President Joe Biden welcomed National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) champion NY/NJ Gotham FC to the White House on Monday, the first time in the league’s history that a team has received the invite.

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The occasion was an important landmark for the growth of the NWSL — with its champions getting recognized alongside their peers in other top American professional sports leagues — and a moment for

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,

NJ/NY Gotham FC will become the first NWSL team to visit the White House for a championship celebration when President Joe Biden welcomes them on Monday.

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,

Well, good morning. For the first time — for the first time in National Women's Soccer League history, welcome to the White House to the 2023 championships [champions] the Gotham F.C. (Applause.) It's so good to be joined by so many friends from New York and New Jersey — (applause) — team owners, the Tisch family —

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