Women’s FA Cup closing attracts world document crowd as Chelsea beat Manchester United
A world document crowd witnessed Chelsea win the Women’s FA Cup closing towards Manchester United at Wembley Stadium.
A sold-out Wembley noticed 77,390 followers cheer on the perimeters beneath the well-known arch – making the attendance the very best for a home girls’s membership fixture.
The sheer variety of supporters smashed the earlier document of 60,739 when Barcelona Women beat Atletico Madrid Women in 2019 on the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid.
Chelsea’s Australian striker, Sam Kerr, put the Blues forward within the second half after Manchester United had a aim dominated out for offside within the opening seconds of the sport.
United staged an onslaught within the closing seconds of stoppage time, however Chelsea managed to outlive the scramble and the sport ended 1-0.
The London aspect gained the cup for the third consecutive season, having triumphed over Manchester City within the 2022 closing, beating them 3-2.
Sam Kerr (proper) scored the winner
FA director of girls’s soccer Baroness Sue Campbell mentioned: “To break the world record is a massive statement and a wonderful marker as to where the women’s game has come in this country.
“A whole lot of credit score goes to the entire gamers and the golf equipment within the Barclays Women’s Super League, the Barclays Women’s Championship and beneath that, but additionally credit score to all people that is labored on the FA to ensure this can be a actuality.
“I’ve mentioned earlier than that we have come a good distance, however we have nonetheless bought an extremely lengthy option to go and we all know that.
“But it’s another marker in the sand that the game in this country is now alive and well, flourishing and growing.”
The attendance document for a girls’s match did nonetheless fall in need of the 91,648 followers who watched the Women’s Champions League semi-finals final yr as Barcelona beat Wolfsburg on the Nou Camp.
The news comes at a time when grassroots girls football clubs are struggling to outlive regardless of the successes in girls’s soccer on the highest stage.