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lovewins:
Aptly put. I lost interest in FIFA awards for this same reason. It's more like a popularity contest for who is most impressionable. Football is a team sport, always has been and always will be.

As it stands, if you're my friend I believe I would give you my votes instead to another player!

isan:
FIFA no put oshoala for their best 23 female player nah oguenne of cameroon make their list fifa don mental no way that girl was better than oshoala last year or this year

The nomination and voting was done by the Players themselves, they chose who they want. It's all about their choice it's not an based on100% Legitimate vote.


We don't have to complain because there are over 10players who are supposed to make the list that didn't...

Canadian Goalkeeper Stephanie Labbé, Ashley Lawrence.
Swedish Blackstenieus
Spanish Sandra Panos, Mapi Leon, Jennifer Hermaso
Dutch Lieke Martens
English Fran Kirby..



IFFHS is more of a verified award than CAF, Balon d or and FIFA Pro IV because they award based on statistics than popularity or majority

IFFHS WOMEN's CONTINENTAL AWARDS 2021 - CAF
Dec 13, 2021 IFFHS News


ASISAT OSHOALA , WOMEN'S BEST PLAYER IN CAF 2021 BY IFFHS




BEST NATIONAL COACH :

Bruce MWAPE (Zambia)



BEST CLUB COACH :

Yusif BASIGI (Ghana/Hasaacas Ladies FC)



BEST PLAYMAKER and BEST YOUTH PLAYER (U20) :

Evelyn BADU (Ghana/HasaacasLadies FC)


BEST GOALKEEPER :

Chiamaka NNADOZIE (Nigeria/Paris FC)



BEST REFEREE :

Bernadette KWIMBIRA (Malawi)

Nigeria Superfalcons drops 3 places in New FIFA Ranking...

Why why
I'm wondering why we keep going down. This is the lowest ranking the Superfalcons have attained.

Maclean's Chinonyerem currently Leading the Goal Scorers chart in Poland

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Who should the USWNT schedule for SheBelieves Cup?
The annual winter tournament presents an opportunity for the USWNT to schedule some different teams.

By Donald Wine II on December 7, 2021 11:12 am

The United States Women’s National Team have completed play for 2021 and are now starting to shift their focus to 2022. Next year proves to be an incredibly important year for the best team in the world, as next summer they will compete in the Concacaf W Championship, a tournament that will also serve as World Cup qualifying and Olympic qualifying.


This is also an opportunity for USWNT head coach Vlatko Andonovski to begin to incorporate some of the younger talent into the player pool in order to get them matches against quality competition to get ready for the summer. That is why the 2022 SheBelieves Cup will be important for the team to assess where they are as a team and what they will need to do to prepare for World Cup and Olympic qualification. However, the annual tournament, which normally includes some of the best teams from Europe like England, France, Germany, or Spain, will likely not have those teams:


Many of the best teams in Europe are increasingly unavailable due to Women’s Euro 2022, which will also take place this summer. However, this presents a unique opportunity for U.S. Soccer to bring in teams outside of Europe that can make for an equally competitive competition and are teams that the USWNT will see should they once again qualify for the 2023 World Cup. It is also a chance to bring in teams that USWNT fans have not seen in a while. In an effort to play the best, fans routinely see the USWNT play the same teams, and it’s good to mix it up against teams that don’t normally get the chance to play the world’s best.

