Fútnotes, Volume 42

A lot happened this past week in women’s soccer! As always I tried to capture as much as I could in this, but I always feel like I’m missing something. If you see something you think should make the cut, feel free to send me an email at [email protected]!

México

Tigres, Liga MX , and Salud Digna offered coupons to every woman over 35 in Monterrey to get a free mammogram. (Tigres via Twitter)

IFFHS ranked the best goal scorers in the world, and Pachuca’s Charlyn Corral was #1, with América’s Kiana Palacios coming in #2 and Corral’s teammate Jenni Hermoso #3. (IFFHS)

Atlético San Luis fired head coach Fernando Samayoa. (Atlético San Luis)

San Luis did however unveil their new Femenil mascot Tunita prior to the men’s match against Santos Laguna. (Atlético San Luis)

A nugget buried in this release is that Atlas will return from break on November 23 to begin preparations for the 2024 Clausura. (Atlas FC)

Along the same vein, Necaxa said they’d re-convene on November 20 to start preparations for next season. (Necaxa)

Cruz Azul said goodbye to Leslie Ramírez. (Cruz Azul via Twitter)

Pachuca’s Jenni Hermoso sat for an interview with the British edition of GQ Magazine, where she was honored as one of the 2023 GQ Men of the Year.

Hermoso also says she received death threats in the wake of the Rubiales scandal. (The Guardian)

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Rest of the World

Oumou Koné became the first Malian to score a hat-trick in the CAF Women’s Champions League. (IFFHS)

Steph Yang interviewed Mia Fishel, who we hear is doing well after leaving Tigres for Chelsea. (The Athletic - possible paywall)

Gotham FC beat OL Reign 2-1 to win the NWSL Championship. GO BATS! (Gotham FC)

Unfortunately, Megan Rapinoe went out early due to injury. (The Athletic - possible paywall)

Lindsay Gibbs published this great look back at one of the defining moments of Rapinoe’s career - her kneeling in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick and the night the opposing club thought it would be a good idea to pre-empt her protest by not allowing the players to come out for the national anthem.

Prior to the match, my good friend Sylvia Bullock conducted a great interview with Scott Parkinson, the current OL Reign assistant coach and former Gotham FC head coach. (Sounder At Heart)

Speaking of the NWSL, they reached a multiyear media rights agreement with ESPN to televise matches in the US and Latin America in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. (ESPN)

Games will also be available on CBS Sports, amazon Prime Video, and Scripps, which owns the ION Network. (NWSL)

In other NWSL news, Jenna Tonelli interviewed Becki Tweed after she was named as Angel City FC’s new head coach. (The Messenger)

The World Leagues Forum was established in San Diego ahead of the NWSL Championship. Comprised of heads of 41 members from five of FIFA’s six federations, it’s doing the work to create a platform for all of “the professional football leagues on a world level with political and sport bodies and foster cooperation between them.” (World Leagues Forum)

IFFHS released their Women’s Club Continental Rankings for OFC, Concacaf, CAF, AFC, CONMEBOL, and UEFA. In case you’re wondering, Barcelona is the top overall with 577 points. (IFFHS)

Hammarby won the Damallsvenskan, Sweden’s top division. Their club has been one of the few in Europe to go out of their way to integrate their women’s team in with their men’s, which lead to scenes like this during the final, which was away at BK Häcken.

Don’t ever let them tell you no one pays attention to women’s soccer.

If you have something that should be included in this segment, please reach out to me via twitter or email me at [email protected].