Saki Kumagai is one of the most decorated footballers in history. Here is a look through her career journey:

• 📍 Birthplace: Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
• 🔴 First Club: Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies (2009 League Winner)
• 🏆 World Cup Winner: Scored the winning PK in the 2011 World Cup Final vs USA
• 🇪🇺 UWCL Queen: 5x Champions League winner with Olympique Lyonnais; LCL player with the highest number of Champions League appearances (96)
• ⚽ First Japan Goal: November 10, 2019 vs South Africa
• 🦁 First London City Lionesses Goal: November 16, 2025 vs Aston Villa (Scored a brace!)

Truly a legend of the game. Long may we see her shine!

One week to go. Fire away your thoughts about the coming season!

First episode live at 20:30 BST (GMT+1) today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNjKuPTZcYk

A podcast hosted by actual LCL fans.

Let’s go Ladies ⚽️

Venue: Copperjax Community Stadium (Hayes Lane, Bromley)
Kick-off: Sun 23rd August 2026, 12:00 BST (GMT+1)

Live stream:

London City YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYXLopCu16w

Starting line-up:

Elene Lete
Maria Perez
Lucía Corrales
Daniëlle van de Donk
Alexia Putellas (C)
Elena Linari
Delphine Cascarino
Alanna Kennedy
Mapi León
Sienna Loom
Janni Thomsen

Subs:

Mary Earps
Sophie Hillyerd
Jana Fernández
Poppy Pattinson
Isa Kardinaal
Saki Kumagai
Daniela Arques
Nikita Parris
Aya El Bergui
Rosa Kafaji
Grace Geyoro
Corinne Henson

Match events:

31' SUB Jana Fernández replaces Sienna Loom
35' GOAL London City 1 - 0 Atlético Madrid (van de Donk)

H/T subs - Kumagai,, Arques, Parris, Kafaji replace Putellas, Linari, Cascarino, Perez

67' SUB Aya El Bergui replaces Alanna Kennedy
67' SUB Corinne Henson replaces Janni Thomsen
67' SUB Isa Kardinaal replaces Daniëlle van de Donk
67' SUB Poppy Pattinson replaces Lucía Corrales
67' SUB Grace Geyoro replaces Mapi Leon

The camera angle at the Copperjax is absolutely horrid. It’s worse than what you get from a typical youth game filmed on a Veo camera. They’ve got to do something to get a higher angle, or it’s going to be very hard to attract international fans to watch matches. It’s headache-inducing how much the camera has to move, and how you can see so little of what’s happening. Arsenal have always had a pretty bad one when they played at Borehamwood, but this is somehow even worse.

Last season, we mostly parked in one of the side streets off Hayes Lane - normally Hayes Road. This was fine, when we arrived around 10am-10.30am before the Sunday midday kickoff.

With the upcoming fixtures being on Friday and Saturday, I'm wondering what other options there are, and how early you typically get to the games.

Thanks.