For Chelsea, celebration has become the order of the day since last season – starting from the male team. The club’s women, in a recent feat, won the Women’s FA Cup over 14-time winner Arsenal to complete a domestic treble for the first time in club history.
Remarkably, Sam Kerr, who is two international goals away from overtaking Tim Cahill as the all-time leading scorer in Australian soccer, scored twice in the second half in a 3–0 win at Wembley Stadium. Meanwhile, it was Fran Kirby who scored in the third minute to give the Blues a lead they would never relinquish en route to their third FA Cup.
It should be noted that Chelsea previously won the Women’s Super League title — its second straight—and the League Cup this year but had to wait until after the FA Cup final was delayed due to the pandemic. Chelsea were denied a legendary quadruple courtesy of a 4–0 loss to Barcelona in the Women’s Champions League final.
Speaking after the game, Chelsea manager, Emma Hayes, said “To think we are treble winners, it is an amazing achievement”
“You can’t ask any more from the players and I am extremely proud of them, the staff and the club.
“We have built this team over a long period of time and I think today we showed why we are champions.”
Historically, the match took place exactly 100 years to the day since England’s Football Association banned women from playing soccer on league-affiliated grounds after it deemed it “most unsuitable” for them to play the sport. The ban lasted nearly 50 years.
