Emily Keogh

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Women’s Football Writer at ESPN

Women’s football writer @ESPNFC | all opinions are my own | Words: @pasport @guardian_sport |🧏‍♀️🌻

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Articles

WSL season grades: Chelsea A+, Spurs F. Plus: who were the best players?

3 days ago | espn.com | Emily Keogh |Yash Thakur

The 2024-25 Women's Super League (WSL) season is over and Chelsea have been crowed champions for the sixth successive year. Many predicted that the Blues might struggle in the wake of losing legendary manager Emma Hayes last summer but Sonia Bompastor has made a mockery of those suggestions by leading the team to an unbeaten season, a record points total (60) and League Cup success, with an FA Cup final to come against Manchester United next weekend.
How Chelsea's women made history with unbeaten WSL season

5 days ago | espn.com | Emily Keogh
Six WSL titles in a row for Chelsea and London City go up - Women’s Football Weekly

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Faye Carruthers |Suzanne Wrack |Emily Keogh |Sophie Downey |Silas Gray

On this week’s Guardian Women’s Football Weekly: Chelsea are crowned WSL champions for a record sixth season in a row. With games to spare, can Sonia Bompastor’s side complete an unbeaten domestic campaign? Elsewhere, Arsenal’s back-to-back defeats against Aston Villa and Brighton raise questions about their defensive frailties, while Manchester United and Manchester City play out a dramatic derby with European football on the line.
Man United seal UWCL spot, Paris FC win French Cup, LCL promoted

1 week ago | espn.com | Emily Keogh |Sophie Lawson

Although most of Europe's big leagues are done and dusted at both ends of the table, there was more than just pride at stake this week. Chelsea may have sewn up the Women's Super League (WSL) title in midweek, so their 1-0 win over Tottenham meant little, but it was derby day in Manchester and Liverpool as United drew 2-2 with City and Everton came out on top over Liverpool once again with a 2-0 victory.
Michele Kang-owned London City Lionesses promoted to WSL

1 week ago | espn.com | Emily Keogh

London City Lionesses have secured promotion to the Women's Super League (WSL) after a 2-2 draw with fellow contenders Birmingham City. Championship top scorer Isobel Goodwin opened the scoring just a minute into the second half, with Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah doubling the lead soon after. Although Birmingham levelled the game, the 2-2 draw was enough to seal promotion as the Michele Kang-owned side needed only a point to secure their place in the top flight.
How ruthless Chelsea romped to a sixth consecutive WSL title

2 weeks ago | espn.com | Emily Keogh

For a sixth consecutive time, Chelsea are Women's Super League champions. With two games to spare and, after defeating Manchester United 1-0 after a decisive goal from Lucy Bronze, the Blues were crowned champions once again on Wednesday. The league victory, their eighth in total, is made all the more astonishing as it was manager Sonia Bompastor's first season in England, after leaving European juggernauts Lyon in the summer.
Wolves players 'devastated' club did not apply for Championship promotion

2 weeks ago | espn.com | Emily Keogh

Wolves women's players have said they feel "let down" and "devastated" after learning the club failed to submit an application for promotion to the Championship, despite battling to secure a spot in the second tier all season. Wolves ultimately lost out on promotion to Nottingham Forest on Sunday.
Chelsea going backwards in UWCL as quadruple hopes crushed by Barcelona

2 weeks ago | espn.com | Emily Keogh |Sophie Lawson

With all eyes on the UEFA Women's Champions League semifinals, fans might be forgiven for forgetting another busy weekend across Europe's biggest domestic leagues, but there was plenty going on. First thing's first, Barcelona put the sword to a miserable looking Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, completing an 8-2 aggregate win before Arsenal left Lyon shocked with a memorable comeback in to book their place in the final.
Barcelona 4-1 Chelsea (27 Apr, 2025) Game Analysis

2 weeks ago | espn.co.uk | Emily Keogh

Barcelona demolished Chelsea's hopes of reaching the Champions League final with another humiliating 4-1 defeat, ending the Women's Super League (WSL) leader's dream of a quadruple with an 8-2 aggregate loss in the semifinals. It was an almost impossible task for Sonia Bompastor's side to overturn their three-goal deficit at Stamford Bridge after scumbling to a brutal 4-1 loss in the first leg in Barcelona.
Barcelona 4-1 Chelsea (Apr 27, 2025) Game Analysis

2 weeks ago | espn.com | Emily Keogh

Barcelona demolished Chelsea's hopes of reaching the Champions League final with another humiliating 4-1 defeat, ending the Women's Super League (WSL) leader's dream of a quadruple with an 8-2 aggregate loss in the semifinals. It was an almost impossible task for Sonia Bompastor's side to overturn their three-goal deficit at Stamford Bridge after scumbling to a brutal 4-1 loss in the first leg in Barcelona.