This Week in Women's Football: April, 22

This Week in Women's Football: Tokyo 2020 Olympics draw, FA WSL, NWSL Challenge Cup, Liga MX Femenil and more

April 22, 2021 By Juan Aguerrevere

Topics: Women's Olympic Tournament, Tokyo 2020, USWNT, Sweden, Japan, Canada, Brazil, Great Britain, Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham, Washington Spirit, Chicago Red Stars, NJ/NY Gotham FC, Seattle Reign, Kansas City, Houston Dash, Racing Lo

This week in women’s football, the NWSL Challenge Cup keeps rolling, the Barclays FA Women’s Super League returns and Liga MX Femenil has two games on U.S. television that you can watch. This and more about the world of women’s football.

Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020

The Women's Olympic Football Tournament draw is set and done. Japan, Canada, Great Britain and Chile will face off in Group E. China PR, Brazil, Zambia and the Netherlands will compete in Group F. Lastly, Sweden, the USA, Australia and New Zealand are the representatives in Group G.

The groups are locked in

E:
F:
G:

Who is your favourite for @Olympics gold?#OlympicFootball #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/A3UR6H1YYA
— FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) April 21, 2021

How to watch 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup games on April 26 and 27

The 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup resumes on April 26 and 27, with four games. The matches will stream live on Paramount+ in the USA and Canada and internationally on Twitch.

Monday, April 26

Racing Louisville vs. NC Courage at 6 p.m. ET
Kansas City vs. Houston Dash at 8:30 p.m. ET

Tuesday, April 27

Washington Spirit vs. NJ/NY Gotham FC at 7 p.m. ET
Seattle Reign vs. Chicago Red Stars at 10 p.m. ET

How to watch FA WSL games from Saturday, April 24, through Wednesday, April 28

The Barclays FA Women's Super League reached its climax on Wednesday, April 21, when Chelsea and Manchester City met at Academy Stadium in Manchester. The two fought hard in a two-all draw that left Chelsea at the top of the table. The two sides have two games left to play. Emma Hayes' Blues need to defeat Tottenham and Reading to win back-to-back WSL titles, something that has not been done since Liverpool did it in 2014.

You can watch seven FA WSL games coming up, including Matchday 20 games and rescheduled games from previous matchdays. Find out how you can watch all the games by going over to our Barclays FA WSL competition page.

Saturday, April 24

Aston Villa vs Bristol City at 7:30 a.m. ET

Sunday, April 25

Manchester United vs. Tottenham at 7:30 p.m. ET
Arsenal vs. Brighton & Hove Albion at 9 a.m. ET
Birmingham City vs. Reading at 9 a.m. ET
West Ham United vs. Everton at 10 a.m. ET

Wednesday, April 28

Birmingham City vs. Aston Villa at 2 p.m. ET
Arsenal vs. West Ham United at 2:30 p.m. ET

How to watch Liga MX Femenil top matchups this weekend

Two highly anticipated Liga MX Femenil games will broadcast live in the USA and Mexico on TUDN.

Third-place Atlas will visit fifth-place Pumas UNAM on Matchday 16 of the competition on Saturday, April 24. Atlas three points away from league-leaders Tigres UANL. A win against Pumas would see Las Rojinegras stay in contention for the title.

On the other hand, ninth-place America will host eighth-place Cruz in Ciudad de Mexico on Sunday, April 25. Cruz Azul will look to snap a three-game losing streak. Meanwhile, a win for America would mean that they would overtake Cruz Azul on the table.

Saturday, April 24