Shaw and Daly On Fire

Happy Monday! The FAWSL table is starting to heat up. Champions League is back this week and there are some major matchups.

Trivia Question: Which player in the FAWSL has the most passes into the penalty area so far this season?

  1. Lauren Hemp

  2. Ella Toone

  3. Guro Reiten

  4. Beth Mead

*Answer is at the bottom*

Today's Newsletter

  • FAWSL

  • Champions League

  • NCAA Tournament

  • Player Profile

  • Water Cooler Talk

FAWSL

Bunny Shaw and Rachel Daly continue their scoring streaks. They both now have 8 goals in 7 games. The next highest scorer has 4.

Manchester United gave Arsenal their first loss of the season. It was a thrilling 3-2 win for United. Ella Toone would give United the lead just before half time. One minute into the second half Maanum would score for Arsenal. Arsenal then went up 2-1 in the 73' minute. Millie Turner and Alessia Russo would play hero's for united though. Turner tied the game in the 85' minute while Russo went on to win it for United in the 90+1 minute.

Chelsea were able to beat Tottenham 3-0. Goals came from Kerr, Cuthbert, and Reiten. Chelsea now sit top of the table but have played one more game.

Man City were able to pull off a 2-1 win over Everton. Bunny Shaw scored in the 49' minute to put City up 2-1. Her goal would end up being the winning goal.

Liverpool vs Brighton gave an absolute thriller. Liverpool opened up the scoring in the 17' minute to give Liverpool a 1-0 lead. After that Brighton would score the next three goals to go up 3-1. Liverpool weren't done yet though. They would score in both the 76' and 90+2' minute to tie the game 3-3.

Champions League

The group stage of Champions League continues this week!

Group Standings:

  • Group A: Chelsea (6) Real Madrid (4) PSG (1) Vllaznia (0)

  • Group B: Wolfsburg (6) Roma (6) Slavia Praha (0) St. Pölten (0)

  • Group C: Arsenal (6) Juventus (4) Lyon (1) Zürich (0)

  • Group D: Barcelona (6) Bayern (6) Rosengård (0) Benfica (0)

Schedule:

  • Wednesday: PSG v Vllaznia @ 12:45 PM ET

  • Wednesday: Slavia Praha v St. Pölten @ 12:45 PM ET

  • Wednesday: Roma v Wolfsburg @ 3 PM ET

  • Wednesday: Chelsea v Real Madrid @ 3 PM ET

  • Thursday: Zürich v Lyon @ 12:45 PM ET

  • Thursday: Barcelona v Bayern @ 12:45 PM ET

  • Thursday: Juventus v Arsenal @ 3 PM ET

  • Thursday: Benfica v Rosengård @ 3 PM ET

NCAA Tournament

The Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament has been decided.

The eight teams are: Florida State, Arkansas, Alabama, Duke, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Virginia, and UCLA

Matchups:

  • Florida State v Arkansas (November 26 @ 5 PM EST)

  • UNC v Notre Dame (November 26 @ 8 PM EST)

  • Alabama v Duke (November 26 @ 6 PM EST)

  • Virginia v UCLA (November 26 @ 9 PM EST)

Player Profile

Bunny Shaw has been unreal so far this season. Here are some of her stats (7 games):

  • 8 goals

  • 2 assists

  • 43.3% of her shots have been on target

  • Has completed 107 out of 140 passes (76.4%)

  • Has been successful on 58.3% of her dribbles

  • Has 14 interceptions

Water Cooler Talk

  • Kelley O'Hara has signed with Gotham FC

  • Erin Cuthbert signed a new contract with Chelsea until 2025

  • Christine Sinclair resigned with the Portland Thorns

  • Kaleigh Riehl extends her contract with San Diego Wave through 2024

  • Makenzy Doniak extends her contract with San Diego Wave through 2023

  • Cece Kizer is staying with KC Current through 2024

  • Ally Watt extends her contract with Orlando through 2024

  • Arin Wright is staying with Chicago through 2024

  • Sarah Zadrazil extends her contract with Bayern Munich until 2026

  • Juventus scored two goals in stoppage time to come back and beat Parma 2-1. Lisa Boattin scored in the 90+2 minute while Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir scored the winner in the 90+6 minute.

  • Pernille Harder underwent successful surgery on her hamstring

  • The Washington Spirit announce Mark Parsons as their new head coach

Bangers Only

Erin Cuthbert hit a perfect strike

Lindsey Horan converts another free kick

Diani doing Diani things

Trivia Answer: Ella Toone (24)