NWSL MVP Race: Assessing the League’s Best Players

Sophia Smith of the Portland Thorns

Stephanie Insixiengmay takes a look at the players nominated for NWSL's individual award and explains what makes them outstanding

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Lena Oberdorf: A Perfect Midfielder

Stephanie Insixiengmay looks at the 2022 Women's Ballon d'Or nominee, who is only 20, and assesses her terrifyingly high ceiling

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Naomi Girma – A Rock for the Wave

Stephanie Insixiengmay looks at the overall first-round draft pick and shows why she’s been such an asset for the San Diego Wave When Naomi Girma was drafted first in the NWSL draft, it elicited a few mixed reactions, not least why the San Diego Wave chose to draft another...

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Keira Walsh – The Metronome

Yash Thakur takes a look at England's most influential passer, what she does well, and where she will fit at Barcelona

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The WSL’s Trend of Signing Forwards: Can It Help Smaller Teams Prosper?

Jessy Parker Humphreys uses TransferLab to assess this window’s prevalence of teams trying to break the Big Four’s hegemony by acquiring new firepower up front The race to become the ‘best of the rest’ continues to hot up in the WSL, as teams look to make their mark at...

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Georgia Stanway at Bayern Munich

Abdullah Abdullah looks at how Georgia Stanway, one of England’s outstanding players this summer, will fit in in southern Germany In one of the more surprising transfers of the summer, Bayern Munich announced they had signed England international Georgia Stanway at the end of last season. The former Manchester...

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Scouting Johanna Rytting Kaneryd

Mia Eriksson casts her eye over a player currently lighting up the Damallsvenskan and assesses where she could go next Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (JRK) is a winger who made her debut in the Swedish national senior team in a friendly match against Austria on February 19th, 2021. The 25-year-old...

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Data in Context: How has Ellen White Adapted her Game?

Dan Pritchard uses data to look at how the Lionesses forward has reshaped her approach to football under successive coaches Data is a useful tool, an incredibly useful one in fact. Its increased use in football by the most successful teams and federations is testament to that; it removes...

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Scouting Scandinavia: Three U21s to Watch

Yash Thakur casts his eye over three exciting prospects from a region with a strong history of player development Scandinavia has produced some of the most recognisable names in world football, talents like Ada Hegerberg, Caroline Graham Hansen, Kosovare Asllani, Lotta Schelin, and Pernille Harder. But despite this, the...

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One to Watch: Kyra Cooney-Cross Arrives in Europe

Yash Thakur profiles one of the more exciting talents entering European football this season. Hammarby IF recently announced that Melbourne Victory youngster Kyra Cooney-Cross would be joining them for the upcoming season.   The Queensland-born footballer made her W-League debut aged just 15 with Victory in the 2017/18 season. After...

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