Megan Feringa

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I think there's a lot of impatience for women's football to have all the answers now but like you say - just listen to fans, see what they want. No one moves all their furniture into a house before they know where the plug sockets are.

thanks yall!

Great article.👍🏻

A very good article. A critical part of this is listening to the fans. I have a good feeling about this. Everton can be the next Arsenal.

Haha glad you enjoyed the opening! 😊

Good read, tremendous opening.

Everton Women at Goodison Park: Patience and ambition are not mutually exclusive A key theme to take from Everton Women's first game at Goodison Park is that the women's game is still a work in progress

6,473 at Goodison Park for Everton Women yesterday. Nearly 6x average of WPH. Some expect Everton (& the wider game) to have all the answers now or it's a hoax. Goodison is a reminder that ambition & patience are not mutually exclusive. This is a work in progress.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/662...

Martina Fernandez left for Barcelona for Everton for one reason: ‘A need to win’ The 20-year-old is tipped for big things in the WSL - in joining Everton she says she's signed for a club on the up

Pre-season vs Juve, Everton’s Hayashi advised Rion Ishikawa in Japanese. Martina Fernandez assumed it was words of encouragement. “I ask, ‘Hono, what did you say?’ She says, ‘We need to f***ing win’.”

Fernandez on leaving Barca + Everton’s new mentality. www.nytimes.com/athletic/661...

Olivia Smith: Her wonder Arsenal goal, record-breaking fee and crying on leaving Liverpool Drawing a line between stunning debuts and success is a dangerous game, but it is clear that Smith has captured something special at Arsenal

Olivia Smith interview. On that goal. On Renee Slegers. On Arsenal being her first long-time home. On being glad Beth Mead didn’t leave. On being scared to say hi to Katie McCabe - then becoming bffs. On being the first £1m women's player. On not caring about that.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/661...

Everton’s WSL evolution: Debutant makes history, squad depth crucial Everton's strength in depth was crucial to an opening-day victory at Anfield

'We already made Anfield our training pitch,' Brian Sorensen told 40k at Goodison Park in May. There's cheek + there's having faith in circumstances. Everton W are 6/6 at Anfield, Sunday's win the result of planned, meaningful investment. @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/660...

Chelsea’s fine-tuning gives them every chance of dominating the WSL once again Last season's domestic treble-winners have few weak spots but they look to have plugged those gaps nonetheless

Reigning Women’s Super League champions Chelsea beat Manchester City 2-1 on Friday — and offered a timely reminder that their domestic hegemony has never boiled down to just one facet.

@meganferinga.bsky.social

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson: Deadline day chaos, World Cup qualifiers and the WSL returns Jimbo is joined by Duncan Alexander, Natalie Gedra and Daniel Storey to discuss a busy transfer deadline day as well as the upcoming internationals.Isak to Liverpool but no Marc Guehi, Muani to Spu...

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@acjimbo.bsky.social's got @oilysailor.bsky.social, @danielstorey85.bsky.social & Natalie Gedra with him for...

✅ Deadline day chaos
✅ World Cup qualifiers
✅ A brand new WSL season w/ @meganferinga.bsky.social
✅ High altitude in La Paz/ West Bromwich

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Alyssa Thompson

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea have reached a verbal agreement with Angel City to sign United States international Alyssa Thompson, sources with knowledge of the deal told The Athletic.

📝 @david-ornstein.bsky.social, @meganferinga.bsky.social and @charpur.bsky.social

🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...

Chelsea reach verbal agreement to sign Alyssa Thompson from Angel City The United States international was the first overall pick in the 2023 NWSL draft, and has made 16 league appearances this season.

Chelsea reach verbal agreement with Angel City to sign #USWNT's Alyssa Thompson.

Transfer fee of just under £1m, five-year contract, medical completed.

@theathleticfc.bsky.social @david-ornstein.bsky.social @meganferinga.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...

Everton Women’s record signing of Ruby Mace follows a ‘very stressful few weeks’ Ruby Mace is Everton's ninth signing of the summer and her acquisition feels like a significant one

“Don’t give up on Ruby.” So said Mace's brother to their parents. Yesterday they watched Mace pose for photos at Goodison Park as Everton's club-record transfer on a 3yr deal. Piece w Mace & parents on a "stressful" transfer tug-of-war + how they never gave up.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...

