‘This has opened my mind’: inside the FA’s first elite all-female coaching course
Houghton and Miedema are among 17 current or former WSL players signed up to A Licence course aimed at creating more female coaches
“Who is the spare player? Where’s the space? Yes, yes, let’s go!” is the shout, as Manchester City’s under-16s girls’ squad are put through their paces at the City Football Academy and the net ripples at the end of another slick move.
On this particular ice-cold December night, the future stars being developed are not only the youngsters but those in the tracksuits too. The next generation of coaches, participants on the latest Uefa A licence course run by the FA, are leading the session and are faces familiar to any Women’s Super League supporter.
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