At the age of 21, Zhang Linyan joined Grasshopper Women's Football, Switzerland's top women's soccer team, on loan for the new season. On her debut, she stunned the crowd with a hat-trick of goals and three assists. Now, in her debut game in the overseas league, Zhang Linyan scored in the second half in a fast counterattack to help Grasshoppers beat defending champions Zurich Women's Football Club 2-0, and also earned her first goal in the league.
Meanwhile, another Chinese women's soccer international, Shen Menglu, also picked up her first goal in the league. She and her sister Shen Mengyu play together in Celtic Women's soccer. In this league match, Celtic Women's soccer team beat Hamilton Women's soccer team with a huge advantage of 6-0. Shen Mengyu opened her scoring account in the 26th minute of the game, helping her team to a 3-0 lead. Although she was substituted early in the second half, her goal became her first official goal since joining Celtic Women's Soccer.
