Vivianne Miedema beat Kerr, Putellas to BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year award

Netherlands and Arsenal striker Vivianne Miedema has been named BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year 2021. Although the Netherlands lost to the USA in the quarter-finals, Miedema’s 10-goal haul broke the record for most goals scored at a single Olympic Games at Tokyo 2020. She smashed Christine Sinclair’s six-goal record at a single Games. MiedemaContinue reading “Vivianne Miedema beat Kerr, Putellas to BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year award”

FAWSL: Arsenal beat Manchester United to maintain unbeaten run

Manchester United were beaten 2-0 by Arsenal in a hard-fought match at Leigh Sports Village in the Women’s Super League. With nothing to separate the two sides at the interval, the visitors broke the deadlock in the 48th minute through a Vivianne Miedema strike, who became the first Barclays FAWSL player in history to scoreContinue reading “FAWSL: Arsenal beat Manchester United to maintain unbeaten run”

FAWSL Wrap: Arsenal drop points, Chelsea closes gap with win over Manchester City

Chelsea took advantage of Arsenal dropped points to edged close to the top of the league table League leaders, Arsenal FC dropped two points on Saturday after a 1-1 draw with Tottenham. Tottenham looked on course for a first-ever WSL victory in the fixture after Rachel Williams’ 65th opener which saw the Gunners fall behindContinue reading “FAWSL Wrap: Arsenal drop points, Chelsea closes gap with win over Manchester City”