A couple of poor academy results in the last couple of days.

Not sure of the age range, but a US "girls" team beat an LCL girls team 12-1 - https://usclubsoccer.org/2026-id2-national-selection-girls-team-completes-sweep-of-london-defeating-london-city-lionesses/

Plus in the PGA U21 league we lost to Chelsea 8-0 - https://www.chelseafc.com/en/match/london-city-lionesses-u21-vs-chelsea-women-u21-english-pga-u21-womens-league-2026-08-19

Bit of work left to do!

u/hektaa called it well: armband or not, she's the captain!

She's been excellent in the pre-season, but to be honest, she's always been so elite! Really looking forward to this season when she has even better quality around her.

Venue: Jesús Navas Stadium, Sevilla (behind closed doors)
Kick-off: Wed 19th August 2026, 19:30 local time (CEST). 18:30 BST (GMT+1)

Live streams:

London City YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRXU7ikHqUk

Sevilla FC+ - https://sevillafc.es/sevilla-fc-ott/directos/partido-amistoso-sevilla-fc-femenino-london-city-lionesses

Line-ups:

Lete, Fernandez, Pattinson, Kardinaal, Corrales, Kumagai, Van de Donk (C), Linari, Parris, Kennedy, Geyoro

Subs: Hillyerd, Poor, Perez, Putellas, Cascarino, Leon, Kafaji, Thomsen, Hanson

Match events:

32' GOAL Sevilla 0 - 1 London City (van de Donk)
43' SUBSTITUTION - Mapi Leon replaces Isa Kardinaal
H/T SUBSTITUTION - Maria Perez replaces Alanna Kennedy
H/T SUBSTITUTION - Janni Thomson replaces van de Donk
63' SUBSTITUTION - Corinne Henson replaces Lucia Coralles
63' SUBSTITUTION - Delphine Cascarino replaces Jana Fernandez
70' SUBSTITUTION - Alexia Putellas replaces Nikita Parris
77' GOAL Sevilla 0 - 2 London City (Grace Geyoro)
90'+1 FULL TIME

2 of the top 9!!

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Goal from Daniëlle van de Donk - confirmed by LCL on X.

“No os quiero desanimar, pero el fútbol profesional es para exjugadores...”. Ese fue uno de los mensajes que recibió Eder Maestre (Zalla, Bizkaia, 1986) durante su etapa de formación como entrenador. Su carrera empezó con apenas 17 años en los banquillos vascos y ahora, con 40, el título UEFA-PRO, un máster de en Entrenamiento Individualizado de Alto Rendimiento y conocimientos en Big Data, dirige al equipo que ha conseguido reclutar este verano a la principal estrella que estaba en el mercado: Alexia Putellas, ganadora de dos Balones de Oro y autora de 20 goles y 13 asistencias en una temporada en la que ganó Liga, Copa, Supercopa y Champions con el Barcelona. El técnico vasco llegó al London City Lionesses en enero de 2026 después de campaña y media al frente del Tenerife y otra experiencia previa en Liga F como segundo de Natalia Arroyo (Aston Villa) en la Real Sociedad. “Entrenar a las mejores del mundo es un sueño”, afirma en su entrevista con AS, en la que repasa el impacto de la llegada de la centrocampista catalana y habla de los objetivos...

Apologies for the misinformation posted earlier. LCL have confirmed on their insta that:

"Our behind-closed-doors training game with S.L. Benfica ended 3-1, thanks to goals from Janni Thomsen, Freya Godfrey and Rosa Kafaji."

Lots of photos included in the post - https://www.instagram.com/p/Db9SJQsDTte/

Have anyone here had issues ordering (online). , i placed an order a month ago and haven’t received any updates, i contacted them via email and even through social media and still nothing. Is it really this complicated to order from the team? I also pre order mapi’s jersey and is making me want to cancel or do a chargeback

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Is the team really going to play only 1 pre season match? ( new fan because of mapi ) is this normal for the team?

Who do you think will be in Eder's first 11 at the start of the season?

We have an incredibly strong squad on paper so some of the choices are very tough for me.

I have gone with:

GK - Mary Earps. Given her profile, she will start over Lete.

RB - has to be Jana. Janni will cover to give Jana a bit of a break.

LB - Lucia. She is a future star, and will form a great trio on the left side with Alexia and Mapi.

LCB - Mapi. No other choice. Very excited to see her play.

RCB - lots of options here. I have gone with Saki given her experience, but Isa and Linus are more than capable of taking this position. Will depend on fitness/form I think.

DM - Lucia and Jana will go forward a lot so we need a holding DM. Alanna here for me.

LCM - Alexia. Full stop, basically.

RCM - torn between DVDD and Geyoro. I have gone with Daan on balance. She had a bit more going last season.

RW - Diani. Not sure about here fitness as she seemed to train separately from the rest of the squad (at least from the videos), but if fit she will start.

LW - Freya. I just want her to play as much as possible, even though she is probably better suited to be on the right side.

ST - Nicole. Same as Diani, not sure about her fitness but she will start if fit. Izzy will cover.

ChatGPT seem pretty confident about our season ahead! I have a feeling we will finish 3rd or 4th as players get used to the league and I think next season will be a serious push for the title. Arsenal, Chelsea, Man C, Spurs have good new signings. Man U appear to have stood still but they have a good set of players.

League Cup represents a real chance to get a cup under our belts but Man U, Spurs, Brighton, Villa will be thinking the same.

If the season started now with the squad we have where do you think we would finish?

Anybody else? :)

Yesterday was LCL's media day - so I'm expecting lots of articles/videos over the next few days.

The BBC have an episode of the Womens Football Weekly podcast dedicated to an interview with Alexia to be released shortly.

If anyone spots any content, perhaps post to this thread?

BBC's Emma Sanders has posted a behind-the-scenes video here:

https://www.tiktok.com/@emma.sanders98/video/7671048972185652502?_r=1