More than two-thirds of the players who have featured in the Women’s Super League so far this season represent overseas countries, as the English top-flight continues to be an increasingly cosmopolitan league.
Of the 203 different players who have appeared during a WSL match after two rounds of fixtures, only 62 are eligible to play for England, or 30.5%, according to data collated by the Guardian. Players representing 33 different countries have been named in a matchday squad for a WSL fixture this season, with players representing 30 nations having started at least one match. That is in stark contrast to the landscape in the WSL as little as seven years ago when players from only 15 countries were involved in the division and more than two-thirds of the players were English.
