Ex-USWNT player Lauren Holiday calls for ‘harmonised’ women’s calendar

Holiday currently chairs ownership group Mercury13 Mercury13 completed purchase of FC Badalona women NWSL plays in summer, opposite of European leagues Two-time Olympic Gold medalist and 2015 World Cup winner Lauren Holiday has called for the global harmonisation of the women’s soccer calendar to help grow the sport. Doing so could echo a recent move by Major League Soccer to move to a European, fall-to-spring schedule from July 2027. Holiday, a former USWNT forward, believes the women’s g...

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Ex-USWNT player Lauren Holiday calls for ‘harmonised’ women’s calendar

Two-time Olympic Gold medalist and 2015 World Cup winner Lauren Holiday has called for the global harmonisation of the women’s soccer calendar to help grow the sport. Doing so could echo a recent move by Major League Soccer to move to a European, fall-to-spring schedule from July 2027. Holiday, a former USWNT forward, believes the women’s game could follow their example, or do the opposite and have everyone play through the summer.