{"id":260711,"date":"2026-09-01T19:48:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T19:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/rose-lavelle-to-re-sign-with-gotham-fc-equalizer-soccer\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T19:48:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T19:48:33","slug":"rose-lavelle-to-re-sign-with-gotham-fc-equalizer-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/rose-lavelle-to-re-sign-with-gotham-fc-equalizer-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"Rose Lavelle to re-sign with Gotham FC \u2013 Equalizer Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rose Lavelle is staying in New York. <\/p>\n

According to Jeff Kassouf, founder of The Equalizer and contributor at ESPN, the midfielder has signed a deal through the 2029 National Women\u2019s Soccer League<\/a><\/strong> season. Furthermore, the deal, according to ESPN,<\/a> will include the league\u2019s new High Impact Player (HIP) rule.<\/p>\n

While Gotham FC has not confirmed the signing \u2014 nor the dollar amount \u2014 Kassouf reported that the deal will exceed the league\u2019s salary cap. Each club has a base cap of $3.5 million for a 22-to-26 player roster.<\/p>\n

Lavelle was set to become a free agent at the conclusion of the 2026 NWSL season. The U.S. women\u2019s national team<\/a><\/strong> midfielder has started 46 of 56 matches for Gotham, since joining the club in 2024. She has scored 16 goals and provided three assists. Lavelle scored the game-winning goal in the 2025 NWSL Championship against the Washington Spirit.<\/p>\n

Previously, Lavelle featured for the Seattle Reign from 2021-23, the Washington Spirit from 2018-19 and the former Boston Breakers in 2017. Additionally, she played one season in England\u2019s FA Women\u2019s Super League with Manchester City, where she started three matches in 16 appearances.<\/p>\n

Lavelle, who hails from Cincinnati, Ohio, has scored 29 goals in 122 appearances for the United States. She was on the 2019 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup-winning squad, and holds a bronze medal from the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and a gold medal from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. She is a two-time Concacaf Women\u2019s Championship winner, as well.<\/p>\n


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Credit: Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images Rose Lavelle is staying in New York. According to Jeff Kassouf, founder of The Equalizer and contributor at ESPN, the midfielder has signed a deal through the 2029 National Women\u2019s Soccer League season. Furthermore, the deal, according to ESPN, will include the league\u2019s new High Impact Player (HIP) rule. While Gotham […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":260712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-260711","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}