Women's Football News

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US outlets Backheeled and Equalizer are hearing from sources that current Chelsea manager Emma Hayes is to take over the USWNT in July 2024. Chelsea have confirmed Hayes is leaving the club this summer, after 12 years in charge where her team won six league titles and one spring series league.

Translated statements from Chile WNT players

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The women's Ballon d'Or continues to be a farce A worthy Ballon d’Or winner doesn’t mean that the event and award are worthy of women’s soccer

Don't be fooled by the fact that Aitana Bonmatí was the deserved winner: Women's soccer deserves better than the not-even-half-hearted clown show that is the Ballon d'Or

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Aitana Bonmatí was awarded the women's Ballon d'Or at the gala tonight, the third straight such award to a Catalan player after Alexia Putellas in 2021 and 2022

Saudi Women's Premier League player Maria Khan is living the dream Pakistan women's national team captain on her journey to first pro deal, advocacy for expanding the game globally.

Got to profile Maria Khan, a 30-something rookie born and raised in the U.S. who is the captain of her national team, on Soccermusings, the site. Really think her story is worth your time! soccermusings.substack.com/p/saudi-wome...

@WEURO Finland celebrated their 50th anniversary alongside members of their first-ever team🥰 #UWNL

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USWNT defeats Colombia 3-0 as Mia Fishel and Jaedyn Shaw score first goals The USA downed Colombia in San Diego.

Mia Fishel, Jaedyn Shaw and captain Lindsay Horan got on the scoresheet for USWNT yesterday as they beat World Cup quarter-finalists Colombia 3–0 in the second friendly between the sides

www.soccerwire.com/news/uswnt-d...

Luis Rubiales banned from football for three years over Jenni Hermoso kiss The former Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales has been banned by Fifa from all football activity for three years

Luis Rubiales, the disgraced Spanish federation general secretary, has been banned for three years by FIFA following the events of the World Cup final, but wants to appeal

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Play-off chart: 1st San Diego Wave has the bye to the semi-final, playing the winner of Reign/Angel City, and 2nd Portland Thorns play the winner of Courage/Gotham

Because of the international break in the last week of October, there will be one week between the quarterfinals and the semifinals. OL Reign play Angel City 7 pm PT Friday, while in the bottom half of the draw North Carolina Courage host NJ/NY Gotham 7 pm ET Sunday.

Wrap up of last NWSL round: In the end, only Angel City FC came from outside the top 6 to make the play-offs, demolishing 2nd-placed Portland Thorns 5–1 to go from 8th to 5th. Orlando Pride got a late win but finished just out on GD, as Gotham FC held on at home for the one point they needed.

And finally the German league saw Eintracht Frankfurt come away with a 0-0 draw at FC Bayern, playing in front of 19,000 in the Allianz Arena. Werder Bremen, who have never finished better than 8th in the Bundesliga, drew more fans with 21,000, and delighted the home crowd with a 3–0 win over Köln.

Leicester continue their good season start by picking up a point against Man Utd, leaving them sandwiched between Man City and Chelsea in the table. MUFC are 6th with 5 points from 3 games, but remain unbeaten in the middle of a tough Champions League qualifying week.

Arsenal came back twice in injury to win their WSL home match against Aston Villa 2–1 at the Emirates, their first win in any competition this season. Beth Mead, coming on as a sub in her first game since her ACL tear, gave the assist to Alessia Russo who shot the winning goal from 16 yards.

A quick wrap up of the European league's weekend action before the NWSL Decision Day tonight: In France and Spain, the leaders stayed perfect; Lyon and Paris FC 4 from 4, Barcelona and Real Madrid 5 from 5. Paris SG's match was interrupted by fireworks set off near the pitch.

HAPPY NATIONAL NWSL DAY OF CHAOS DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

we are just going to watch the live table until our brain melts

The winning goal (for the moment external platforms are needed for these highlights)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYO0...

The Australian A-League season began today, with 20,000+ people watching the first women's pro soccer match in the country since the World Cup Final. Newcastle Jets won 1–0 away at Central Coast Mariners thanks to a late headed goal from Melina Ayres. All 12 teams are in action this weekend.

Champions Path (also matches yesterday)

Häcken (SE) 2 Twente (NL) 2
Real Madrid (ES) 2 Vålerenga (NO) 1
Eintracht Frankfurt (DE) 5 Sparta Praha (CZ) 0
Paris FC (FR) 3 Wolfsburg (DE) 3
Manchester United (EN) 1 Paris SG (FR) 1
Eintracht Frankfurt has basically qualified, otherwise all to play for.

Very quick wrap-up of the UWCL playoff matches today:

League Path, lots of big wins
Apollon (CY) 0 Benfica (PT) 7
Zürich (CH) 0 Ajax (NL) 6
Roma (I) 3 Poltava (UA) 0
Valur (IS) 0 St. Pölten (AT) 4
Slavia Pr. (CZ) 5 Ol. Cluj (RO) 0
Glasgow C (SC) 0 Brann (NO) 4
Sp. Subotica (RS) 1 Rosengård (SE) 2

The Lionesses’ Mary Earps’ Goalkeeper Jerseys Sold Out Within Hours Nike didn't sell women's goalkeeper jerseys during the Women's World Cup

Earlier this week the England GK jersey for WWC 2023 was finally put into production by Nike and guess what they sold out already

www.elle.com/uk/life-and-...

For ESPN, I handed out some NWSL superlatives as the regular season comes to a close ✨

🎆 Most dominant attack
🧱 Biggest brick wall (paging @USWNT)
🐢 Slowest team in the league

My latest ⤵️
www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Euro women's recap: Greenwood red baffles, late-goal theme - ESPN Manchester City vs. Chelsea in the WSL saw a referee take centre stage, while there were late goals across Europe. Here's what happened in women's football this weekend.

Meanwhile for the Euro weekend roundup, I recommend Sophie Lawson's piece for ESPN

www.espn.com/soccer/story...

The NWSL has one matchday left in the regular season, and it's CHAOS

the top six make the play-offs and the table is:

Portland 35
San Diego 34
NC Courage 30
Gotham 30
Washington 30
OL Reign 29
Orlando 28
Angel City 28
Louisville 27
Houston Dash 26
KC Current 25 (out)
Chicago Red Stars 24 (out)

Tonight is the opening day of the Copa Libertadores Femenina, a 16-team club tournament between the best placed South American clubs hosted by Colombia. Defending champions Palmeiras of São Paulo play Ecuadorian side Barcelona in the first match kicking off soon. La Copa continues until 21 October.

A big upset in the opening round of the English WSL today, Liverpool winning 1–0 away at Arsenal for their first win over the London team since the 2016/17 season

Spain and Sweden display 'It's Over' banner before Nations League match Players from Spain and Sweden stood together with a banner reading “It’s over. Our fight is the global fight.” before the pair’s Nations League meeting on Friday. The fixture m...

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