SheKicks Investigates: Points To Prove – Brexit’s Impact On The FA WSL

Had the Brexit withdrawal agreement come a year earlier, Manchester United would not have Ivana Fuso, Arsenal would not have Malin Gut and West Ham would not have Olli Harder. Glenn Moore works through the Governing Body Endorsement scorecard that replaced free movement, reproducing all five points tables: international appearances weighted by FIFA ranking, domestic and continental minutes, the last club’s finishing position, and the band of the current club. Twenty-four points are needed, an appeal costs six thousand pounds, and under-18s are not considered at all. Hope Powell and Casey Stoney describe what it does to recruitment, a Dutch agent explains why her players cannot reach the threshold, and the piece ends by pointing WSL clubs towards Argentina, Colombia, Chile and the Copa Libertadores Femenina.