Marissa Everett put in one of the best performances of the NWSL Challenge Cup opening weekend. They’ll need her to do it again when Portland plays Chicago on Thursday.
20 Jan 2021
Both highly successful players who’ve impressed in the dugout
We look closer at the two women and what they will bring to the Lionesses
In bridging the gap between the Phil Neville and Sarina Wiegman eras, England have turned to two national icons. But it was in the red of Norway and Canada, rather than the Lionesses’ white, that Hege Riise and Rhian Wilkinson earned this legendary status.
Riise, the senior partner, was one of the outstanding players of her generation, with the winner’s medals and player of the tournament awards to prove it. More recently, she has excelled in the dugout, and her nomination for The Best FIFA Women’s Coach 2020 – an award ultimately won by Wiegman – reflected a run of six consecutive titles with Lillestrom’s LSK Kvinner.