Overview
- Gotham beat defending champion Orlando 1-0 in the semifinal, with Jaedyn Shaw scoring in the seventh minute of stoppage time from a free kick that skipped past goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse.
- Ann-Katrin Berger secured the clean sheet with multiple key stops, including tipping Oihane Hernández’s header over the bar in the 100th minute.
- Gotham will play the Washington Spirit for the title on Nov. 22 at PayPal Park in San Jose at 8 p.m. ET, airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
- Orlando controlled long stretches before a crowd of 15,714 at Inter&Co Stadium but could not convert their chances.
- The lowest seed’s route to the final includes an extra-time upset of No. 1 Kansas City, with midseason addition Shaw scoring in both playoff victories.