2-1 Houston is your final score. Houston steal all 3 points after a great overall performance from Gotham. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

Goal given. 2-1 Houston with just seconds left. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

Goooooooooool! #DashOn #NWSL #GFCvHOU

Wow. Houston look to have stolen all 3 points off of an Alozie goal in stoppage time. VAR is intervening though. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

3 minutes of stoppage time. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

More Gotham subs. Portilho and Freeman come off for Duran and Bruninha. 2 minutes plus stoppage time to go. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

For those experiencing issues with the stream on Paramount+, the one on NWSL+ is still working. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

Another Gotham sub. Schupansky comes out for Torres #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

A 2+ hour weather break seems excessive, right? #GFCvHOU #NWSL

Gotham has pretty much picked up where they left off pre-weather delay. Been a very good first five or so minutes for them. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

Changes for Gotham as the game restarts. Lavelle and Stengel come off for Cook and Harper. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

Game will restart in two minutes at the 62:17 mark. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

We are about halfway through warmups and are still on track to restart at 7:50 PM. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

🚨🚨🚨 Warmups to begin at 7:28 with an expected restart at 7:50 PM. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

Keep your fingers crossed for the next seven minutes everyone. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

Earliest restart time for this game is approximately 6:04 PM. Clock will reset for every subsequent strike. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

Seems like we’ve entered a lightning delay here in New Jersey. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

A really unfortunate own-goal for Gotham given how well they’d played to that point. It wasn’t even that egregious of a back pass, just a little too hard and just out of Berger’s reach. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

Halftime, 1-0 to Gotham. As good of a half as Gotham have played in a long time. Getting the early goal was crucial and even more impressively they’ve kept Houston shotless in this 1st half. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

5 minutes of stoppage time. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

Rose Lavelle is feeling it today, a great piece of skill sets up Portilho but the Brazilian pulls her shot wide of goal. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

Strong first 20 from Gotham. Created a good amount of chances, played a minimal amount of time in their own half, and of course got that crucial opening goal. Still a long way to go but a good start towards getting all 3 points. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

Esther is gonna win the golden boot I think #GFCvHOU #NWSL

Also, it’s very hot today in New Jersey, about 15-20ish degrees hotter than it was last week. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

1-0 to Gotham. Much needed early goal as Esther gets back on the scoresheet just after Lavelle smacked one off the post. Portilho also picks her first assist since April. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

The Sports Illustrated Stadium field does look better than last week, but both 18 yard boxes still look pretty beat up. #GothamFC #GFCvHOU #NWSL

A photo of GothamFC players warming up before playing the Houston Dash on 2025-08-17.

Gotham warming up!

#NWSL #soccer #GothamFC #GFCvHOU

#GFCvHOU NWSL Availability Report

Gotham FC
OUT: Tierna Davidson (SEI – knee), Geyse (suspension), Midge Purce (thigh), Ella Stevens (knee)

Houston Dash
OUT: Ramona Bachmann (SEI), Elizabeth Beardsley (D45 – hand), Ryan Gareis (concussion protocol), Barbara Olivieri (excused), Amanda West (SEI)