The Good Sport Guide to Women's Sports in NYC: June 1st - 7th

Liberty & Gotham back in the W column. This week's games. And more. Here's your weekly digest of all things women's sports in NYC.

Happy Pride Month! I’m cooking up a Good Sport NYC casual pride event for sometime this month…stay tuned. Maybe you’ll meet your next gf, bf, soul mate, teammate, enemy-to-lover…anything is possible.

Yesterday I went to the Gotham FC game against the Houston Dash, courtesy of The Echo, which is the independent supporter’s group for our hockey team, the PWHL Sirens. The Sirens are not in season right now, but the founder of The Echo, Trish Golden, has been keeping the events calendar busy with group outings to support NYC’s other W sports teams. Apart from Gotham winning 1-0, I had the best soft pretzel I’ve ever had in a stadium. And I’ve had genuinely dozens.

Thanks to Trish and The Echo for inviting us and for all of her work building the community around women’s hockey. Can’t wait for the next Sirens season.

Speaking of soccer…On the latest episode of the Good Sport NYC podcast, Anumita Jain of the Bat Signal joined me for a deep dive on Gotham FC. We talked about our heater of a roster, strengths and weaknesses as a team, and Gotham’s struggle with low-tier attendance despite top-tier play. Give it a listen if you haven’t yet, wherever you get your podcasts.

5 things to know from last week

1. Gotham FC bounces back from losses abroad. The CONCACAF finals were bad for us <3 but as Anumita predicted on last week’s podcast, the bats bounced back for regular season play with a 1-0 win yesterday against the Dash. I have to shout out this cross from Midge Purce —> Bicycle kick shot from Esther González that was incredibly sick, even if it didn’t result in a goal.

2. Gotham’s got a goal scorer in rookie Jordan Dudley. Our first-year forward got her second goal of her NWSL career, and it was a beauty. Incredible ball handling, evading the defender, perfect shot placement. Watch it here. I am so glad she’s on our team.

3. The Liberty snap 3 game losing streak. We beat the Mercury in b2b wins last week, breaking a brutal string of Ls. Our defense looked better, we rebounded better, and there seemed to be more cohesion on the court. Yay. The rook Paulline Astier played excellente, and snagged player of the game for her efforts during Friday’s matchup. Allez.

4. Extremely cute Ellie x fan moment. They helicoptered their braids together <3 This actually was so precious. The way the hype squad member held the little girl tickled me beyond compare. I will see if he is at the next game and available to do that for me.

5. The Exiles did a graphic tee tunnel fit moment. Or maybe this is just a crazy coincidence. See ‘em all here. My fav was Daddy’s little meatball.

What to watch this week

Wednesday 6/03

🏀 The Liberty play the Toronto Tempo at home at 8:00 pm ET. It’s our first home game against the expansion team. Watch it the USA Network or League Pass.

Saturday 6/06

🏀 The Liberty play the Indiana Fever at home at 8:00 pm ET. Watch it on CBS or League Pass.

Sunday 6/07

🏉 NY Exiles play the Twin Cities Gemini in MN at 4:00 pm ET. Watch it on the Women’s Sports Network.

The Scene Report

Here’s some fun stuff going on in the NYC W sports scene.

NewFest is hosting the New York premiere of The Brittney Griner Story on June 1st in Gansevoort Plaza. This documentary follows Griner’s journey from playing abroad to her detention in Russia, her fight for freedom, and her work to help other wrongfully detained Americans. You can also stream the film through the NewFest site.

Every Wednesday, Blazers hosts the Sports Adjacent Comedy Show, and this week’s edition is a special new material night from 6:30pm - 7:30pm. Dream plan: Attending Sports Adjacent, then watching the Libs play at 8pm…

Before you go…

Thanks for reading! Good Sport hit 100 subs last week. Pretty good for three weeks, eh?

New goal: 1,000 by September 1st. Send this to someone in NYC who loves women’s sports :) I’ll love you forever if you do.