News: PFA/WSL Team of Year (Bronze, Harris); UEFA U-19 draw; 2019 WWC hosting bid; NWSL/W-League awards abroad; Allianz Bundesliga sponsorship; Sylvia Gore Hall of Fame; Byrne breaks NI caps record; Doncaster Belles Vulcan Bomber; FIFA rankings rise; Japan win U-17 WWC; Newcastle appoint Trevor Benjamin; Nadene Caldwell 50 NI caps; Sermanni sacked by USA; Grings & Pohlers retire; Irish League awards

The issue’s opening news round-up. Lucy Bronze is named PFA Player of the Year and Martha Harris takes the new Women’s Young Player of the Year award, with the WSL Team of the Year listed in full. England may bid to host the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, facing competition from France, New Zealand, South Africa and South Korea, while Northern Ireland put themselves forward for the 2018 Under-17 tournament. British players collect honours abroad, Kim Little, Lianne Sanderson, Jess Fishlock and Jodie Taylor among them. Emma Byrne’s 106th cap makes her the most capped female player in Irish history, overtaking Ciara Grant. Further items cover Sylvia Gore’s National Football Museum Hall of Fame induction, England rising to eighth and Scotland to a best-ever nineteenth in the FIFA rankings, Japan’s Under-17 World Cup win, the sacking of USA coach Tom Sermanni, and the retirements of Conny Pohlers and Inka Grings.