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04/30 16:38 CDT Chelsea clinches 6th straight Women's Super League title and on
brink of domestic treble
Chelsea clinches 6th straight Women's Super League title and on brink of
domestic treble
By STEVE DOUGLAS
AP Sports Writer
Chelsea clinched its sixth straight Women's Super League title on Wednesday to
secure a second trophy of the season in its bid for another domestic treble in
English soccer.
After seeing second-place Arsenal lose 5-2 to Aston Villa, Chelsea beat
Manchester United 1-0 away to move into an unassailable nine-point lead with
two games remaining and stay undefeated in the league.
Chelsea has already won the League Cup this season and has advanced to the FA
Cup final, where the team will face United again at Wembley Stadium on May 18.
The London club lost to Barcelona in the Women's Champions League semifinals to
end the quadruple hopes of Sonia Bompastor's squad.
Chelsea also completed the Premier League-FA Cup-League Cup treble in the
2020-21 season.
Arsenal, which was coming off a 4-1 victory over Lyon to reach the Champions
League final on Sunday, was the last team other than Chelsea to win the Super
League --- in 2019.
England right back Lucy Bronze scored Chelsea's headed winner against United in
the 74th minute and has captured the league title in her first season at the
club following a move from Barcelona. She has also won it with Liverpool and
Manchester City.
Chelsea spent big again this season, including making United States defender
Naomi Girma women's soccer first million-dollar player by signing her from San
Diego Wave in January. The fee was a reported 900,000 pounds ($1.1 million),
surpassing the $788,000 that Bay FC paid to sign Zambia striker Rachael
Kundananji from Madrid CFF last year.
Having a strong, deep squad has paid off, with Chelsea not losing in any
domestic competition this season. In the league, the team has won 17 games and
drawn the other three.
"The fortunate thing for us this season is that we have always been unbeaten,
so there's always been two things to go for," Bronze said.
"We knew before the game that Arsenal had got beat so we knew what we needed
coming into this game. But we wanted to win, we wanted to keep the unbeaten run
this season. Although we've won the league tonight, we've got two games left
--- we want to win those games and stay unbeaten this season."
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