As the primary worldwide break of 2025 is properly underway and the proper time to replicate on the Ladies’s Tremendous League (WSL) season to date.
Chelsea comfortably prepared the ground on the high of the desk. They maintain a seven-point lead over Manchester United in second, and ten or extra over each Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis.
On the different finish of the desk, newly promoted facet Crystal Palace are deep in a relegation battle, however at the least 5 groups above them are nonetheless vulnerable to being dragged in with a string of poor outcomes. That features Aston Villa, Leicester Metropolis, Everton, West Ham United and even Liverpool.
Whether or not it’s guiding a crew to the highest of the desk or maintaining them afloat on the backside, there have been quite a few standout performers within the competitors this season.
90min has ranked the highest 5 gamers within the WSL to date…
Though Liverpool have endured a tough season to date, as they sit simply 9 factors away from Crystal Palace, summer time signing Olivia Smith has been a shining mild for the Reds. She has 4 WSL targets for the season and has proven glimpses of turning into a star within the not too distant future.
The 20-year-old Canada worldwide has shortly established herself as an integral participant for Matt Beard’s facet, and her health and type might be essential come the top of the season.
Nikita Parris has been a standout performer for Brighton & Hove Albion this season, thriving after her summer time transfer from Manchester United. With 5 targets and two assists within the WSL, she has been a key attacking pressure for Dario Vidosic’s facet, serving to them cement their place because the ‘better of the remaining’ exterior the standard high 4.
Nothing speaks louder about her affect than a current England recall, her first Lionesses choice since November 2022. Whereas accidents throughout the England squad undoubtedly performed an element, Parris’ inclusion forward of clubmate Fran Kirby is a testomony to the shape she has proven this season.
Johanna Rytting Kaneryd began the season in blistering type, contributing 4 targets and three assists within the WSL. That audacious volley in opposition to Tottenham in October has arguably been the standout second from the 27-year-old.
A calf damage has disrupted her marketing campaign, which is the one cause she is not ranked greater. If the Swede stays match, she may have a large position to play as Chelsea push for silverware on 4 fronts within the closing months of the season.
After a sluggish begin at Manchester United following her summer time transfer from Brighton, Elisabeth Terland has now discovered her stride. With seven targets and 4 assists, she is the one participant at present ranked within the high 5 for each.
Marc Skinner’s facet struggled within the early months of the season however have surged into second place forward of Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis. It’s no coincidence that their revival has come as Terland has hit high type.
These rankings would not be full with out Manchester Metropolis’s Khadija Shaw. Regardless of some damage setbacks, she leads the Golden Boot race with 11 targets and is firmly on observe to complete because the WSL’s high scorer for a second consecutive season.
Even with Metropolis stumbling of their title race, and high three pursuit, Shaw stays merely unstoppable. Some of the prolific strikers in girls’s soccer, she is deserving of each accolade that will come her method.
