What a year for women’s soccer
As far as Women European football is concern, Barcelona achievements cannot be over looked. They set the game’s attendance record, drawing 91,648 to the Camp Nou for a European tie against Wolfsburg. They won Spain’s Primera Division Femenina by winning 30 games in the 30-game season. They made it a domestic double by adding the Copa del Reina, winning six of six in that competition. In the champions final , it was an entertaining performance from the Barcelona ladies.
But it was a disappointing outing for the Blaugrana, a day to remember as Lyon sprang a surprise by defeating their opponents. The six times European Champions are just too Good for Barcelona.
And 2022 stands to get better. In less than a week, one of the most exciting months in women’s soccer will begin. July will mark the start of the Africa Women Cup of Nations in Morocco , the CONCACAF W Championship, the Oceania Women’s Nations Cup, the Women’s European Championship and the Copa America Femenina.
To round up an excellent year, ESPN present Women’s Rank 2022. This spring, we polled 26 of the brightest minds in women’s soccer — from coaches to executives to journalists — about their standout performers across the 2021-22 season, and we arrived at the definitive ranking of the top 50 women’s players in 2022.
This year’s voting panel includes: former USWNT captain Julie Foudy, USWNT manager Vlatko Andonovski, Netherlands women’s manager Mark Parsons, NJ/NY Gotham FC GM Yael Averbuch, director of women’s football for the Swiss FA Tatjana Haenni, former Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Emma Byrne, former Australia international Alicia Ferguson, former member of the FIFA Council Moya Dodd, Orlando Pride manager Amanda Cromwell (voted before she was placed on administrative leave by her club), ESPN editor Caitlin Murray, ESPN commentator Sebastian Salazar, ESPN commentator Cristina Alexander, ESPN contributor Jeff Kassouf, ESPN editor Lindsay du Plessis, ESPN contributor Sophie Lawson, BBC journalist Jo Currie, Telegraph journalist Tom Garry, ESPN contributor Marissa Lordanic, Australian Associated Press journalist Anna Harrington, Beyond 90 co-founder Cheryl Downes, ESPN contributor Cesar Hernandez, Mexican.
