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She Kicks a Eurobeat Special: The Ultimate Tournament Mixtape

Other She Kicks, issue 42, July 2017 pp.43–45

The magazine's regular music slot is expanded to take in all sixteen finalists, one player from each supplying a track. Norway's Nora Holstad Berge offers a Cyrus sibling to match the Hegerbergs, Shanice van…

News

News She Kicks, issue 41, May 2017 pp.4–6

The news pages open with the full World Cup 2019 qualifying draw, which puts England and Wales in the same group and pairs Northern Ireland with the Republic. Shelley Kerr is confirmed as Anna…

She Kicks a Beat: Mal in a Major Key (Mallory Pugh interview)

Interview She Kicks, issue 40, April 2017 pp.56–57

Mallory Pugh, eighteen, headed home on her United States debut against Ireland in San Diego and became a regular for Jill Ellis, taking one of eighteen Olympic roster places in Rio. Widely expected to…

Striking Back and Shooting Forwards (Jodie Taylor interview)

Interview She Kicks, issue 39, January 2017 pp.12–14

Jodie Taylor calls 2016 a crazy year and a really tough time. She played through a knee injury to help England win World Cup bronze in 2015, accepted she would need a patient recovery,…

Mark of a Masterplan (Mark Parsons interview)

Interview She Kicks, issue 37, September 2016 pp.46–48

Surrey-born Mark Parsons, a one-time Chelsea Ladies reserves coach who took the Washington Spirit job at twenty-six and lifted them from last to successive play-offs, moved west for 2016 to lead the Portland Thorns…

Coach Kicks: Mark Parsons

Interview She Kicks, issue 37, September 2016 pp.47–48

Mark Parsons answers the Coach Kicks questionnaire. His favourite day is the Wednesday of a four-day build-up, the biggest tactical day for fine-tuning a game plan. Christine Sinclair has made the biggest impression on…

NWSL Ready for Kick Off: 2016 Season Preview

Run-of-page feature She Kicks, issue 34, April 2016 pp.56–57

The Women's Soccer Zone podcast previews all ten NWSL clubs ahead of the league's fourth season, noting that half have British head coaches. Matt Beard inherits a bottom-placed Boston Breakers and has brought Libby…

2016 NWSL Draft: Top of the College Crop

Run-of-page feature She Kicks, issue 33, February 2016 pp.36–38

Kieran Theivam reports from Baltimore on the fourth NWSL College Draft, where almost two hundred college players competed for forty places across four rounds. For the first time two English players were selected, both…

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