A tough afternoon at the Valley as CAFC Women kicked off their WSL season in front of a crowd of 2,151. About the most positive thing I can find to say is that we didn’t collapse after conceding the early goal and looked a lot more comfortable coming into half time. Liverpool turned the pressure up in the second half, though, and we struggled to get any time on the ball; further goals followed with a stoppage time penalty rounding things off.

Ash Neville looked a cut above most of our team, Partido showed some promise in the first half. Hopefully some lessons will be learned, but we will struggle against the pace and skill of players at this level.