NJ/NY Gotham FC drew a record crowd of 15,058 to Red Bull Arena on Sunday night (including Sam Kerr, Eli Manning and Roger Bennett), but they fell to the visiting San Diego Wave 1-0 after Makenzy Doniak (a halftime substitute) scored just 44 seconds into the second half.
The 29-year-old's second goal of the season helped the Wave move level on points with the Portland Thorns at the top of the NWSL table. Gotham are two points back in fourth-place after 10 games.
INSTANT OFFENSE.
45 seconds after subbing on, @makenzy_allyson & @JaedynShaw11 team up for the Wave goal! pic.twitter.com/moKvmzN9kW— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) June 4, 2023
Doniak was then given post-match interview honors on CBSSN, but San Diego goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan made sure that she also fulfilled her responsibility of holding stuff.
hey mak could you hold this for a sec? thx pic.twitter.com/EOpJ70i5Ni
— San Diego Wave FC (@sandiegowavefc) June 5, 2023
Here are some more post-match images.
The ship of dreams.
Sports, man. pic.twitter.com/qaoNbC9pu7— NJ/NY Gotham FC (@GothamFC) June 5, 2023
ASquared reunited. Mom’s version.@ALLIE_LONG x @alexmorgan13 pic.twitter.com/Qxrexd5b9w
— NJ/NY Gotham FC (@GothamFC) June 5, 2023
Matchday 10 finishes Monday night with Angel City welcoming the Chicago Red Stars to BMO Stadium at 10 p.m. ET on Paramount+.