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Women’s football has come an awful long way since the Women’s Super League began in 2011. The WSL is the top tier of women’s football but there are many leagues below it full of talented female footballers, playing for hundreds of different women’s teams.
The interesting thing about women’s football teams, is that while some are affiliated with well known and long established men’s clubs, like Manchester United Women, Chelsea Women, Arsenal Women, etc., some women’s football teams are new. Think of the London City Lionesses, for example. There is no men’s equivalent, making them unique and allowing them to build their own identity from scratch. This mix of established teams and new teams is very interesting. Some can lean on the existing resources of their established club, others have to build everything themselves. Some can take on the style and DNA of clubs with storied pasts, others are writing their own.
Player turnover tends to be lower in the women’s game too, so teams can really build cohesion and camaraderie over a longer period. Women’s teams can build and maintain a solid core, with some players feeling like they truly belong to their club rather than simply play for them.
Whichever team you support. on this page, you can find out more information about them, starting with those operating at the very highest level of the women’s game.