Gotham FC is atop the NWSL table and tied for best goal differential at plus-12. The reigning league champion is unbeaten in seven straight and has kept a league-high 12 clean sheets. Kansas City has managed only six points in its past six games and each opponent in that run has scored. Current (as in the K.C. nickname) leading scorer Temwa Chawinga (9G, 2A) is away on international duty for Malawi, and third-leading scorer and No. 2 assister Michelle Cooper (4G, 3A) is questionable with an injury. When the teams last met in late June, Gotham FC won 2-0 at a neutral site in Columbus as part of the NWSL Challenge Cup.
