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She Kicks, issue 68, August 2021 pp.4–6
Eniola Aluko becomes Angel City’s first sporting director and Jill Ellis is installed as San Diego’s president. Caroline Seger wins a 215th cap to become the most-capped European player ever. Fran Kirby takes both the PFA and WSL Player of the Year awards and Lauren Hemp the young player honour for a third time. Julie Nelson receives a British Empire Medal. Glasgow City win a fourteenth straight title, PSG end Lyon’s fourteen-year run in France, and England win the Euro Beach Soccer League. The Champions League is rebranded, expanded, and sold to DAZN and YouTube for four years. Managers move everywhere – Eidevall to Arsenal, Booth to Birmingham, Montemurro to Juventus, Bompastor to Lyon – and Wales confirms a wholly restructured eight-club top tier.