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TITLE (CONTINUED)
Beverly Goebel Yanez
GK Katie Lund (6 clean sheets
SHOWDOWN
last season), MID Savannah DeMelo (Played at 2023 World Cup for USWNT), DEF Abby Erceg (146 appearances for New Zealand), DEF Carson Pickett (two-time NWSL
Best XI), FWD Uchenna Kanu (Nigerian international, played at 2023 World Cup), FWD Reilyn Turner (Selected sixth in the 2024 NWSL Draft)
SAN DIEGO WAVE FC
11-7-4, 237 points (Supporters Shield Champions,
Semifinalist)
Casey Stoney
Naomi Girma (two-time NWSL Defender of the Year, Best XI,
played at 2023 World Cup for USWNT), MID/FWD Jaedyn Shaw (2023 Best XI), GK Kailen Sheridan (2023 Best XI Second Team), FWD Alex Morgan (2023 Best XI Second Team, two-time World Cup winner for USWNT, 2022 NWSL Golden Boot winner), and DEF Abby Dahlkemper (81 appearances for USWNT)
BOTTOM:
Alessia Russo arrives at Arsenal with confidence
BELOW:
Emma Hayes looks to finish her final year
at Chelsea with new hardware
2 BELOW:
City’s Bunny Girl, Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw
fast to bring in Levante striker Ramirez as her replacement. But without Kerr, so often Hayes’ key player, the reigning WSL champions have faltered so far.
ALL ABOUT EMMA
Hayes, meanwhile, has taken the
headlines herself as she looks to finish
her final season at Chelsea in style. The Englishwoman already has six league titles to her name, and another this year would make it five in a row, but it is arguably the Champions League which will be taking her attention, given that the 47-year-old heads to the USWNT at the end of the campaign.
ABOVE:
Crystal Dunn has joined Gotham
OPPOSITE PAGE (LEFT):
Marta continues to shine as she kicks off with Orlando
RIGHT:
2023 Best XI Second Team, two-time World Cup winner for USWNT, 2022 NWSL Golden Boot winner Alex Morgan
Head Coach:
Key Players:
2023 Record:
Head Coach:
Key Players:
NWSL SEASON PREVIEW
CITY’S BUNNY GIRL
City’s pursuit of the leaders has seen Jamaica striker Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw come into her own this term, topping the WSL goal charts and firing her side towards
the summit. Teenage England goalkeeper Khiara Keating, 19, has been sensational between the sticks, too, not least in
the key 1-0 victory at Kingsmeadow on February 16.
THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY
Manchester United lost star striker
Alessia Russo to Arsenal last summer and manager Marc Skinner will not want to see Mary Earps follow the same path this time around. England No.1 Earps - FIFA Best goalkeeper two years in a row - is out of contract at the end of the campaign and teams, including the Gunners, have been linked with a move for the 30-year-old.
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