NJ/NJ Gotham FC, which trains in Morris County and plays in Harrison, was the first NWSL team to be honored with a presidential visit.

President Joe Biden on Monday said “a woman can do anything a man can do ... including being president of the United States,” as he welcomed the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League champions Gotham FC,

Only once before had an American women's club team visited the White House, with then-President Barack Obama welcoming WPS champion Sky Blue FC — Gotham's precursor — in 2010. Biden celebrated Gotham FC's worst-to-first story,