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Gotham FC Honored in NYC as NWSL Final Sets TV Audience Record

Rose Lavelle’s late winner capped an eighth-seed title run that the club says it will carry into January’s FIFA Women’s Champions Cup.

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Team members pose for a team photo during a ceremony at New York City Hall celebrating Gotham FC’s 2025 Championship season Monday, Nov. 24, 2025 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News)
A double-decker sightseeing bus filled with celebrating players from a women’s soccer team rides through a city street during a championship parade. Confetti fills the air as the athletes, many holding phones and wearing team gear, wave to cheering crowds. The back of the bus displays a large sign reading “Gotham Football Club – Champions,” and tall buildings and an American flag hang in the background.

Overview

  • New York City staged a Lower Manhattan procession to City Hall, where Mayor Eric Adams presented keys to the city and lit municipal buildings sky blue, with 500 free viewing tickets offered for the ceremony.
  • The championship on CBS and Paramount+ averaged 1.184 million viewers, the most for any NWSL game, up 22% from 2024 and peaking at 1.55 million, according to the league.
  • Gotham defeated the Washington Spirit 1-0 at San Jose’s PayPal Park on Nov. 22, with Rose Lavelle scoring in the 80th minute and earning match MVP before a sellout crowd of 18,000.
  • Entering the postseason as the No. 8 seed, Gotham became the first eighth-seed to win the NWSL title after road upsets of top-seeded Kansas City and defending champion Orlando.
  • Fresh off winning the inaugural CONCACAF W Champions Cup in May, Gotham says its next objective is the inaugural FIFA Women’s Champions Cup in London in January 2026.