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Manchester United Ladies are set to participate in a profitable new seven-a-side soccer event on the finish of the season.
Marc Skinner’s aspect have been in incredible type this yr in each league and cup.
They made it to a 3rd consecutive FA Cup ultimate final weekend once they expertly defeated Manchester Metropolis 2-0.
Additionally they sit third within the Ladies’s Tremendous League desk, six factors behind leaders Chelsea.
The Telegraph reviews that their season could possibly be even busier as “Manchester United will participate in a profitable new seven-a-side girls’s event which might see them pocket practically £2 million.”
“Winners of inaugural occasion will land [a] £1.9m prize, dwarfing the Champions League victors’ purse of £850,000 and FA Cup’s £430,000.”
There are eight groups slated to function within the World Sevens Soccer (W7F) subsequent month. The golf equipment are attributable to be confirmed imminently and it’s understood United are a kind of invited to play.
The event will happen in Portugal from the twenty first of Could till the twenty third.
Bayern Munich are additionally understood to be in line to compete within the event alongside United. Every membership can select to take whichever squad members they want, however United are anticipated to take a powerful staff to compete.
There have been questions positioned on participant welfare however the sheer scale of prize cash could power United’s hand.
The event is funded by United States-based philanthropist Jennifer Mackesy. Eight groups will compete and there might be 16 video games in complete.
The groups might be cut up into two teams of 4. All groups within the group will play one another over the course of two days. The highest two sides in every group will then advance to the semi-finals. The event will conclude with the ultimate and a 3rd place playoff.
The pitch might be half the dimensions of a standard pitch and video games can be half-hour in size, cut up into two halves. Additional-time might be performed within the occasion of a draw after the top of regulation time.
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