The following are the scheduled events of women's association football for 2018 throughout the world.
Events
January
- January 1 – Olympique Lyonnais is joined by Morgan Brian, whose venture would turn out to be short-lived,[1] and Amandine Henry.[2]
- January 5 – Stanford's Andi Sullivan is awarded the 2017 Hermann Trophy.[3]
- January 7 – Pernille Harder becomes the first footballer in either category to win the Danish Player of the Year four years in a row.[4]
- January 8 – John Herdman leaves the Canadian WNT for its male counterpart and is replaced by the team's assistant coach, Kenneth Heiner-Møller.[5]
- January 11 – Portland Thorns FC trades Allie Long to Seattle Reign in exchange for Caitlin Foord and a second round pick in the 2020 Draft.[6]
- January 14 – Arsenal and Manchester City, the only teams to win the Continental Cup after seven years, qualify for the competition's final.[7]
- January 18 — NWSL stars Sam Kerr, Carli Lloyd and Christen Press are transferred to Chicago Red Stars, Sky Blue and Houston Dash respectively within a complex trade.[8] Andi Sullivan is chosen by Washington Spirit in the 2018 NWSL Draft No. 1 pick, with Savannah McCaskill and Quinn[a] following in the top three.[9]
- January 20 – The Netherlands suffers its first defeat since winning the UEFA Euro in an away friendly against Spain.[10]
- January 23 – Phil Neville is appointed as England's head coach and immediately faces a controversy over a number of sexist tweets he wrote in 2012,[11] prompting him to apologize.[12]
- January 28 — Boston Breakers are disestablished following a last minute ownership deal collapse and leave the 2018 NWSL season with nine teams.[13] Mexico wins its first CONCACAF U-20 Championship on penalties over the United States,[14] and Haiti qualifies for the U-20 World Cup for the first time, leaving Canada out.[15]
- January 29 – Brazil and Paraguay take the two last spots for the U-20 World Cup, while Venezuela, including 2017 The Best finalist Deyna Castellanos, fails to qualify.[16]
- January 30 – Rose Lavelle is chosen by Washington Spirit as the first pick in the NWSL Dispersal Draft held due to Boston Breakers's folding.[17]
- January 31 – Brazil extends its complete domination of the U-20 Sudamericano to an 8th title after overwhelming Paraguay in the final game.[18]
February
March
- March 7 — The Algarve Cup trophy is shared for the first time as the final has to be cancelled due to weather issues, with the Netherlands and Sweden winning it ex aequo.[32] Spain becomes the first national team to win both the Algarve Cup and the Cyprus Cup in its debut appearances.
- March 8 — FIFPro concedes its 2017 Women's World XI Award to Lindahl, Bronze, Renard, Fischer, Paredes, Marta, Marozsán, Abily, Morgan, Harder and Martens, with Martens, Bronze and Renard receiving the most votes.[33]
- March 9 — Houston Dash is told Christen Press won't join the team two weeks before the start of the 2018 NWSL season, leaving it with no trade after handing Carli Lloyd to Sky Blue.[34]
- March 11 — Kopparbergs/Göteborg players show their disagreement as the team is knocked out of the Svenska Cupen's quarterfinals as per the previous season's ranking following a 1–1 draw against Linköpings, with no overtime nor penalty shootout.[35]
- March 13 — Steffi Jones is sacked by Germany one week after the team ended last the 2018 SheBelieves Cup and Horst Hrubesch takes over as interim coach,[36] becoming the first man to coach the team since Gero Bisanz in the 1996 Olympics.
- March 16 — Gianni Infantino's proposal for a 16-WNT world league with confederation-wide second tiers fails to be approved in the Bogotá FIFA Council meeting.[37]
- March 17 — 22,202 attend Atlético Madrid's first appearance in the new Metropolitano Stadium, where the team draws against Madrid but remains in the lead after Barcelona also fails to defeat Sporting Huelva the following day.[38]
- March 21 — Manchester United announces its intention to launch a women's team and applies for a Championship spot.[39] Ana-Maria Crnogorčević signs for Portland Thorns FC after nearly a decade in the Frauen-Bundesliga.[40] Elise Kellond-Knight is unable to join Seattle Reign as NC Courage exerts a discovery claim, unknown to her.[41]
- March 23 — England reaches an unprecedented second position in the FIFA Ranking surpassing Germany, and France returns to the top 5 as Australia loses two positions.[42]
- March 26 — Christen Press returns to Kopparbergs/Göteborg six years later,[43] with Houston Dash, "disappointed" but "comfortable with the outcome", retaining her NWSL rights.[44]
- March 28 — For the first time two English teams reach the Champions League's semifinals as Chelsea and Manchester City defeat Montpellier and Linköpings in both legs,[45] qualifying along with defending champion Lyon and Wolfsburg, which make it past Barcelona and Slavia Prague.
April
International WNT competitions
- Inaugural editions are marked in blue. Successful defending champions are marked in yellow.
Official
Invitational
note 1 The final match was cancelled due to weather issues and both teams were awarded the title.
International club competitions
Official
Invitational
National competitions
UEFA
AFC
Notes
- ^ Then known as Rebecca Quinn
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- ^ Goff, Steven (5 January 2018). "Lorton's Andi Sullivan wins Hermann Trophy as college soccer's best player". The Washington Post.
- ^ Top, Morten (6 January 2018). "Hattrick-Harder er Danmarks bedste for fjerde gang" [Hattrick-Harder is Denmark's best for the fourth time]. Danmarks Radio (in Danish).
- ^ Davidson, Neil (8 January 2018). "John Herdman, decorated women's coach, makes sudden move to Canada's men's team". CBC.
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- ^ McCarthy, Kyle (29 January 2018). "Boston Breakers' fate was sealed when new ownership deal collapsed at last minute". Boston Herald.
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- ^ "Haiti edge Canada to reach World Cup". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 28 January 2018.
- ^ "5-0. Brasil, primera clasificada al Mundial de Francia; Venezuela, eliminada" [5–0. Brazil, first to qualify for the France World Cup; Venezuela, eliminated]. Agencia EFE (in Spanish). 29 January 2018.
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- ^ "Un final para el olvido" [An ending to forget]. ABC-TV (in Spanish). 31 January 2018.
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