Hands up if you made your NWSL starting debut today #FlyingKiwis pic.twitter.com/Zs55hhbH6q
— The Niche Cache (@thenichecache) June 17, 2024
Kiwi Women Overseas
Utah hang on will be their first win since 23rd March, and only their 2nd all season.
Utah Royals with Macey Fraser in the starting eleven:
— The Niche Cache (@thenichecache) June 17, 2024
100% winning record (1/1)
Utah Royals without Macey Fraser in the starting eleven:
8.3% winning record (1/12)
The Royals have yet to concede in 137 mins with Fraser on the pitch https://t.co/ESo74eCt6G
Miley Clegg an unused sub for Racing Louisville yesterday, in a 2-0 win over the Houston Dash
Hah, typical Kiwi. Undersells herself completely. Looking happy though.
Miley Clegg an unused sub for Racing Louisville yesterday, in a 2-0 win over the Houston Dash
Hah, typical Kiwi. Undersells herself completely. Looking happy though.
I'm guessing you meant to respond to another post ,with this link to a chat to Fraser from last week.
Brief chat with Fraser in Utah.
https://youtu.be/Z3EoHnEogz0
Here's Coach A-Rod after Macey Fraser's first #NWSL start with @UtahRoyalsFC pic.twitter.com/14C4kcbdsV
— Salt City FC (@saltcityfc) June 17, 2024
USL Super League Transfer News!
— TheWomensFootballInsight (@WFInsight) June 17, 2024
Lexington SC have announced the signing of Grace Wisnewski!
The 21 year old is a New Zealand international who has spent the last 3 years at Wellington Phoenix in the A League
She is Lexington’s 1st official signing@USLSuperLeague @LexSporting https://t.co/6GOactbkn4
Nice move for Wisnewski that.
Liking these gutsy moves for young Kiwi female footballers. Hopefully plenty of playing time coming her way.
As the tweet states as well - First official signing for USL Super League signing for Lexington.
Good luck Grace. 👏
Expect many more ALW players to head stateside
Expect many more ALW players to head stateside
Future Division I status in the US. Guess that means it will run in competition to the NWSL? Although all the articles I've read about it have stated the expansion of pro football in the women's game in the country, rather than trying to slug it out to be the #1 league.
Seasons won't be aligned either as such - With a Fall season, followed by a winter break, and then a spring season for a 28 game campaign + playoffs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USL_Super_League
The quality of ALW you suspect will drop, not only as the best young players like Wisnewski leave, but alot of the non NWSL American visa players will now sign for this 2nd tier US league rather than play in the ALW. Hailey Davidson has already done it. Likely Breslin, Speckmaier & Cox are getting offers. And then older ALW veterans will also be targets. Suspect Hannah Wilkinson has left Melb City due to signing over there.
Similar to how increased cash in the Saudi 2nd division made it more difficult to recruit quality visa players for the ALM, the quality of visa players in the ALW may drop off.
Is going to make it hard for Auckland FC to start assembling a competitive ALW squad in 12 months. They would have been targeting players like Wilkinson, just like the men's team are signing Tommy Smith etc.
At least the Nix have girls teams in their Academy, plus have signed most of the better domestic players (esp from Canterbury Pride) in their first 3 seasons.
Expect many more ALW players to head stateside
Make it a league and cup double for Malia Steinmetz, no sweat #FlyingKiwis https://t.co/RZ7DOWZaXt
— The Niche Cache (@thenichecache) June 19, 2024
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/06/22/united-states/national-womens-soccer-league/orlando-pride/utah-royals/4312211/
38 yr old Brazilian legend Marta with a double.
Two of Fraser's team mates got dragged at HT, so she must have done better than them.
Macey Fraser getting front row seats to a Marta special. https://t.co/I15be9fEfk
— Phillip Rollo (@ByPhillipRollo) June 22, 2024