# Gotham FC 2026 NWSL Season Preview with LDG and Cloud 9 Members Nat and Marge!

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Podcast: [The Women's Soccer Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-women-s-soccer-podcast-6589593)
Published: 2026-03-09T16:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In today's episode, LDG previews the Gotham FC 2026 NWSL season alongside Cloud 9 members Nat and Marge! Over the course of today's conversation, Nat, Marge and I talk about Gotham’s incredible championship run and break down everything that’s happened since the final whistle in San Jose and the NYC victory parade. First off, we’ll look back at the rollercoaster ride that was last season, from making the playoffs on the goal differential tiebreaker to knocking off shield-winners KC Current and reigning champions Orlando Pride en route to winning the NWSL Championship against Washington. Then we’ll react to the Jaedyn Shaw signing and what it means immediately for Gotham and what it could mean in the future. Next up, we dig into Gotham's offseason, talking about expectations and hopes we had going into the offseason, and what surprises occurred. We looked at the signings of NWSL veteran Sav McCaskill, rookies like Andrea Kitahata and Jordynn Dudley, as well as the importance of Midge Purce staying with the team and the re-signings of Kayla Duran and Katie Stengel. With every offseason, players also depart the club, and we talked about how those players' departures impact the club, specifically touching upon Ella Stevens and Josefine Hasbo moving to expansion side Boston Legacy, Gabi Portilho to San Diego Wave FC, and Stella Nyamekye to Brann. We then look ahead to the future and play a fun game, determining which three players whose contracts will expire beyond the 2026 season we would want the club to re-sign, with stars like Ann-Katrin Berger, Rose Lavelle, Jess Carter, and more included. To wrap up the episode, we bring back our classic 5-4-3-2-1 format as a series of quick questions that provide us with some predictions and wishes as we head into the new season. Tha…

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