Chelsea Women's star striker Sam Kerr is set to sign for NWSL side Gotham FC on a free transfer following the expiry of her contract with the Blues. The 32-year-old Australia striker announced her exit from the eight-time Women’s Super League champions in May, ending a six-and-a-half-year stay that featured five WSL titles, three FA Cups, three League Cups and 116 goals in 158 appearances, the joint-most in the club’s history. Sam Kerr won two consecutive WSL Golden Boot awards in 2020-21 and 2021-22 as Chelsea won the league. In October 2023, she came second in the Ballon d’Or voting. Kerr will join former Chelsea teammates Jess Carter, Ann-Katrin Berger and Guro Reiten at Gotham FC. The move to Gotham will represent Kerr’s third stint in the NWSL, having most recently spent two seasons with the Chicago Red Stars between January 2018 and December 2019. Kerr ended the 2025-26 season having scored 17 goals and provided three assists in 30 matches across all competitions for Chelsea. And in her final eight matches, she scored eight goals, with her final goal arriving in the 1-0 win against Manchester United in the final WSL match of the season. So the Blues will have to find a new goal scorer to replace Kerr. But Gotham FC is getting a proven goal scorer, as Kerr has scored 28 goals in 40 appearances for the club when it was known as Sky Blue FC from 2015 to 2017. The news arrived days after the club promoted Yael Averbuch West from general manager and head of soccer operations to president of soccer operations. Gotham currently sits fifth in the NWSL standings but have made big moves in recent transfer windows to defend their title, including the landmark intraleague transfer for USWNT star Jaedyn Shaw and the acquisition of Kerr’s former teammate and Norway forward Guro Reiten from Chelsea. Kerr’s return to Gotham is a significant signing for the club, as they look to defend their title and make a push for the playoffs.