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Gotham FC, the 2025 NWSL champion, has not received an invitation to visit the White House following its title, a club spokesperson told Front Office Sports.
The New Jersey–based women’s soccer club made history as the first NWSL team to visit the White House in September 2024, following its November 2023 championship, when Joe Biden was still the sitting president. But no return visit appears to be in the offing.
The Gotham spokesperson told FOS that the team “won’t speculate on hypotheticals,” when asked about whether they would visit the White House if invited.
This news comes after USA Todayreported Tuesday that the Las Vegas Aces—which won the WNBA title in October—have not received a White House invitation, per a team spokesperson.
The White House has not responded to a request for comment.
The Orlando Pride, which won the 2024 NWSL championship, did not visit the White House in the year following its victory. The 2024 WNBA championship-winning New York Liberty also did not visit the White House in 2025, but met with the Obama family on a June 2025 trip to Washington. (Both teams won their titles in the final months of the Biden administration.)
During Trump’s second term, he has hosted myriad championship-winning sports teams, including 2025 MLS Cup champions Inter Miami, as well as the NHL’s Panthers, MLB’s Dodgers, NFL’s Eagles, Indiana football, and the U.S. men’s hockey team. The only women’s team that he has hosted for a solo visit as president was the 2019 NCAA title-winning Baylor women’s basketball team.
Trump also hosted several NCAA championship-winning teams on April 21, including four women’s teams in Texas A&M volleyball, Georgia tennis, Youngstown State bowling, and Florida State soccer.
Trump invited the gold-medal-winning U.S. women’s hockey team to his February State of the Union address in a phone call to the men’s hockey team—a call that drew backlash because he joked about facing impeachment if he didn’t invite the women’s team. The women declined the invite, citing scheduling concerns, but Trump said in the speech that the women’s team would eventually join him at the White House.
A USA Hockey spokesperson told FOS in February that “any opportunity to visit the White House as a team will be based on their schedules once their seasons conclude.” But with the PWHL and NCAA hockey seasons complete, a visit has not happened yet. USA Hockey has not responded to a follow-up on whether one is planned.
The Panthers visited in January after winning the Stanley Cup last summer. The other most recent major men’s pro sports title winners have yet to visit, though.
The 2025 World Series–winning Dodgers team accepted an invite in February, but haven’t actually visited—including when they played the Nationals in D.C. this April—and the Thunder turned theirs down, citing a scheduling conflict. As of March, the Super Bowl–winning Seahawks have not received an invite, and the team hasn’t responded to an inquiry on whether that still holds.
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The New Jersey–based women’s soccer club made history as the first NWSL team to visit the White House in September 2024, following its November 2023 championship, when Joe Biden was still the sitting president. But no return visit appears to be in the offing.
The Gotham spokesperson told FOS that the team “won’t speculate on hypotheticals,” when asked about whether they would visit the White House if invited.
This news comes after USA Todayreported Tuesday that the Las Vegas Aces—which won the WNBA title in October—have not received a White House invitation, per a team spokesperson.
The White House has not responded to a request for comment.
The Orlando Pride, which won the 2024 NWSL championship, did not visit the White House in the year following its victory. The 2024 WNBA championship-winning New York Liberty also did not visit the White House in 2025, but met with the Obama family on a June 2025 trip to Washington. (Both teams won their titles in the final months of the Biden administration.)
During Trump’s second term, he has hosted myriad championship-winning sports teams, including 2025 MLS Cup champions Inter Miami, as well as the NHL’s Panthers, MLB’s Dodgers, NFL’s Eagles, Indiana football, and the U.S. men’s hockey team. The only women’s team that he has hosted for a solo visit as president was the 2019 NCAA title-winning Baylor women’s basketball team.
Trump also hosted several NCAA championship-winning teams on April 21, including four women’s teams in Texas A&M volleyball, Georgia tennis, Youngstown State bowling, and Florida State soccer.
Trump invited the gold-medal-winning U.S. women’s hockey team to his February State of the Union address in a phone call to the men’s hockey team—a call that drew backlash because he joked about facing impeachment if he didn’t invite the women’s team. The women declined the invite, citing scheduling concerns, but Trump said in the speech that the women’s team would eventually join him at the White House.
A USA Hockey spokesperson told FOS in February that “any opportunity to visit the White House as a team will be based on their schedules once their seasons conclude.” But with the PWHL and NCAA hockey seasons complete, a visit has not happened yet. USA Hockey has not responded to a follow-up on whether one is planned.
The Panthers visited in January after winning the Stanley Cup last summer. The other most recent major men’s pro sports title winners have yet to visit, though.
The 2025 World Series–winning Dodgers team accepted an invite in February, but haven’t actually visited—including when they played the Nationals in D.C. this April—and the Thunder turned theirs down, citing a scheduling conflict. As of March, the Super Bowl–winning Seahawks have not received an invite, and the team hasn’t responded to an inquiry on whether that still holds.
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