A 2-0 victory over the 3rd place Arsenal on the final day of the season despite only two outfield players on the bench – both of whom were coming back from major injuries; the Aston Villa side of the 2021/22 season would probably be perplexed by how the Aston Villa side of the 2022/23 season […]
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The passage of time, and its effects on the body, is inevitable. Sometimes this seems especially true of professional athletes. The whole world watches and debates how many seconds slower the players are to react or to get down the field chasing the ball, a process that usually starts when they are around 30 years
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I don’t believe it’s pushing the boat out too far to say that 2021 wasn’t a great year for the NWSL. The Washington Spirit’s spectacular Championship win was, however, overshadowed by allegations of abuse throughout the league. Meg Linehan first bought the seedy underbelly of abuse to light with her ground breaking piece in The
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The AFC Women’s Asian Cup is finally here and what a two days it’s been so far! The first major international tournament of the women’s football calendar for 2022, the AFC Women’s Asian Cup, has finally arrived. It’s felt like an eternity between Japan winning the 2018 edition and now (a global pandemic certainly doesn’t
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The 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup is finally here, and with it come a whole set of challenges for the 12 teams competing. Join us as we look ahead to the group stages, starting with Group A, one of the more interesting groups with debutants Iran, hosts India, serial winners China PR and potential underdogs
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The United Soccer League (USL), an organization that oversees three men’s leagues in the second, third, and pre-professional divisions in the United States, recently announced the creation of the USL Super League, a second division women’s soccer league that will begin play in 2023. A few months ago, they had announced the creation of the
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