Removing the 16 teams that are competing in this summer’s Women’s Euro 2022, here’s a list of some viable candidates for SheBelieves Cup, with their current FIFA world ranking (* = Number of times played since January 1, 2018):

Brazil (7)***

Australia (11)******

Japan (13)***

China (17)**

South Korea (18)****

Scotland (22)*

New Zealand (23)**

Colombia (26)**

Czech Republic (27)

Mexico (28)*******

Poland (29)

Portugal (30)****

Ukraine (31)

Republic of Ireland (33)*

Wales (34)

Argentina (35)*

Costa Rica (36)*

Chile (37)***

Nigeria (38)*

Serbia (41)

Romania (42)

Hungary (44)

Slovakia (45)

Slovenia (49)

Jamaica (51)**

Cameroon (52)

Belarus (53)

South Africa (55)

Ghana (60)

From that list, the teams fans have seen the USWNT play the most over the past 4 years are Mexico (7); Australia (6); and South Korea and Portugal (4 each). Removing those teams from the equation based on fans seeing them very often, here’s a potential set of teams for the USWNT to play when SheBelieves Cup comes around in February:


Japan

The USWNT have faced Japan 3 times since the start of 2018: 2020 SheBelieves Cup, 2019 SheBelieves Cup, and the 2018 Tournament of Nations. Each time, Japan posed a formidable challenge for the world’s top team. They’re probably the best team that doesn’t appear often on the USWNT’s schedule.

Nigeria

Nigeria has some firepower, and the USWNT have only seen them once in 4 years, a 2-0 defeat to open up Austin FC’s Q2 Stadium back in June. Nigeria is the type of team that have shaken the confidence of USWNT teams in the past, particularly in the World Cup, because they enter those competitions having never seen teams with that style of play. Plus, USWNT fans want to see the team be challenged in new ways, and Nigeria would present just the challenge the team needs to get better.

New Zealand

New Zealand is a team that the USWNT just saw in the group stage of the Olympics, but had not seen before that since 2017. Despite the 6-1 victory for the USWNT, New Zealand really frustrated the USWNT with its play. The 23rd ranked team in the world, the USWNT should want to play the Ferns more often because they have a unique style of play that will help identify where the opportunity for improvement exists.


Other potential options: Scotland, Columbia, Ireland, Ukraine, Argentina, Jamaica, Cameroon

What teams do you think would make for an interesting competition? It’s time to hit the comments and give us your preferred options for SheBelieves Cup opponents for the USWNT.




COMMENTS
None of those teams is enough of a challenge
Maaaybe Brazil or Australia, but I hope we can get at least one of England, France, Germany, Sweden, or Spain. Surely they want to play us too to warm up for Euros. Hopefully Canada will be in too.

By Timber Dave on 12.07.21 1:00pm

England is hosting their own tournament and has brought in Spain, Germany, and Canada
France is expected to have a similar tourney.

By Donald Wine II on 12.07.21 1:39pm

Starting with the headline I was gonna say Spain...
Didn’t realize so many were unavailable (makes me miss the Algarve Cup days).

By KennySeiden on 12.07.21 6:46pm

Ugh
Maybe they can beat England’s 20 goal record! Watching high paid players punch down on the overmatched and barely compensated should be stomach turning for everyone. Call England and let them know you are available for their tournament.

By KCDad on 12.07.21 9:36pm

Strongest Competition would be:
Canada
Australia
Brazil

Japan/China also would work.

By AO_Nomad on 12.08.21 1:22am

What I believe they should do vs What I think they will do
What I think they should do based on the availability of teams:
Brazil, Japan, Nigeria

My take is that you need to have some pop and Brazil provides that, but also provides interesting matchups against Japan and Nigeria.

What I think they will do:
Brazil, Australia, Scotland

I think they will take Brazil and Australia who are the best teams available and then choose the top Euro team available. Japan and South Korea are also in the mix, but I doubt they’ll take 2 Asian teams. If Canada turns out to be available, they’ll be in.

By psu1313 on 12.08.21 11:57am

Let it be a Pacific Rim and Asia tournament
Japan, Canada, Australia, and South Korea (Brazil could be an exception as the best team available). I wouldn’t want China because of human rights violations; particularly since the tournament is called the "Shebelieves Cup". However, if they want the best competion they can get, I don’t know why they wouldn’t want two Asian countries. The US is a Pacific Rim country as well as a European Basin country. In 2020, two European teams played in the tournament: Spain and England, and in 2021 two South American teams played in the tournament: Argentina and Brazil.

