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She Kicks, issue 38, November 2016 pp.4–5

North Korea beat Japan on penalties in an all-Asian final in Jordan to become the first nation to win the Under-17 World Cup twice, England having gone out in the quarter-finals. Rachel Unitt and Rachel Brown-Finnis are inducted into the National Football Museum’s Hall of Fame. Glasgow City clinch a record tenth successive SWPL title, and Western New York Flash win the NWSL championship on penalties, the first fourth seed to do so. Sarai Bareman becomes FIFA’s first Chief Women’s Football Officer and Sue Ronan steps down as Republic of Ireland head coach to concentrate on the FAI’s women’s strategy. FA Girls’ Football Weeks drew 130,000 participants across 2016.

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PlayersAlex Greenwood Clare Shine Danielle Carter Fuka Nagano Gillian Coultard Hayley Lauder Jill Scott Jordan Nobbs Karen Carney Lia Kellogg Lianne Sanderson Marieanne Spacey Millie Bright Nikita Parris Rachel Brown-Finnis Rachel Unitt Sabrina D'Angelo Sarah Crilly
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Savannah McCarthy Steph Houghton
ClubsBarcelona Bayern Munich Brescia Brøndby Chelsea Eskilstuna United FC Twente FC Zürich Fortuna Hjørring Glasgow City Hibernian Long Eaton United Manchester City Olympique Lyonnais
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Paris Saint-Germain Rosengard Rossiyanka Slavia Praha Solihull VfL Wolfsburg Washington Spirit Western New York Flash
CompetitionsFA Girls' Football Week FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup NWSL Scottish Women's Premier League SSE Women's FA Cup UEFA Women's Champions League
NationalitiesEngland Japan New Zealand North Korea Republic of Ireland Samoa Scotland USA Wales
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