Pinatar Cup Preview: Wales v Republic of Ireland
Both teams are coming off difficult losses, Wales a 3-1 penalty shoot-out loss and Ireland a 1-0 loss to Russia. So both teams have a little more to prove. Wales I would imagine will use this game as another tester, to get game time for some more players and maybe to...
Pinatar Cup Review: Wales v Belgium
Featured image credit: Steffen Prößdorf (CC BY-SA 4.0) A game that Wales will be able to take a lot of positives from. Being knocked out on penalties by the highest-ranking team in the tournament isn’t anything to be ashamed about. Wales gave everything and when it...
ENG v ESP and trusting the process of Sarina Wiegman
Sarina Wiegman made nine changes to her starting XI in the Arnold Clark Cup match against Spain, after a 1-1 draw to Olympic champions Canada on Thursday evening. The heavy rotation was a surprise, especially considering it left out key players like midfielders Leah...Pinatar Cup Review: Wales 3-1 Scotland
A well-fought game that would give you the illusion that Wales dominated that game. The opposite is in fact true. Scotland had complete control of that game, but once again as has been complained about in the past, Scotland squandered chance after chance in front of...Pinatar Cup Preview: Wales v Belgium
It’s the semifinals and Wales have got a tough opposition ahead of them. Belgium who are 13 places above them in the rankings, look to give Wales a real test, one that Scotland had failed to really show. Belgium made it through to the Semi’s with a very...
Mini Tournaments Galore!
Preview of the February Women’s International Break including the Algarve Cup, Arnold Clark Cup, SheBelieves Cup, Tournoi de France, Pinatar Cup, and Turkish Women’s Cup.
Arnold Clark Cup Preview: Canada v England
Featured image credit: Liondartois (CC BY 4.0) In recent months the Women’s World Cup has come under scrutiny for its qualifying rounds, with two of the last three Lionesses’ matches ending in heavily lopsided score lines (10-0 and 20-0 against Latvia). Even against...
Pinatar Cup Preview: Wales v Scotland
February 16th sees the return of the Pinatar Cup, which this year pits Wales against its current holders: Scotland. Wales will be hungry to prove themselves, and will naturally want to beat a rival so close to home. For Wales, this competition has come at the right...