By CRRich on 12.08.21 5:05pm

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Asisat Oshoala ranked 32nd in the Guardian top 100 Women Footballer of the year 2021


The other Africa player on the list is Zambia Barbra Banda who's ranked 67th..

Maclean's Chinonyerem named in the Polish Women Football League team of Mid season..






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CFKmkYJy7k

isan:
Ebi is done what do we want from her ? it won't be long till she make another school boy error like she did against south africa in Aisha cup

Let's wait and see..

Just hope the Younger ones can give her the race for that spot.

isan:
Ebi spot is under threat

Threat ke Hahaha ����

Ebi na until she retires oo
You will be surprised to see the Pair between Ebi and Ashleigh Plumptre.. Ebi moved to no.6 with Plumptre at no.5

Superfalcon 30yrs old Center Back/Right Back Osinachi Ohale...

Is her Spot in the Superfalcons under threat??

IFFHS WOMEN’S WORLD TEAM 2021





(4 – 3 – 3)



Christiane ENDLER (Chile)



Ashley LAWRENCE (Canada)

Wendie RENARD (France)

Magdalena ERIKSSON (Sweden)

Mapi LEON (Spain)



Aitana BONMATI (Spain)

Alexia PUTELLAS (Spain)

Lieke MARTENS (Netherlands)



Caroline HANSEN GRAHAM (Norway)

Samantha KERR (Australia)

Jennifer HERMOSO (Spain)

Maclean's Chinonyerem

Uche....!

#U20WWC CAF Women's U20F Qualifying 3rd Round 1st leg

Latest score

Congo �� 0 Nigeria �� 4

Idoko
Sabastine Flourish
Onyenezide
Ajibola

Nigeria 1-0

U20WWCQ: Congo vs Nigeria XI

1 Oyono Monle (GK)

17 Alani Jumoke

14 Imuran Rofiat

5 Demehin Oluwatosin

6 Oshobukola Omowumi

11 Amoo Bashirat

20 Jerry Joy

8 Onyenezide Esther

13 Idoko Mercy

4 Ajibola Deborah

22 Sabastine Flourish

#U20WWCQ #CONNGA

Deal Done �

AkinDS:
Nah wah for Naija people!
What the heck is she doing in Mexico?
That league is WACK!! They show it here in the US and there really is nothing to write home about.
Not sure why she had to leave Europe?

Life is all about the money eehh...

She had offers from top European Clubsides but her mind right now is playing for the Largest Money..

Report from Minsk FK has it that Onome Ebi has Left the Club after her contract Expired..

IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD BEST GOALKEEPER 2021 RANKING

Rank Name Country Club Points

1 Christiane ENDLER Chile Paris SG/Olympique Lyon 110

2 Sandra PANOS Spain FC Barcelona 100

3 Stephanie LABBE Canada FC Rosengard/Paris SG 45

4 Sari VAN VEENENDAAL Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 25

5 Sarah BOUHADDI France Olympique Lyon/OL Reign 20

6 Alyssa NAEHER USA Chicago RS 10

7 Chiamaka NNADOZIE Nigeria Paris FC 5

Elie ROEBUK England Man City FC 5

Ann Katrin BERGER Germany Chelsea FC 5

Uchenna Kanu has arrived to Mexico, going to sign with Liga MX Femenil current champions Tigres UANL

Superfalcon played a Friendly game against Naija Ratels yesterday. The line up paraded Yetunde Aluko and Watford Dada as the only foreign based players for the first..

Superfalcon (3) - (0) Naija Ratels
Tony Payne
Yetunde Aluko

carbonado:
i will like to see her play a game or two first. She has the height and size imo. However, we do not know if she can handle a lot of contact....as per when it comes to African football, una must jam body well well.

Na that gbe Bodie be the main Koko now if not she has got all the attributes but that African power is what matters next.. With her regular training with the team it will also improve her physical side of the game alot.

