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She Kicks, issue 63, October 2020 pp.4–5
Vitality replace SSE as sponsors of the Women’s FA Cup in a three-year deal that begins with the delayed 2019-20 final at Wembley, with Alex Scott as their football ambassador. The FA confirm a homegrown quota for WSL squads from 2021-22 and raise the long-term loan limit from two to six. Lyon win a fifth straight Champions League, beating Wolfsburg 3-1 after Arsenal and Glasgow City had gone out to Paris Saint-Germain and to the eventual runners-up. Beth England and Lauren Hemp take the PFA Players’ Player and Young Player awards, with Chelsea supplying six of the WSL Team of the Year. Elsewhere Borussia Dortmund finally commit to a women’s team, Yuki Nagasato joins a Japanese men’s side on loan, and Sophie Ingle wins her 100th Wales cap.