Gotham FC Launches ‘Gotham FC Alliance’ to Identify and Develop Youth Talent
HARRISON, NJ (Friday, December 13, 2024) - NJ/NY Gotham FC today announced the launch of Gotham FC Alliance, in which Gotham FC will team up with clubs in the local market and beyond to identify top youth talent and provide development opportunities to create a professional player pathway.
Through the Alliance, Gotham FC will provide coaching education and development, as well as player identification opportunities to member clubs, with the goal of creating a clear and structured pathway to professional opportunities with Gotham FC and being at the forefront of women’s soccer.
“As we take a step in this new chapter of the women's game, it is important for the club to establish a new approach to collaborating with the clubs who are developing youth players,” said Gotham FC General Manager and Head of Soccer Operations Yael Averbuch West. “In addition to identifying talent, we want to take an active role in supporting youth clubs to help their players flourish and achieve their goals. Gotham FC Alliance will allow us to do this on a grassroots level with existing clubs that have an already impressive development system in place.”
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ABOUT GOTHAM FC
Representing New Jersey and New York with top global players, Gotham FC is one of 14 teams in the National Women’s Soccer League. In 2023, Gotham FC won the NWSL Championship, clinching the club’s first NWSL title, after previously advancing to its first NWSL final appearance in the 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup Final. Rebranded as Gotham FC in 2021, the club plays its home matches at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, NJ. Founded in 2007, the club won the inaugural Women’s Professional Soccer Championship in 2009 and has been a founding member of the NWSL since the league’s establishment in 2013.
