Rich Laverty

Wakefield

Women's Football Writer at Freelance

Freelance women's football feature writer. In FourFourTwo, World Soccer, The Athletic, When Saturday Comes, OPTUS Sport and more. Guardian Top 100 creator.

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Articles

The sad demise of Fortuna Sittard Women: ‘I hope the players find new clubs’

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Rich Laverty

Three years ago, Fortuna Sittard entered the women’s game to much fanfare. The club owner, Atilla Aytekin, boldly stated the aim within three years was to qualify for the Champions League, the club hiring the former Netherlands head coach Roger Reijners and signing talismanic Belgian forward Tessa Wullaert to spearhead their dream.
Women’s football in France changing but Lyon-PSG duopoly hard to break

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Rich Laverty

A big change occurred in France last summer when the top two divisions of the women’s game were professionalised under the banner of the new Ligue Féminine de Football Professionnel (LFFP), led by the former Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas.
Women’s football in France changing but Lyon-PSG duopoly hard to break

1 month ago | msn.com | Rich Laverty

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Why Domènec Guasch left his dream job at Barcelona to join the NWSL’s Boston Legacy

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Rich Laverty

How do you persuade a boyhood Barcelona fan, who grew up watching his team in the Camp Nou with his grandfather, played for its famous La Masia youth teams and was eventually in charge of running its successful women’s team, to up sticks and move to the United States? As it turns out, a simple phone call was all it took to light the spark which brought Domenec Guasch, former head of management for women’s football at Barcelona, to lead a new era for upcoming NWSL franchise Boston Legacy FC.
Why Domènec Guasch left his dream job at Barcelona to join the NWSL’s Boston Legacy

1 month ago | msn.com | Rich Laverty

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
Why Domènec Guasch left his dream job at Barcelona to join the NWSL’s Boston Legacy

1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Rich Laverty

How do you persuade a boyhood Barcelona fan, who grew up watching his team in the Camp Nou with his grandfather, coached for its famous La Masia youth teams and was eventually in charge of running its successful women’s team, to up sticks and move to the United States?
Meet Club YLA - the Club Brugge women’s team doing things differently

Feb 5, 2025 | theguardian.com | Rich Laverty

Club YLA are fourth in the top division of the Belgian Women’s Super League, which is exactly where they finished in 2023-24. Catching current leaders Leuven and multiple time champions Anderlecht is a long-term goal but this is a club doing things a bit differently.
Aitana Bonmatí on top of the world again but England close gap on Spain

Dec 6, 2024 | theguardian.com | Rich Laverty

Aitana Bonmatí emulates her Barcelona and Spain teammate Alexia Putellas and takes back-to-back wins in the Guardian’s 100 best female footballers in the world list. The double Ballon d’Or winner received votes from all 99 of this year’s judges, finishing 667 points clear of her club teammate Caroline Graham Hansen, the Norwegian climbing to her highest ranking after a superb individual year for both club and country.
The 100 best female footballers in the world 2024

Dec 3, 2024 | theguardian.com | Rich Laverty |Pamela Duncan |Garry Blight |Steven Bloor

Next Generation 2017: 20 of the best talents at Premier League clubsThe Guardian picks the best prospect from each club born between 1 September 2000 and 31 August 2001, an age band known as first-year scholars. Check the progress of our 2016 class | 2015 | 2014
How the Guardian ranked the 100 best female footballers in the world 2024

Dec 1, 2024 | theguardian.com | Rich Laverty

It is time for our seventh edition of the best 100 female footballers in the world and here are the 99 judges who took part in this year’s voting. Our panel once again includes some of the most respected and influential coaches in the women’s game, including Kansas City Current head coach Vlatko Andonovski, Lyon’s Joe Montemurro and Bayern Munich’s Alexander Strauss.