The FA Women’s Super League (FA WSL):

The Sports Office provides league-wide performance management and monitoring solutions for elite sports. This includes at the highest league of Women’s Football in England, the FA Women’s Super League (FA WSL).

A centralised agreement with the FA gives each WSL club and the national team access to The Sports Office’s Athlete Management System referred to in this case as the Women’s Performance System (WPS). This provides modules for each department, including Coaching, Sports Medicine and Sports Science. Also, Recruitment, Administration, Finance and more to support the women’s professional game.

Each club has the option to further upgrade their systems to the full WPS.

A team from The Sports Office travelled to St. George’s Park to interview key FA staff involved with the women’s game. Ryan King, Head of Performance Services, Caroline White, FA Lead Physiotherapist and Pippa Bennett, Medical Lead Women’s Pathway gave their views on the WPS and the Women’s Game.