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Article continues belowArticle continues belowArticle continues below<ul><li>Lionesses star chasing American dream</li><li>Ended six-year spell in west London</li><li>Blues preparing for new WSL campaign</li></ul>

VIDEO: Jess Carter haunts Chelsea to score first NJ/NY Gotham goal since summer transfer with superb volley - but Lionesses defender's former team gets last laugh in glamour U.S. friendly clash

WSL champions Chelsea are in the United States as part of their pre-season preparations. With legendary coach <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/emma-hayes-given-olympic-gold-medal-uswnt-coach-flaunts-paris-games-memento-celebratory-eiffel-tower-milking-it-photo/blt9356645a5fb8d549" target="_blank">Emma Hayes having moved on to take charge of the USWNT</a> – leading them to Olympic gold medal glory in Paris – <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/millie-bright-chelsea-next-level-emma-hayes-uswnt-lionesses-sonia-bompastor-impact/blt709e7ffa5885db74" target="_blank">ex-Lyon boss Sonia Bompastor is now at the helm</a>.

WHAT HAPPENED?

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">That’s how you do it, <a href="https://twitter.com/_JessCarter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@_JessCarter</a> 😈 Jess Carter scores her first <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nwsl</a> goal with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GothamFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GothamFC</a> against her former club, Chelsea FC! <a href="https://t.co/x4AD8YVgEt">pic.twitter.com/x4AD8YVgEt</a>— NJ/NY Gotham FC - x (@GothamFC) <a href="https://twitter.com/GothamFC/status/1825684281173131630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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WATCH THE CLIP

She will have been <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/lauren-james-lucy-bronze-winners-losers-chelsea-nwsl-gotham-lionesses-sonia-bompastor/blt6095633d4ba4be3c" target="_blank">impressed by what she saw in a clash with NWSL outfit Gotham</a>. Chelsea raced into a three-goal lead as Johanna Rytting Kaneryd bagged a brace and Aggie Beever-Jones also found the target inside 26 minutes.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

A familiar face did peg the Blues back, with England international Carter bundling home a close-range volley just past the half-hour mark to open her account for Gotham following a summer transfer to the United States – with the 26-year-old <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/lionesses-jess-carter-nwsl-gotham-chelsea-reunites-fiance-ann-katrin-berger/blta0dcab8c87cc6e74" target="_blank">bringing a six-year spell in west London to a close.</a>

DID YOU KNOW?

Carter – who has 36 England caps to her name - is now focused on the return of NWSL action after an Olympic Games-enforced break, while <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/ted-lasso-lionesses-leah-williamson-alessia-russo-beth-mead-arsenal-jason-sudeikis-united-states/blt9dbf3a58e21075a2" target="_blank">Chelsea are preparing to face domestic foes Arsenal in another glamour friendly</a> on Sunday that will take place in Washington DC.

WHAT NEXT?

VIDEO: Jess Carter haunts Chelsea to score first NJ/NY Gotham goal since summer transfer with superb volley - but Lionesses defender's former team gets last laugh in glamour U.S. friendly clash | Goal.com

Lionesses star Jess Carter haunted former club Chelsea when netting her first goal for NJ/NY Gotham FC, but the Blues had last laugh in friendly date.

VIDEO: Jess Carter haunts Chelsea to score first NJ/NY Gotham goal since summer transfer with superb volley - but Lionesses defender&apos;s former team gets last laugh in glamour U.S. friendly clash