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A data-driven framing of player and team performance in U.S. Women's soccer
Because many of the issues hindering the progress of women's soccer are rooted in media and managerial practices that marginalize or ignore its positive traits, a need exists for analyses that will properly identify its innate characteristics and competitive advantages so that media members, managers, and fans can accurately frame their perceptions of women competing in the sport.
Impact of the Menstrual Cycle on Physical Performance and Subjective Ratings in Elite Academy Women Soccer Players
Our study aimed to combine psychological and physical factors to explore the impact of the menstrual cycle on performance in elite academy women soccer players through weekly monitoring.
Match Exposure, Consecutive Match Number, and Recovery Days Affect Match Running During International Women's Soccer Tournaments
To determine the influence of tournament-specific factors (match exposure, consecutive matches, and days between matches) on match running in women's international soccer players (footballers), 28 players from 1 national team were observed over 4 international tournaments using 10 Hz global positioning system units.
Tactics analysis and evaluation of women football team based on convolutional neural network
In order to realize the process of player feature extraction and classification from multi-frequency frame-changing football match images more quickly, and complete the tactical plan that is more conducive to the game, this paper puts forward a method for analyzing and judging the tactics of women’s football team based on Convolutional Neural Network (CNN).
‘Considering the reality, I am very lucky’: how professional players and staff perceive injury prevention and performance protection in women’s football
To explore the beliefs and perceptions of professional female footballers and staff regarding injury prevention and performance protection in professional women’s football.
A pioneering study on training attacking corners in women's football
The objective of this study was to develop a novel approach in women's football aimed at enhancing performance in attacking corners.
Analysis of peak locomotor demands in women’s football–the influence of different epoch lengths
The aim of this study was to analyse the peak locomotor demands of short time epochs (15, 30, 45, and 60 seconds) in women’s football, with special emphasis over the high-speed metrics.
The Influence of Match Status on Ball Possession in High Performance Women’s Football
The objective of this study was to examine the effect of the situational match status variable on the ball possession of the teams that participated in the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Teamwork and performance in professional women's football: A network-based analysis
The aim of this study was to investigate teamwork using network analysis while com-paring match-outcome, match-type, ladder halves and tournament phases, to determine whether teamwork is related to success.
Women's Football: An Examination of Factors That Influence Movement Patterns
The article provides a summary of the literature specific to the movement patterns of women's football matches.
Uncovering injuries in Brazilian elite women's football: A prospective cohort study
This article examines injury profiles for women at 4 elite Brazilian clubs over the course of a season.
UEFA Women’s Elite Club Injury Study: a prospective study on 1527 injuries over four consecutive seasons
An article investigating the time-loss injury epidemiology and characteristics among women’s elite football players over four seasons in the UEFA Club season.
Predicting Risk Factors of Lower Extremity Injuries in Elite Women’s Football: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
This study identified and analyzed the risk factors of lower extremity injuries (LEI) in elite women football players to improve career and health outcomes.
Influence of quality of opposition in the creation of goal scoring opportunities in women's football
The aim of this study was twofold: i) firstly, to determine the influence of the criterion opponent quality on the offensive tactical behaviour of teams participating in the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 and, ii) on the other hand, to determine whether there were differences in criteria related to the start and development of ball possessions and their influence on the creation of scoring opportunities based on opponent quality.
Injury Profile in Women’s Football: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
This article does a systematic review of other research conducted on injury rates in women’s football generally. It examines typology and match vs. training rates.
Injuries in elite-level women’s football—a two-year prospective study in the Irish Women’s National League
An article examining types of injuries in the Irish women’s football league over a two year period.
FIFA football nurse – A task sharing approach in sports and exercise medicine practice in grassroots women’s football in low- and middle- income settings.
An examination of injury rates for women’s footballers in Malawi and how it relates to sports medicine access. The study uses an intervention of sports medicine-training for nurses and examines that impact.
Differences in the match performance of Asian women’s football teams
This article examines the match performance of elite Asian women’s national teams to understand their strengths, weaknesses and differences.
Characterization of variables associated with sports performance: interdisciplinarity in women's soccer in Colombia
This research focuses on the relationship between performance characteristics and other variables such as pyschosocial and nutritional for women’s football players based in Bogota, Colombia.
A systematic review of match-play characteristics in women’s soccer
This article reviews each article about match play for women’s football and categorizes their findings related to technical, tactical and physical aspects of players’ match play.