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Today's Newsletter

• FAWSL Chaos

• International Break

• Water Cooler Talk

• Player Profile: Mia Fishel

• Bangers Only

FAWSL Chaos

There were five FAWSL games over the weekend and 21 goals were scored across those games. 

Manchester City beat Reading 3-0 but it was an odd one. Emma Mitchell scored two own goals to give City a 2-0 lead. Bunny Shaw eventually scored in the 76' minute to give City the 3-0 win.

Arsenal continues their dominate start to the season beating Leicester City 4-0. Maanum, Foord, Catley, and Blackstenius all got on the score sheet. 

The West Ham vs Brighton game has to be the wildest game of the season so far. The game ended with Brighton winning 5-4 but it was a roller coaster game. West Ham went up 1-0 in the 3' minute. Brighton would go on to score in the 8', 11', and 20' minute. West Ham would pull one back thanks to a Brighton own goal in the 59' minute. Brighton would then score in the 68' and 71' minute to go up 5-2. West Ham weren't done yet though. Asseyi scored in the 85' and 86' minute to make the game 4-5. This was a major win for Brighton who have struggled so far this season. 

The last game of the day was a major one for the teams at the top of the table. Manchester United took on Chelsea. Chelsea would win 3-1 and hand United their first loss of the season. Sam Kerr got the scoring started in the 60' minute which put Chelsea up 1-0. Just four minutes later Kerr would assist Lauren James to give Chelsea the 2-0 lead. Alessia Russo pulled one back for United in the 71' minute but Erin Cuthbert would go on to seal it for Chelsea in the 90+2' minute. 

International Break

Another international break is here! It's the last international break of 2022 and there are some good matchups. 

• The USA will take on Germany twice. The United States lost to both England and Spain in the last international break so these are two really big games for them. Germany has been in really good form so it should make for two interesting games.

• England will travel to Spain and play both Japan and Norway.

• The Netherlands will take on both Costa Rica and Denmark.

• Sweden will play Australia in Australia.

• Australia will play both Sweden and Thailand.

• Norway will face France and England.

Water Cooler Talk

• Barcelona beat Real Madrid 4-0 in league play.

• Emma Berglund extends her contract with Rosengård until 2024.

• Willie Kirk takes over as Leicester City head coach.

• Lea Schüller extends her contract with Bayern Munich until 2026. This is major for Bayern.

• Christine Sinclair signs a new contract with the Portland Thorns through 2023.

• Jessie Fleming signs a new contract with Chelsea until 2025.

• Mandy Freeman is staying with Gotham FC. Freeman signs a contract through 2024.

• PSG tie Montpellier 2-2.

• Roma win the Italian Women's Super Cup. They defeated Juventus on PKs.

• Georgia Stanway has 5 yellow cards in seven games for Bayern. New League but same Georgia.

• Bunny Shaw has 7 goals so far this season and leads the FAWSL Golden Boot race.

• Lyon tied Guingamp 0-0. Guingamp is last in the standings while Lyon is first in the standings.

Player Profile: Mia Fishel

Mia Fishel had a fantastic regular season for Tigres UANL of Liga MX Femenil. Here are her stats in 17 regular season games:

• 17 Goals (Won the Golden Boot)

• 4 Assists

• 80.4% Pass Accuracy

• 62.5% Long Ball Accuracy

• Recovered the ball 84.4% of the time in opponents half.

Bangers Only 

Steph Catley with the olimpico!

A perfect free kick from Lisa Boattin. 

A fantastic strike from Thiney.