+1'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 2,274 Referee: Anya Voigt

September 24, 2022 21	North Carolina Courage	3-0	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Cary, North Carolina
16:00 EDT	O'Sullivan 8' Debinha 27' (Pickett), 34' (Williams), 81' (Boade)	Report	Torres 32'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 6,376

October 1, 2022 22	NJ/NY Gotham FC	3–3	Portland Thorns FC	Harrison, New Jersey
15:00 EDT	Kawasumi 39' Onumonu 56' Zerboni 74' Freeman 90 +1'	Report	Smith 44', 45 +1' Weaver 53'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 4,752

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	OL Reign	22	11	7	4	32	19	+13	40	NWSL Shield, Playoffs – semi-finals
2	Portland Thorns FC (C)	22	10	9	3	49	24	+25	39	Playoffs – semi-finals
3	San Diego Wave FC	22	10	6	6	32	21	+11	36	Playoffs – first round
4	Houston Dash	22	10	6	6	35	27	+8	36
5	Kansas City Current	22	10	6	6	29	29	0	36
6	Chicago Red Stars	22	9	6	7	34	28	+6	33
7	North Carolina Courage	22	9	5	8	46	33	+13	32
8	Angel City FC	22	8	5	9	23	27	−4	29
9	Racing Louisville FC	22	5	8	9	23	35	−12	23
10	Orlando Pride	22	5	7	10	22	45	−23	22
11	Washington Spirit	22	3	10	9	26	33	−7	19
12	NJ/NY Gotham FC	22	4	1	17	16	46	−30	13

Date	Player	Pos.	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref.
December 6, 2021 (2021-12-06)	Ali Krieger	DF	Orlando Pride	Acquired in exchange for a first-round pick in the 2022 NWSL Draft, a natural third-round pick in the 2023 NWSL Draft, and $50,000 in allocation money.	^[21]^[22]^[23]
December 6, 2021 (2021-12-06)	Ashlyn Harris	GK	Orlando Pride		^[21]^[22]^[23]
December 16, 2021 (2021-12-16)	Kristie Mewis	MF	Houston Dash (via San Diego Wave FC)	Acquired in exchange for $200,000 in allocation money.	^[21]^[24]
January 11, 2022 (2022-01-11)	Michelle Betos	GK	Racing Louisville FC	Signed off waivers on a two-year contract.	^[21]^[25]
January 31, 2022 (2022-01-31)	Ellie Jean	DF	PSV	Signed to one-year contract with one-year option.	^[21]^[26]
February 17, 2022 (2022-02-17)	Kumi Yokoyama	DF	Washington Spirit	Acquired in exchange for Gotham FC's natural fourth-round pick in the 2023 NWSL Draft.	^[21]^[27]
June 24, 2022 (2022-06-24)	Taylor Smith	DF/FW	North Carolina Courage	Signed off waivers.	^[28]^[29]
June 27, 2022 (2022-06-27)	Jenna Bike	FW	Boston College	Signed as National Team Replacement players.	^[30]
June 27, 2022 (2022-06-27)	Amanda Visco	FW	Apollon Ladies F.C.	Signed as National Team Replacement players.	^[30]
August 22, 2022 (2022-08-22)	Victoria Pickett	MF	Kansas City Current	Acquired in exchange for $200,000 in allocation money and a conditional first-round draft pick in the 2023 NWSL Draft.	^[31]
August 23, 2022 (2022-08-23)	Bruninha	DF	Santos FC	Transferred for an undisclosed fee.	^[32]^[33]^[34]

Date	Player	Pos.	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref.
December 4, 2021 (2021-12-04)	Megan Hinz	GK	None	Contracts expired.	^[21]^[35]
	Lee So-dam	MF
	Kenie Wright	DF
December 4, 2021 (2021-12-04)	Kailen Sheridan	GK	San Diego Wave FC	Traded in exchange for roster protection in the 2022 NWSL Expansion Draft and $130,000 in allocation money.	^[21]^[19]
December 6, 2021 (2021-12-06)	Brianna Pinto	MF	North Carolina Courage	Traded in exchange for $125,000 in allocation money.	^[21]^[36]
December 8, 2021 (2021-12-08)	DiDi Haračić	GK	Angel City FC	Traded in exchange for roster protection in the 2022 NWSL Expansion Draft and $50,000 in allocation money.	^[21]^[20]
December 15, 2021 (2021-12-15)	Mandy McGlynn	GK	Piteå IF	No transfer terms disclosed. Gotham FC retains NWSL playing rights until 2024 pre-season.	^[21]^[37]^[38]
March 11, 2022 (2022-03-11)	Elizabeth Eddy	DF/MF	Houston Dash	Traded in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2023 NWSL Draft.	^[21]
August 19, 2022 (2022-08-19)	Caprice Dydasco	DF	Houston Dash	Traded in exchange for $120,000 in allocation money, and up to $150,000, increasing by $10,000 per playoff appearance.	^[39]^[40]

Start date	End date	Pos.	No.	Nat.	Player	Destination club	Ref.
November 30, 2021 (2021-11-30)	March 28, 2022 (2022-03-28)	DF/MF			Elizabeth Eddy	Newcastle Jets FC	^[21]^[41]
December 16, 2021 (2021-12-16)	End of 2022 NWSL season	FW			Évelyne Viens	Kristianstads DFF	^[21]^[42]