With the clock winding down and a spot within the NWSL playoffs on the road, NJ/NY Gotham FC wanted a magical second, and midfielder Rose Lavelle supplied it. The U.S. ladies’s nationwide group participant delivered a surprising equalizer towards Racing Louisville FC, which snatched a vital level in a 2-2 draw and ensured Gotham’s place within the 2025 NWSL postseason. 

Lavelle scored the objective off a dead-ball state of affairs. Gotham earned a free kick in a harmful spot within the closing third, and the veteran midfielder took her place over the mark. She struck the ball along with her left for a medical end, displaying off equal components technical brilliance and sheer will. 

She confirmed her veteran presence in a giant second and solely wanted a bit step to get behind a sensational effort. The goalkeeper was frozen for only a second, maybe questioning if Lavelle would go far publish, and that little hesitation gave the American star sufficient time to twist the ball over the wall and into the objective.

With the draw, Gotham are on 36 factors and are at present the seven seed forward of the ultimate day of the common season on Nov. 2. Because of conceding that late objective, the dropped factors depart Louisville within the eighth spot, forward of the final recreation with the North Carolina Braveness two factors again.