Chelsea in advanced talks to sign USWNT’s Alyssa Thompson from Angel City Thompson (excused absence) has not been included in Angel City's squad to face Bay FC on Monday.

Chelsea in advanced talks to sign USWNT’s Alyssa Thompson from Angel City. Fee likely to break the $1million mark. @charpur.bsky.social @theathleticfc.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/athletic/658...

Kansas City Current acquire Ally Sentnor from Utah Royals: Sources Sentnor's career hit a rapid ascent last summer, playing in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup before making her full USWNT debut in November.

Exclusive w @jeffrueter.bsky.social + @meglinehan.com: Kansas City Current have acquired forward USWNT Ally Sentnor from the Utah Royals. 21yo was named the 2024 U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year. Full story @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/653...

Aw Mark! This has made my day, thank you so much🙏😊

My kid and I finished Bunnicula and that book is as good as I remembered

Me and @meganferinga.bsky.social photobombed the Spain team tonight

Tottenham’s Hayley Raso in talks over Benfica transfer Raso joined Tottenham last summer on a two-year contract last summer from Real Madrid but the club endured a difficult 2024-25 campaign.

Tottenham winger Hayley Raso is in talks over a move to Benfica.

More from @meganferinga.bsky.social & Guillermo Rai

Fuka Nagano of Liverpool looks on during the Barclays Women's Super League match between Liverpool FC and Manchester Untied at Anfield on March 14, 2025 in Liverpool, England.

Exclusive: Fuka Nagano has committed her future to #LFC as she is set to renew her contract amid interest from WSL rivals.

Everton held an interest in signing the out-of-contract Japan international while #MUFC also briefly considered a move.

📝 @meganferinga.bsky.social

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The Totally Football Show with James Richardson: England aim for another final, Rashford to Barca + Liverpool’s spending spree Jimbo welcomes Carl Anka, Charlie Eccleshare, Adrian Clarke and Megan Feringa into the pod with big headlines being made on and off the pitch.The heroics of Ann-Katrin Berger somehow send Germany t...

🚨BRAND NEW POD!🚨

@acjimbo.bsky.social is joined by Carl Anka, @cdeccleshare.bsky.social, @adrianjclarke.bsky.social & @meganferinga.bsky.social.

🧤That Berger save
💣Rashford out, Mbeumo in
💵Liverpool's spending spree
🇮🇹David Platt in Serie A

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Breaking down Ann-Katrin Berger save of the Euros, sending Germany to semi-finals Berger is unflappable in goal for Germany

Ann-Katrin Berger saved, dropped to her knees, arms stretched Christ Redeemer style. Same arms that reached into another dimension 30min earlier. Germany are in the semis. Despite hair pulling, gravity, basic human limitations. Bc of AKB @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/650...

Thank you for reading!

Inside Olivia Smith’s £1m Arsenal transfer: A fee meant to be secret and a ‘lone wolf’s’ bidding war The young Canadian forward joins the 2024-25 Champions League winners for a milestone sum nobody was supposed to know

Olivia Smith was always going to be women’s football’s first £1m player this summer. But nobody was meant to know.

Inside the deal, incl Arsenal’s long-term interest, Smith’s ambitions outgrowing Liverpool + Liverpool’s “Coutinho” gamble. @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/649...

How Olivia Smith became a £1m player: ‘You didn’t have to be a soccer person to understand’ Former coaches and scouts of Smith reflect on her undeniable and irrepressible talent growing up, and why a big move was never in doubt

Spoke to coaches of Olivia Smith. Their origin stories are the same: a moment of total arrest, time stopped at a pass/shot/hip swivel, her destiny unfurling.

More than anything they speak of a contagious smile, zeal to learn, a will to win. @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/650...

Inside Olivia Smith's £1m Arsenal transfer: A record fee meant to be kept secret

Fantastic piece on the Olivia Smith signing by @meganferinga.bsky.social:

Inside Olivia Smith’s £1m Arsenal transfer: A fee meant to be secret and a ‘lone wolf’s’ bidding war The young Canadian forward joins the 2024-25 Champions League winners for a milestone sum nobody was supposed to know

Olivia Smith was always going to be women’s football’s first £1m player this summer. But nobody was meant to know.

Inside Smith’s deal, incl Arsenal’s long-term interest, Slegers' sway + Liverpool’s faith in making this a “Coutinho moment”. @theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/649...