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1 week ago | thedeck.news | Chloe Leadbeater |Ryan Whelan

It’s a quick switch back to North America to look at more of the football, or soccer, scene in America. We previously took a look at Division I of the American League system. In this article, we will take a look at Division II, which consists of the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) and the United Women’s Soccer League (UWS). Women’s Premier Soccer LeagueThis league was founded in 1998 and is the largest league in the USA, with 152 teams across 16 conferences in 32 states.

1 week ago | thedeck.news | Chloe Leadbeater |Ryan Whelan

Next up is on the other side of the world as we take a look at women’s football in New Zealand. New Zealand hosted the most recent edition of the Women’s World Cup alongside Australia so here’s a little look at this island country which has a good size women’s football scene. PyramidThe women’s football pyramid is quite busy with various different leagues across different levels and varying promotion and relegation rules. The levels in New Zealand women’s football are as follows.

2 weeks ago | thedeck.news | Chloe Leadbeater |Ryan Whelan

After examining Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland last time, we stay in Europe to explore the Baltic countries and how football operates there. The Baltic states are Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and we will also look at the Faroe Islands too. Baltic CupThe reason the Faroe Islands are included in this group of countries is their current participation in the Baltic Cup. This tournament typically sees the Baltic countries compete against one another and was founded in 1996.

2 weeks ago | thedeck.news | Chloe Leadbeater |Ryan Whelan

We’re taking a departure from the look at women’s football in Europe to hop across the pond to Canada. This is a country which until very recently didn’t have a professional league with their top players mostly heading to ply their trade in the NWSL. HistoryThe first known instance of women’s football in Canada is quoted as having taken place in 1922, although it took ages for it to be taken seriously.

1 month ago | thedeck.news | Chloe Leadbeater |Ryan Whelan

Next up in the series looking at women’s football around the world, we are taking a look at women’s football in the continent of Africa. Unfortunately, this is a lesser covered area with less information available so this should shine a little on what is out there. This will be part 1 where we look at women’s football in Cameroon, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Kenya.