- Updates from the WSL1 match at the Select Security Stadium
- Expectations bring extra pressure as winter WSL kicks off
- Jacob Steinberg’s team-by-team guide to the new season
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Everton (3-5-2): Durack; Brougham, Worm, Finnigan; George, Green, Brett, Munstermann, Turner (c); Walker, Sweetman-Kirk.
Subs: Levell, Boye-Hlorkah, Magill, Kelly, James, Chance, Bryson.
Welcome to the start of a new chapter in women’s domestic football. Shifting the Women’s Super League season from summer to winter is the next step in a long-term plan, aiming to establish a full-time professional league top division. The last full WSL season finished 12 months ago, with momentum maintained by a competitive Spring Series, and England’s success at Euro 2017.
That was the idea, anyway – but recent events mean the focus has strayed far from the field, casting an unfortunate shadow over an intriguing opening derby. Everton, newly full-time and elected to the top flight after Notts County’s collapse, take on 2013 and 2014 champions Liverpool, who have been knocked off their perch by the aggressive development of Chelsea and Manchester City.
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