On a quiet, cloudy Thursday night in Nantes, France, the Spanish national women’s football team made history once again. In an inaugural Olympics appearance, the infamous bright red and yellow challenged a well-structured and disciplined Japan team to a duel
Four days to go. The countdown is on. Similar to the FIFA World Cup or UEFA European championships, professional footballers from various national teams and passport identities are presented an opportunity every four years to seal their fate into medallic
Live fast, travel often. Not exactly how the quote goes, but for Barcelona Femení the tail end of a domestic season in Spain and capping off European competition as champions means more time for training and less thinking for games.
Similar to the excitement of Santa Claus coming to town once every year with a sack of presents to deliver down the chimney, one burst of excitement, or rather burst of emotion far from excitement for Barcelona Femeni fans is
So it came to pass, and then it went. On Saturday, May 25th, Barcelona Femeni proved the fan "theory of three" to be true, and took home their third European title. And all in style.
Tonight. The UEFA Women's Champions League Final. Barcelona Femeni fight for their third continental title.
. For nineteen year old footballer Júlia Bartel from Castellbisbal, Spain, life consists of having two of the most prestigious professional women's football clubs in Europe vying for her ability. A product of La Masia (Barcelona's youth academy), a FIFA
Barcelona's Aitana Bonmatí (R) celebrates scoring a goal with her teammates while Chelsea's Sjoeke Nüsken (L) looks down in disappointment / SportsMax
FC Barcelona Femeni sends cohort of team players to represent their countries, Spain shine while ready to face France, Netherlands knotted up and out of competition
FC Barcelona's unbeaten streak comes crashing down in a tangled tie with Levante UD, International players depart to be with their countries
