Stepping into the weekend of April 16, the third round of the 2024 season of the China Taiping Women's Super League came to a successful conclusion. A report by Xinhua News Agency revealed that many soccer professionals, when discussing the current situation of Chinese women's soccer, generally agreed that the level of the Women's Super League has climbed after the Paris Olympics, with teams competing more fiercely, and the continued support of fans more precious. However, in the process of professionalization, there is still room for improvement that needs to be tapped.
Shaanxi women's soccer head coach and former international player Liu Huana told reporters after the game, "Observing the first three rounds of the tournament, a number of matchups, including our team, showed progress in player ability and overall tactical transitions, and the pace of the game was significantly faster than last year. Each team has made personnel adjustments, both foreign aid and internal aid, have been improved. Personally, I think this year's Women's Super League tournament is extremely enjoyable to watch."
Beijing women's soccer head coach Yu Yun also expressed similar views. He told reporters, "The quality of the game has really improved, and the most direct reflection of this is the relatively balanced strength of the teams and their full commitment to the competitive state. I think the level of the real league has been raised, which has a positive significance for the cultivation of talents and the construction of the national team."
In order to promote the healthy development of women's soccer clubs, the CFA, on the basis of extensive consultation with member associations and women's football clubs, has decided to implement the financial agreement indicators for women's Super League clubs in the 2024-2026 season, including the "investment cap" and "salary cap" policies. The "investment cap" and "salary cap" policies. The new policy stipulates that the total expenditure of a club in a single financial year shall not exceed 30 million dollars. It is reported that this standard was quite challenging for some small clubs in previous years. However, under the dual effect of the new policy and the reduction in expenditure, some clubs with larger investments also had to make adjustments.
Although the Men's Premier League has excelled in terms of spectacle this season, the Women's Premier League still needs to be improved in terms of turf quality, game fluency, rhythmic rivalry, broadcasting effect, commercial promotion, professional development, etc. The potential is huge.
Industry insiders generally believe that in the Chinese women's soccer team facing the trough period of no tournament to play, players with strength should be encouraged to go overseas to exercise in high-level leagues, and at the same time to improve the technical and tactical level of the Women's Premier League, venue facilities, game operation and spectatorship, to attract more fans to pay attention to the young players in the Women's Premier League thrive, which should become the development strategy of China's women's soccer team.
Liu Huana said that under the new policy, all parties should make efforts to improve the highest competition platform of domestic women's soccer and gradually improve the league's confrontation ability and offense-defense conversion ability. "Although we have had fewer opportunities to compete in recent years, I firmly believe that Chinese women's soccer is expected to rise again."
