Doucet to co-chair WLF as girls’s leagues construct their platform

January 15 – Girls’s Tremendous League CEO Nikki Doucet has been appointed co-chair of the Girls’s Leagues Discussion board (WLF), alongside present chair Jessica Berman, commissioner of the NWSL.

The WLF, shaped in March final 12 months, has simply accomplished its annual assembly hosted by Spain’s Liga F in Madrid.

“This assembly underscored the facility of shared data and collective motion in addressing each the challenges and alternatives that lie forward. Collectively, we’re constructing a basis for sustainable development on a world scale,” mentioned Berman.

The three-day assembly coated a spread of subjects from fan engagement, income technology and sustainability to funding within the growth of the sport and golf equipment.

The worldwide match calendar, participant workload, and the significance of rewarding golf equipment which might be coaching younger abilities have been additionally mentioned.

“It’s a nice honour to be appointed the co-chair of the Girls’s League Discussion board. It is a vital platform for key determination makers inside the girls’s recreation from world wide to come back collectively, share concepts and drive optimistic adjustments,” mentioned Doucet.

A gaggle of European members lead by Liga F President Beatriz Alvarez and SWPL Managing Director Fiona McIntyre additionally met with representatives of the European Leagues affiliation.

Moya Dodd, a former Australia participant and member of FIFA’s previous govt committee and who has lengthy been highly effective voice within the girls’s recreation serves as Secretary to the Board of the WLF.

“The dialogues at Girls’s Leagues Discussion board are a useful supply of perception and inspiration to assist us create the circumstances for the skilled girls’s recreation to thrive. We’re very grateful to Liga F for internet hosting this occasion,” mentioned Dodd.

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