Christine Sinclair is a forward for the Canadian Women’s national soccer team and has been for 21 years. She has scored 188 goals, more than any other international female soccer player. Christine Sinclair is only 5′ 9″ (175 cm) but has still been widely successful in the 306 games for Canada. Sinclair has played in … Read more
China hosted the 2007 Women’s World Cup Final on 30 September 2007, which was won by Germany, who defeated Brazil 2–0. The defending champions of the 2003 FIFA Women’s World Cup final played the Brazil national team who had never won a major world title or even reached the finals of a FIFA Women’s World … Read more
Alexia Putellas Segura is a professional soccer player who plays for the Spain women’s national team and Barcelona Femení. She plays in the midfield and is considered one of the best players ever in women’s soccer. She has won five Primera División and one Women’s Champions League title with the Catalan club. For her achievements … Read more
Florence Bilton, the Hull woman who pioneered women’s soccer both locally and nationally, passed away in 2004. She was aged 82. Florence, originally from Beverley Road, Hull, helped form the Hull Women’s Football Association in 1968 and the English Women’s FA a year later. She became the national development officer, an England selector, and took … Read more
Women’s football in England is now firmly established as part of the game’s fabric, but few of those pioneering clubs from the mid-1960s have survived through to modern times. A rare example is Swindon Spitfires, formed in 1967 and celebrated the 50th year back in 2017. Swindon Spitfires were formed in 1967. A group of … Read more
Women’s soccer in England has made tremendous progress over the last 50 years. The Women’s Football Association, formed in 1969, organized the first women’s national competition: The Mitre Trophy, for the 1970-71 season. More than 45 years later, the national knockout cup has become the Women’s FA Cup Final. In 2019, the attendance was over … Read more
The recent growth in women’s soccer has further led to the emergence of a generation of superstars. In this feature, we are going to look at the best women’s soccer players in 2021. The rise in popularity of women’s soccer has been quite evident in the last couple of decades. The FIFA Women’s World Cup … Read more
Have you ever wondered how tall Carli Lloyd is? Well, this record-breaking female soccer player is only 5 feet 7 inches tall (170 centimeters). But she is still a tremendous asset to the USA women’s soccer team and all the other teams she has played for. To give some perspective, her height is about the … Read more
The men’s FIFA World Cup has been going since 1930. In 2022 it will host its 22nd tournament. But there is also a World Cup Women’s soccer tournament, and while it hasn’t been going as long, the competition is just as fierce, and it’s still worth watching every kick. Is There a Women’s Soccer World … Read more
On 23 March 1895, at Crouch End in London, a group of female footballers came together and played a women’s football match. It took place between North and South England. It had been organized by Nettie Honeyball, who became the first secretary of the English Ladies Football Team. The score was 7-1 to the North, … Read more