January 1 – Olympique Lyonnais is joined by Morgan Brian , whose venture would turn out to be short-lived,[1] Amandine Henry .[2]
January 5 – Stanford 's Andi Sullivan is awarded the 2017 Hermann Trophy .[3]
January 7 – Pernille Harder becomes the first footballer in either category to win the Danish Player of the Year four years in a row.[4]
January 8 – John Herdman leaves the Canadian WNT for its male counterpart and is replaced by the team's assistant coach, Kenneth Heiner-Møller .[5]
January 11 – Portland Thorns FC trades Allie Long to Seattle Reign in exchange for Caitlin Foord and a second round pick in the 2020 Draft .[6]
January 14 – Arsenal and Manchester City , the only teams to win the Continental Cup after seven years, qualify for the competition's final .[7]
January 18 — NWSL stars Sam Kerr , Carli Lloyd and Christen Press are transferred to Chicago Red Stars , Sky Blue and Houston Dash respectively within a complex trade.[8] Andi Sullivan is chosen by Washington Spirit in the 2018 NWSL Draft No. 1 pick, with Savannah McCaskill and Quinn [a] [9]
January 20 – The Netherlands suffers its first defeat since winning the UEFA Euro in an away friendly against Spain .[10]
January 23 – Phil Neville is appointed as England 's head coach and immediately faces a controversy over a number of sexist tweets he wrote in 2012,[11] [12]
January 28 — Boston Breakers are disestablished following a last minute ownership deal collapse and leave the 2018 NWSL season with nine teams.[13] Mexico wins its first CONCACAF U-20 Championship on penalties over the United States ,[14] Haiti qualifies for the U-20 World Cup for the first time, leaving Canada out.[15]
January 29 – Brazil and Paraguay take the two last spots for the U-20 World Cup , while Venezuela , including 2017 The Best finalist Deyna Castellanos , fails to qualify.[16]
January 30 – Rose Lavelle is chosen by Washington Spirit as the first pick in the NWSL Dispersal Draft held due to Boston Breakers 's folding.[17]
January 31 – Brazil extends its complete domination of the U-20 Sudamericano to an 8th title after overwhelming Paraguay in the final game.[18] February
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March 7 — The Algarve Cup trophy is shared for the first time as the final has to be cancelled due to weather issues, with the Netherlands and Sweden winning it ex aequo .[32] Spain becomes the first national team to win both the Algarve Cup and the Cyprus Cup in its debut appearances.
March 8 — FIFPro concedes its 2017 Women's World XI Award to Lindahl , Bronze , Renard , Fischer , Paredes , Marta , Marozsán , Abily , Morgan , Harder and Martens , with Martens, Bronze and Renard receiving the most votes.[33]
March 9 — Houston Dash is told Christen Press won't join the team two weeks before the start of the 2018 NWSL season , leaving it with no trade after handing Carli Lloyd to Sky Blue .[34]
March 11 — Kopparbergs/Göteborg players show their disagreement as the team is knocked out of the Svenska Cupen 's quarterfinals as per the previous season's ranking following a 1–1 draw against Linköpings , with no overtime nor penalty shootout.[35]
March 13 — Steffi Jones is sacked by Germany one week after the team ended last the 2018 SheBelieves Cup and Horst Hrubesch takes over as interim coach,[36] Gero Bisanz in the 1996 Olympics .
March 16 — Gianni Infantino 's proposal for a 16-WNT world league with confederation-wide second tiers fails to be approved in the Bogotá FIFA Council meeting.[37]
March 17 — 22,202 attend Atlético Madrid 's first appearance in the new Metropolitano Stadium , where the team draws against Madrid but remains in the lead after Barcelona also fails to defeat Sporting Huelva the following day.[38]
March 21 — Manchester United announces its intention to launch a women's team and applies for a Championship spot.[39] Ana-Maria Crnogorčević signs for Portland Thorns FC after nearly a decade in the Frauen-Bundesliga .[40] Elise Kellond-Knight is unable to join Seattle Reign as NC Courage exerts a discovery claim, unknown to her.[41]
March 23 — England reaches an unprecedented second position in the FIFA Ranking surpassing Germany , and France returns to the top 5 as Australia loses two positions.[42]
March 26 — Christen Press returns to Kopparbergs/Göteborg six years later,[43] Houston Dash , "disappointed" but "comfortable with the outcome", retaining her NWSL rights.[44]
March 28 — For the first time two English teams reach the Champions League 's semifinals as Chelsea and Manchester City defeat Montpellier and Linköpings in both legs,[45] Lyon and Wolfsburg , which make it past Barcelona and Slavia Prague . International WNT competitions
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Thailand
Colombia
Vietnam
Alanya
France B
Mexico
Ukraine
Poland
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Larnaca
Spain (1st)
Italy
North Korea
Switzerland
Orlando
England
Germany
Haiti
Brazil
Japan
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