Tag: Womens Soccer

After decades of lacking a professional outlet for female footballers at home, Canada has finally launched its first independent professional women’s football league: the Northern Super League (NSL). Officially kicking off in April 2025, the NSL features six founding clubs—Montreal Roses FC, Vancouver Rise FC, AFC Toronto, Ottawa Rapid FC, Calgary Wild FC, and Halifax Tides FC—and aims to create a sustainable, business-focused model for growth.

Chelsea FC is making headlines as the club is able to report a positive balance sheet at the end of the financial year thanks to the sale of its women’s team to the club’s parent company. As a result, the west Londoners complied with the Premier League’s Financial Fair Play rules.

Chelsea FC made major investments in the winter transfer window. The million mark fell for the first time with the transfer of Naomi Girma. We take a look at how the transfer sums have developed in recent years.

‘The Rise of Women’s Football’ has analysed the situation of player agencies in the top 5 leagues in women’s football and their impact on the women’s football business in terms of the amount of players they manage.

Where are the women in the top management of women’s football? Even if men still dominate at the decision-making level, a change is underway. Influential personalities such as Nadine Kessler or Michele Kang have become key players in the business world of women’s football.