The tournament as a whole attracted 574,875 spectators, more than double the previous record of 240,055 set in 2017 in the Netherlands. “I think England have hosted an incredible tournament, and we’ve changed the game in this country, and hopefully across Europe, across the world.”Įngland beat Germany 2-1 Sunday night in an overtime game watched by 87,192 fans at Wembley Stadium, a record for any European championship final, men’s or women’s. “The legacy of the tournament was … what we’ve done for young girls and women who can look up and aspire to be us,” she said, still wearing the winner’s medal that was draped around her neck Sunday night by Prince William. The legacy of the tournament will be “change of the best kind,” Williamson told the crowd. “I’m passionate about football.″Įngland captain Leah Williamson would be proud. “I just want to show how good I am and show that girls can do what boys can do,’’ she said. George, Madison said she hoped to play for England some day, just like her favorite player, Georgia Stanway. Wearing an England shirt and waving a flag bearing the national Cross of St. The 9-year-old from Maidstone, southeast of London, got up early and came to the capital with her mother, aunt, two sisters and a cousin to celebrate with the Lionesses, as England’s soccer team is known. Madison Fullerd-Jones is already on board. The tournament, hosted by England and watched by record audiences on television and in stadiums across the country, was the culmination of years of investment in women’s soccer that organizers hope will spur more girls to play the game, which is known here as football. Some 7,000 singing, dancing, flag-waving fans-many of them mothers and daughters-jammed into central London’s Trafalgar Square on Monday to celebrate England’s victory in the 2022 women’s European championship, the first major soccer victory by any England team in 56 years.
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LONDON-In soccer-mad England, which sees itself as the home of the world’s game, women and girls finally have a team full of heroes who look like them.