Another Women’s Super League season, another Chelsea title. Sonia Bompastor’s team secured a sixth championship in a row to further assert their dominance of the English game’s top division.
While The Athletic’s Michael Cox described the WSL season as a “very dull WSL campaign overall”, there were, nevertheless, moments and games that stood out.
From Naomi Girma’s record-breaking transfer to Chloe Kelly’s Arsenal loan move, our experts, Charlotte Harpur, Megan Feringa and Michael Cox, tell us what the 2024-25 WSL season will be remembered for.
Game of the season – Manchester City 2-4 Manchester United
Manchester United had only won one out of 10 WSL Manchester derbies. They had never beaten Manchester City away in the league.
So when they were 3-0 up within 36 minutes in their rivals’ own backyard, no one expected it. There was quality dappled with calamity as United hunted City’s back line and haunted goalkeeper Khiara Keating with their aggressive press.
A run-of-the-mill game would have seen a team protect their healthy lead for the next hour, but this game was the gift that kept on giving as it swung one way and then the other. Just before half-time, former Arsenal striker Vivianne Miedema headed home before Rebecca Knaak made it 3-2, with everything all…
