{"id":31377,"date":"2025-09-04T08:10:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/esther-gonzalez-the-nwsl-one-of-the-strongest-womens-leagues-in-the-world\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T08:10:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:10:35","slug":"esther-gonzalez-the-nwsl-one-of-the-strongest-womens-leagues-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/esther-gonzalez-the-nwsl-one-of-the-strongest-womens-leagues-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Esther Gonz\u00e1lez: The NWSL, one of the strongest women’s leagues in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"The outstanding Spanish footballer Esther Gonz\u00e1lez, currently a figure in the NWSL, has expressed her conviction about the strength and competitiveness of this American league. After her arrival at Gotham FC in 2023, from Real Madrid, Gonz\u00e1lez has been impressed by the level of play and the quality she observes in the competition.\n\n

“I am sure that this league is one of the strongest. It is not easy to come and play here, and that shows that you have to prepare a lot, both physically and mentally.”<\/p>Esther Gonz\u00e1lez<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nGonz\u00e1lez, 32, highlights the stability offered by the NWSL compared to other leagues. The player points out that the permanence of foreign players in the league is an indication of the protection and positive environment that exists in the clubs.\n\nThe forward has had the opportunity to face great figures of football, including the legendary Marta of Orlando Pride and Brazil. Gonz\u00e1lez describes the experience of playing against Marta as shocking, highlighting her incredible level of play and her idol status for many female soccer players.\n\nIn her time in the NWSL, Gonz\u00e1lez has left a significant mark, including the winning goal in the 2023 championship, which gave Gotham its first league title. She currently leads the NWSL goalscoring chart with 12 goals.\n\nGonz\u00e1lez has also expressed his ambitions with the Spanish national team, after winning the 2023 World Cup, he now has his sights set on the 2027 Women’s World Cup to be held in Brazil.\n\nThe soccer player seeks to repeat the successes with Spain and conquer another important title, showing her desire to participate in the tournament in Brazil and experience the football passion of the country.\n\n

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Esther Gonz\u00e1lez, estrella espa\u00f1ola, anot\u00f3 el gol decisivo para Gotham en el campeonato de la NWSL de 2023. ROBYN BECK\/AFP v\u00eda Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n“I think we are also in that moment now, maybe in the standings, in some games we didn’t have the ability to win and get the points, and that’s why we are now struggling a bit to get into the playoffs, but we are confident that we will achieve it. We are working hard to make that happen and also to try to be in those games and try to win them.”","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The outstanding Spanish footballer Esther Gonz\u00e1lez, currently a figure in the NWSL, has expressed her conviction about the strength and competitiveness of this American league. After her arrival at Gotham FC in 2023, from Real Madrid, Gonz\u00e1lez has been impressed by the level of play and the quality she observes in the competition. “I am […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2271,2272,798,3030],"class_list":{"0":"post-31377","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-esther-gonzalez","9":"tag-gotham-fc","10":"tag-nwsl","11":"tag-spain"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}