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She Kicks, issue 42, July 2017 pp.8–11
Australia launch a government-backed bid for the 2023 World Cup, nine French cities are confirmed for 2019, and Kyiv takes the 2018 Champions League final. Lyon beat PSG on penalties in Cardiff in a shoot-out decided by the two goalkeepers, and Ada Hegerberg is named BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year ahead of Marta and Christine Sinclair. Everton are elected to WSL 1 in place of the withdrawn Notts County, Chelsea move to Kingsmeadow and Arsenal commit to Meadow Park until 2027. Michele Adams of Cardiff City receives an MBE after forty years in the Welsh game, the first blue plaque for women’s football is unveiled at the old Dick, Kerr factory in Preston, and the sport mourns Tony DiCicco, the coach who won Olympic gold and a World Cup with the United States.