Above: Stella Zampogna wheels away after scoring Perth SC’s winner against Curtin University as the WA NPL Women’s Night Series got underway. Photo: Rob Lizzi This season Impetus’ coverage of the women’s game in Australia will step up even further as we begin focusing on the NPL (state leagues) in several states. To open ourContinue reading “Night Series Kicks Off in WA”
Category Archives: Round-Ups
France Retain Title On Home Soil
Photo: The French squad pictured with the trophy after their final match against the Netherlands. Photo: @equipedefrancef Jean-Pierre Thiesset summarizes the 2022 France Tournament (23/2/22). France played and won their three games in France Tournament and kept their title for the second consecutive year. February 16, 2022: France won 5-0 against Finland. It was anContinue reading “France Retain Title On Home Soil”
The View From France
Above: Catarina Macario scores for Olympique Lyonnais in the 38th minute. Photo: Jean-Pierre Thiesset for Impetus. By Jean-Pierre Thiesset (14/2/22) Two games were played on Friday as games cancelled due to COVID were rescheduled. Paris Saint-Germain at home won 5-0 against Dijon. It was an easy game for Paris SG which completely dominated with 71%Continue reading “The View From France”
The View From France
Above: Ellie Carpenter crosses for Melvine Malard to score Olympique Lyonnais’ winning goal against Bordeaux. Photo: Jean-Pierre Thiesset for Impetus. Jean-Pierre Thiesset summarizes the fourteenth round of D1 Arkema (7/2/22). Fleury won 1-0 at home to Montpellier. While they were dominated by Montpellier (62% of possession for Montpellier) who put a lot of pressure onContinue reading “The View From France”
FA Cup Fourth Round Review
Above: Southampton celebrate their outstanding win over Bristol City in front of a big crowd at St. Mary’s Stadium. Photo: Southampton FC. By Darrell Allen (31/1/22) A busy weekend of Vitality Women’s FA Cup action saw 16 ties take place across the weekend. The first two were on Saturday as Manchester City and Chelsea hadContinue reading “FA Cup Fourth Round Review”
The View From France
Above: Kadidiatou Diani in action for PSG at Saint-Etienne, where she scored her team’s second goal. Photo: PSG Feminines Jean-Pierre Thiesset rounds up the twelfth and the thirteenth rounds of D1 Arkema (24/1/22) Twelfth round (January 15, 2022): This was a much-truncated round of matches with three games postponed: Guingamp-Bordeaux, Olympique Lyonnais-Soyaux, and Paris Saint-Germain-Dijon.Continue reading “The View From France”
Norfolk Women’s Football Wrap
Darrell Allen reports on the Eastern Region Premier Division game between Wymondham Town and King’s Lynn Town before rounding up all the tier seven and eight county action (11/1/22). Above: Wymondham Town’s Hannah Waters wheels away in celebration after scoring against King’s Lynn Town. Photo: Neil Dady. Wymondham Town 4-1 King’s Lynn Town Anticipation wasContinue reading “Norfolk Women’s Football Wrap”
Barclays FAWSL Wrap
Darrell Allen rounds-up the weekend’s action which saw the shock result of the season at St. Andrews (11/1/22). Above: Birmingham City celebrate their sensational win over Arsenal. Photo: Birmingham City Women. Another depleted programme in the FAWSL saw just 50% of the weekend programme take place. Impetus was due to be at Kingsmeadow for theContinue reading “Barclays FAWSL Wrap”
Northern Ireland News Round-Up
From the Irish FA (9/1/22) Above: Northern Ireland’s European Championship preparations have stepped up a notch this week. Photo: Irish FA. A seven-month training camp to prepare the Northern Ireland team for the UEFA Women’s European Championships this summer kicked-off this week. The creation of the camp means players in Kenny Shiels’ squad who doContinue reading “Northern Ireland News Round-Up”
The View From France
Jean-Pierre Thiesset summarizes the eleventh round of D1 Arkema. Above: Olympique Lyonnais’ Ellie Carpenter salutes the crowd after her team’s 2-1 win at Paris FC. Photo: @OLFeminin Fleury won 1-0 at home against Issy. In a game dominated by the hosts (66% of possession and 17 shots), we had to wait the 71st minute toContinue reading “The View From France”
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