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Jan 16, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Jessy Parker Humphreys
How do you memorialise a league that is still in its infancy? And what does it mean to capture the history of a sport that has been so fragmented across time? Those were the questions that sprang to mind on Monday night as Alex Scott, Gilly Flaherty, Steph Houghton and Rebecca Welch became the fourth cohort to be inducted into the Women’s Super League Hall of Fame.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Jessy Parker Humphreys
Rangers and Celtic have held preliminary talks with the WPLL (Women's Professional Leagues Limited) about joining the Women's Super League. The discussions, originally reported by The Times and corroborated by The Athletic, have been a continuation of those that were previously held with the Football Association when it was still running the league. The WPLL took over from England's governing body in running the top two divisions of women's football at the start of this season.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Jessy Parker Humphreys
Women's football this year was supposed to kick off with a bang but, with seven of the weekend's FA Cup fourth-round fixtures postponed, it was more like a whimper. Matches at Brighton & Hove Albion, Blackburn Rovers, Everton, Leicester City, Crystal Palace, West Ham United and Arsenal fell foul of the weather as frozen pitches saw some games called off more than 24 hours before kick-off, creating an uneven start to the year.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
goal.com | Jessy Parker Humphreys
The shot curved over Manuela Zinsberger’s head, mimicking the Wembley arch above. Beyond that, grey sky. It might have been an FA Cup final, but it was not the kind of day you imagine for it. We were not basking in the warm glow of early summer; it was nearly Christmas 2021—a result of the backlog of games caused by the pandemic. It almost feels wrong to describe it as a shot. That word conjures an image of a fast-paced, hard strike that flies in.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Jessy Parker Humphreys
On the face of it, the final whistle of match day five in the Women's Champions League left little to play for in the last round of fixtures. All eight quarter-finalists are known, with six of the eight having been decided before this round of games kicked off.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Jessy Parker Humphreys
When Aston Villa Women announced on Wednesday afternoon that manager Robert de Pauw had left with immediate effect, it was hard to escape the sense that this was a knee-jerk decision. The 43-year-old had only joined the club in the summer from Bayer Leverkusen, replacing Carla Ward, and had been in charge for just nine Women's Super League (WSL) matches. It is undeniable that results have been poor: Villa have won only one match in the league, against bottom-of-the-table Crystal Palace.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Jessy Parker Humphreys
The Women's Super League returned from the international break with a jampacked Sunday schedule - all six games kicked off between midday and 2.30pm. The intensity of the fixture list was matched by that of the matches. Five of the six winning teams scored four or more goals, with Tottenham's 2-1 home defeat of Everton the tightest contest on the day.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Jessy Parker Humphreys
The Women's Super League (WSL) returns on Sunday after a fortnight of international football, with two rounds of fixtures before it takes its five-week winter break. While the focus tends to be on the title race, there are more points between leaders Chelsea and second-placed Manchester City than between Liverpool in sixth and bottom side Crystal Palace in 12th. Palace, West Ham United and Leicester City are all on five points, with Aston Villa and Everton on six.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
theringer.com | Flo Lloyd-Hughes |Jessy Parker Humphreys
Photo by Chloe Knott - Danehouse/Getty Images Flo Lloyd-Hughes is joined by Jessy Parker Humphreys and Becky Taylor-Gill for the Women’s FA Cup third-round draw. We discuss Chelsea’s 1-0 win over Manchester United and more frustrations for United fans. We also reflect on Marta’s fairy-tale ending ... (or is it) with the Orlando Pride. Host: Flo Lloyd-HughesGuests: Jessy Parker Humphreys and Becky Taylor-GillProducers: Jonathan Fisher and Flo Lloyd-HughesSubscribe: Spotify
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Jessy Parker Humphreys
With the minutes ticking away, Manchester United's goalkeeper, Phallon Tullis-Joyce, jogged towards Chelsea's penalty area to join an attacking corner. It was the second time this season an opposition 'keeper has decided to try their luck in the final stages of a match against the WSL champions Chelsea. Aston Villa's Sabrina D'Angelo almost scored an equaliser from her attempt on the opening night of the season. When you're playing Chelsea, sometimes anything will do.
