European women's soccer vision sees place for indie clubs
Clubs such as Fortuna Hjรธrring and Glasgow City โ which do not have menโs teams โ are currently a fixture in the later knockout rounds of the UEFA Womenโs Champions League. Creating new clubs is one of six key goals in a strategy for womenโs soccer published by the European Club Association, which represents around 250 menโs clubs. One attraction for the biggest clubs is changes to the UEFA Womenโs Champions League, which was won for the past five seasons by Lyon. Another key aim in the ECA is โdevelopment of the competition landscape,โ with a second European club competition targeted. The ECA strategy also seeks to run more medical research and data analysis projects that are currently lacking in womenโs soccer.