Arsenal Women Finish Pre-Season With Victory

Arsenal Women Finish Pre Season With Victory
Frida Leonhardsen Maanum 12 Arsenal scores her second goal of the game Photo by Jay PatelSPP

Arsenal Women completed their pre-season fixtures with a 2-0 defeat of West Ham United at Boreham Wood.

Riko Ueki’s back-post header for the Hammers was well stopped by goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar, her opposite number Kinga Szemik turned away a deflected free kick.

The breakthrough arrived inside the last 20 minutes, when a cross from Jenna Nighswonger was headed home by Frida Leonhardsen Maanum.

Less than 10 minutes later the lead was doubled, Maanum again with the finish as Victoria Pelova delivered a perfectly-weighted ball over the top.

Szemik denied the hosts a late third, with a smart close-range block to thwart Taylor Hinds.

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Wilf Frith
Wilf Frith is a women’s football news editor who works for Her Goal Magazine and had been with all its predecessors since 1996, becoming a founding team member after running Sunday Kicks. He has also held previous long-term roles as press officer for the Cornwall Women’s Football League and Penzance Ladies FC.
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