Chelsea 1-3 Manchester City Above: Manchester City lift the Conti Cup at Plough Lane last night. Photo: FAWSL. By Darrell Allen (6/3/22) For the first time ever Chelsea and Manchester City went head to head in a major final. The 2022 Conti Cup final was played at a sold out Plough Lane, the home ofContinue reading “Second Half Blitz Sees City Lift Conti Cup”
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Hayes And Bright Keep Focused On The Football…And Winning
Above: Chelsea head coach Emma Hayes. Photo: Sky Sports. Ahead of tomorrow’s Conti Cup Final, Impetus’ Kieran Yap heard from Chelsea boss Emma Hayes and captain Millie Bright (4/3/22). As Chelsea prepare to face Manchester City in Saturday’s Conti Cup Final, Emma Hayes and her players are remaining focused on football despite the changes involvingContinue reading “Hayes And Bright Keep Focused On The Football…And Winning”
Second Half Floodgates Open Leaving City Feeling Blue
Chelsea 7-0 Leicester City by Ben Gilby (26/2/22) Above: Sam Kerr and Pernille Harder, who both scored twice, celebrate after Chelsea overcame a difficult start to defeat Leicester City 7-0 at Kingsmeadow. Photo: Ben Gilby for Impetus. Chelsea eased their way past Leicester City to make the FA Cup Quarter-Finals with five goals in 25Continue reading “Second Half Floodgates Open Leaving City Feeling Blue”
Sam Kerr Receives The Order of Australia
Impetus’ Ben Gilby, who has followed Sam Kerr‘s career from the early days in Western Australia, heard the striker give her views on receiving this honour overnight and profiles her career from those early days (26/1/22). Matildas captain and national record goalscorer Sam Kerr was been awarded the Order of Australia overnight. Kerr, recognised asContinue reading “Sam Kerr Receives The Order of Australia”
Multiple Records Tumble As Tillies Open Cup Campaign
Australia 18-0 Indonesia By Kieran Yap (21/1/22) Above: Ellie Carpenter jumps for joy after scoring for the Matildas in Mumbai as they opened their Asia Cup campaign in some style. Photo: Football Australia. The Matildas hit the ground running with an incredible 18-0 win over Indonesia to kick off their Asian Cup campaign. Nine goalsContinue reading “Multiple Records Tumble As Tillies Open Cup Campaign”
Impetus 2021 Awards
It’s been another great year for women’s football and seven Impetus writers, Ben Gilby, Catherine Paquette, Darrell Allen, Jean-Pierre Thiesset, Kate Tigchelaar, Kieran Yap, and Kris Goman highlight their player, coach, moment, and unsung hero of the year. In true Impetus style, there are representatives from the top flight and grassroots levels of the women’sContinue reading “Impetus 2021 Awards”
“It Doesn’t Really Get Any Better…” Chelsea Ready For Wembley
Impetus‘ Kieran Yap was invited to Chelsea’s pre-Cup Final press conference and heard from Emma Hayes, Magda Eriksson, and Fran Kirby on the legacy of those who came before them, the priorities for further growth of the women’s game, and how preparations for the big day have gone (5/12/21). Above: The Women’s FA Cup. Photo:Continue reading ““It Doesn’t Really Get Any Better…” Chelsea Ready For Wembley”
Sam Stays!
Above: Sam Kerr pictured for the media this afternoon after extending her deal at Kingsmoeado for another two years. Photo supplied to Impetus by: Chelsea FCW. Chelsea announce this afternoon that forward Sam Kerr has extended her contract at the club for a further two years – until the summer of 2024. Following a stellarContinue reading “Sam Stays!”
Kerr-fect! Chelsea Teach United A Painful Lesson
Manchester United 1-6 Chelsea By Ben Gilby Chelsea gave Manchester United a lesson in the importance of flexibility, concentration and ruthlessness as the defending champions comfortably dispatched the north-western side at the Leigh Sports Village, with Sam Kerr scoring two and making one of her side’s six goals. The visitors made two changes for this game. Niamh Charles replaced Ji So-yun, who onlyContinue reading “Kerr-fect! Chelsea Teach United A Painful Lesson”
Sam Kerr: “Pretty Handy at Soccer”
Ben Gilby profiles one of the biggest stars in Australian sport, never mind Australian women’s football. A player he has been lucky enough to see develop since her mid teenage years, Sam Kerr (pictured above via insider.com). “Ya know Daniel’s got a little sister who’s pretty handy at soccer!” It was 2008, and I wasContinue reading “Sam Kerr: “Pretty Handy at Soccer””
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