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Will probably be a conflict of champions because the 2023 Nationwide Girls’s Soccer League winners NJ/NY Gotham FC host this season’s Girls’s Tremendous League winners Chelsea on Monday, Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. ET for a first-ever pleasant between the 2 sides.
This extremely anticipated matchup will present loads of intrigue for followers whereas offering the seven-time WSL champions Chelsea with top-tier competitors because the English aspect prepares for the 2024/25 WSL season.
“On one hand it’s actually thrilling,” mentioned Gotham striker Lynn Williams concerning the upcoming pleasant. “Once I was in North Carolina we acquired to play within the [Women’s International Champions Cup] in opposition to Lyon and PSG. It’s actually cool when you’ll be able to play in opposition to groups from [international] leagues.”
Regardless of the anticipated fanfare, with these added friendlies considerations stay over a really crowded summer season schedule for NWSL groups this 12 months, particularly as accidents pile up.
“It’s a really congested summer season,” Williams continued. “On one hand it’s very cool to have this quantity of video games but when we’re going to have these video games, we want the infrastructure to assist mentioned video games. I feel that we’re simply going to must handle our masses rather a lot and that’s a giant ask for gamers to do.”
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