Schemerkhiz:
23yrs old Left Footed Center Back Ashleigh Plumptre.
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)


Do you know that Ashleigh Plumptre played multiple positions for her College side USC Trojans in the US..

**** Started all 23 games for the Trojans as a centerback during her senior campaign, helping to lead the team to an NCAA Quarterfinals appearance … named to the All-Pacific Region first team and All-Pac-12 second team … scored one goal and posted two assists to lead all USC defenders with four points


**** As a junior she Played 20 games, making 19 starts, for a total of 1,640 minutes played … Scored two goals and had one assist for a total of five points while mainly playing as an outside back


**** As a SOPHOMORE, She appeared in 17 games as a midfielder for the Trojans in 2017, finishing with five points on two goals and one assist … Scored goals against Washington State on 10/22 and Cal on 10/26, both of them game-winners


As it stands Coach Randy Waldrum is currently grooming Ashleigh as the possible replacement for ageing and the verge of retirement Onome Ebi...

Can she cope with the physicality that comes with the African Style of play??


What's your say??

Aside Player's techniques, the WSL is one of the most Competitive though still a predictable league... They use more of power, Pace and Strength, rather than techniques..

I believe She would definitely adapt as soon as possible..

Superfalcon Winger Ogbonna Chikwudi join SS Lazio

23yrs old Left Footed Center Back Ashleigh Plumptre.
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)


Do you know that Ashleigh Plumptre played multiple positions for her College side USC Trojans in the US..

**** Started all 23 games for the Trojans as a centerback during her senior campaign, helping to lead the team to an NCAA Quarterfinals appearance … named to the All-Pacific Region first team and All-Pac-12 second team … scored one goal and posted two assists to lead all USC defenders with four points


**** As a junior she Played 20 games, making 19 starts, for a total of 1,640 minutes played … Scored two goals and had one assist for a total of five points while mainly playing as an outside back


**** As a SOPHOMORE, She appeared in 17 games as a midfielder for the Trojans in 2017, finishing with five points on two goals and one assist … Scored goals against Washington State on 10/22 and Cal on 10/26, both of them game-winners


As it stands Coach Randy Waldrum is currently grooming Ashleigh as the possible replacement for ageing and the verge of retirement Onome Ebi...

Can she cope with the physicality that comes with the African Style of play??


What's your say??

Leicester City confirms the departure of Jonathan Morgan from his role as LCFC Women First Team Manager.
The Football Club would like to place on record its thanks to Jonathan for everything he has helped the Club to achieve during his time as manager, which included promotion to the FA Women’s Super League as FA Women’s Championship winners.

Assistant Manager Michael Makoni and First Team Coach Holly Morgan also depart with the Club’s best wishes for their future careers.

Holly, who transitioned to a coaching role at the end of last season, came through the Academy ranks to eventually captain the side before her retirement from playing.

All three have played an important role in the development of LCFC Women, particularly since the Club turned professional following its acquisition by King Power in August 2020.

Retention of its FA Women’s Super League status is central to the Club’s vision for the long-term development of women’s football in the city. The Club feels a change in leadership is now necessary to give the team the best possible chance of achieving this in the remaining months of the season.

Jonathan Morgan said: “This Club has been part of mine and my family’s life for 12 years from when my sister Holly Morgan joined as a young player. To have taken Leicester from the Midlands Division 1 to a FAWSL club gives me nothing but pride. Earning promotion last season in the manner we did will always be a memory I can share with the fans and the city.

“This season has been disappointing, with injuries contributing to a difficult start, but we haven’t achieved the results we had hoped for.

“I wish the Club, the staff and the players my very best.”

Head of Women’s Football Development Emile Heskey will oversee First Team training in preparation for the team’s fixture against Manchester United in the Continental Cup on Sunday 5 December, while the Club undertakes the process of appointing a new manager.

There will be no further comment on the matter until that process is complete.