The Local W

Han Xu (韩旭) is back in seafoam! 🗽 Today's video from NY Liberty Practice. youtu.be/rDeKiq_IvAs

And that’s just another #GothamFC WIN folks 🤭✨

Jaedyn Shaw: scoring goals, serving fits, celebrating her heritage ❤️🇻🇳 Learn more about the looks she’s worn for AANHPI Heritage Month: bit.ly/4detHcE

The 2023 NWSL Championship was one for the books 🌟 Run it back tonight at 10PM ET as Seattle Reign takes on Gotham FC once again (with a few new faces)! 📺 @victoryplustv

Today’s Availability Report at Seattle Reign FC pres. by @RWJBarnabas

Pauline Astier post game interview. Great insight of her chemistry with Marine Johannes , Her breaking Ny liberty rookie records and the importance on bouncing back from the previous game. Also love how JJ stayed to make sure her rookie wasn’t alone 😭😭😭

Gotta love a good ol' French connection 🇫🇷 Pauline ➡️ @MarineJ5 🪄 | #LIGHTITUPNYL🗽

The New York Liberty have exercised Leonie Fiebich’s fourth-year rookie option, extending her contract through the 2027 season. Congrats, Leo! 🦁🗽

Revisiting this piece I wrote for @TheLocalW in May 2023 about an #NWSL team in NYC, touching on whether Gotham would move there. Exactly three years later, and so much has changed! thelocalw.com/could-an-nwsl-…

Now official: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S HOCKEY LEAGUE EXPANDS TO LAS VEGAS AND HAMILTON, ONTARIO WITH 2026-27 SEASON DEBUT Home games to be played at T-Mobile Arena (PWHL Las Vegas) and TD Coliseum (PWHL Hamilton) Press conferences to take place in Las Vegas (today at 1 p.m. PT / 4 p.m. ET at T-Mobile Arena) and Hamilton (Thursday at 10:30 a.m. ET at TD Coliseum)

Marine Johannès has totaled 50 points in her first three games of the season after putting up 8 points in the first quarter at Portland, marking her first time scoring at least 50 combined points in a three-game span since 2022.

Pauline Astier joined Sabrina Ionescu and Rebecca Lobo as the only rookies in Liberty franchise history to begin their careers with at least 30 points and 10 assists through their first three career games.

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Pauline Astier is the first rookie in WNBA history to total at least 20 points and 10 assists with no more than 2 turnovers through her first 2 career games.

Took the show on the road and got the W 🌟 #SEAFOAMSZN | #LIGHTITUPNYL🗽

Pauline Astier joins Teresa Weatherspoon, Anna Cruz and Sabrina Ionescu as the only Liberty rookies to record at least 12 points, seven assists and five rebounds in a single game. Both Astier and Ionescu did so in the second game of their respective careers.

Marine Johannès became just the third player in WNBA history to make at least 10 3-pointers in her first 2 games of a season. Johannès also joined Nikki McCray (2000) as the only players in league history to begin a season with consecutive games of 5+ 3PM.

Sam Kroeger has broken the record for single-season assists with her set-up for Rebecca Cooke's goal against Lexington 🏆 Congrats, Sam! 🤩 #BrooklynFC | #LEXvBKN

Our team to face @LexSporting 🐎 Come on, Brooklyn! 👊 #BrooklynFC | #LEXvBKN

@AliyahFun @alikrieger @S10Bird @GothamFC Full video here: youtu.be/haYmcbTtZNE

two legends, one stage. it was such an honor to moderate a conversation between two ICONS, @alikrieger and @S10Bird 🫶 love you, @gothamfc!!

@pcattry Full Video here: youtu.be/qnSjXphKzdU

Emma Hayes rocks up to see Gotham take on the Boston Legacy — and in what might be a custom shirt bearing a Karl Lagerfeld quote she was also full of praise of Zohran Mamdani’s $5 ticket initiative for its accessibility #USWNT