She has two brothers and three sisters. This is reflected in a few key statistics.
Fishlock receives the ball from a central position. During the 2012 WSL season, Bristol achieved their highest final league position, reached the semi-final of the FA cup and Continental Cup. Being fully aware that hunting the ball for 90 minutes is not ideal, Fishlock executes these recoveries by carefully selecting when to pressure. Balcer realizes that all the nearby Utah players are focused on her and not Fishlock. Madrid fans choose Valverde over Pogba by landslide margin, Van de Beek shouldn't have signed for Man Utd - Van Basten. ... You have definitely come a … [10][11], In February 2013, Fishlock joined National Women's Soccer League side, Seattle Reign FC for the league's inaugural season. [12][13] During their second league match against the Portland Thorns, Fishlock scored her first goal in front of a record-setting 16,479 fans at Jeld-Wen Field, establishing herself as a powerful force for the Reign. Fishlock started her career playing for Cardiff City Ladies, becoming the club's record goalscorer and helping them to promotion to the Women's English Premier League.
Through tactical analysis, we will look into how Fishlock may create an immediate impact alongside her fellow Welsh internationals Natasha Harding (captain), Angharad James, Rachel Rowe and Lily Woodham.
Fishlock releases a low pass to the feet of Onumonu, but the pass is unable to reach its destination.
If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Her key moments of recovery typically occur when she approaches the ball carrier from behind. https://women.wikia.org/wiki/Jessica_Fishlock?oldid=7675, 2012 FA WSL Club Players Player of the Year, NWSL Player of the Week (Week 2, 2013 season). She is technically superb with fabulous skills and among the 2 or 3% in Britain. We can see that within a split second Fishlock has received the ball, set herself up for forward penetration and assessed her team’s attacking situation.
at age nine and later became the team's record goal scorer. As the ball is in the air, Fishlock is already in a full sprint, approaching the opponent from behind. [6][7], In November 2012, Jess joined W-League side Melbourne Victory for six weeks on a guest player contract helping the team reach their first ever grand final. [21] After a 1-0 win over Mexico during Wales' first match, Fishlock scored the game-winning goal of the match during the 11th minute.
[22] After Wales tied Hungary 1-1 on 11 March 2013, the team faced Portugal in the knockout stage.
Copyright 2020, Footballcritic Inc. All right reserved. Amalie Thestrup: What Liverpool Women need? Balcer releases the ball into the path of Fishlock who takes immediately releases a shot into the bottom right corner of the net.
Follow me on Twitter, or don't. She has received the ball across her body and used her far foot to push the ball into forward space.
Born in Cardiff, she made her senior debut with Cardiff City LFC at age 16. Woodham plays her club football for Women's Super League side Reading and is currently sharing a dressing room with Wales team-mates Jess Fishlock, Angharad James, Rachel … [3] As a child, she began playing football with her brothers before joiningCardiff City Ladies F.C. Fishlock started her career playing for Cardiff City L. F. C. and made her debut for the senior side at age 16. In her first two seasons in the league, she won back to back league titles. Jess Fishlock 2019/20 – scout report.
In 2012, Fishlock was the first team coach for her former team, Cardiff City Ladies FC, alongside Manager Jamie Sherwood. Jessica Fishlock is 33-years-old, born on 14 January 1987, and is a professional football player from Wales. As we saw from her playing history, she is able to make an immediate and massive impact with any squad she takes the field with. Any team that Fishlock plays for will be able to use her shooting threat as a tool to create space for nearby attackers.
This goal was created because of many variables, but Fishlock’s ability to take shots from far away set the foundation for the entire tactical movement.
She was a leading scorer on the team with four goals and tallied a total of 1,879 minutes. From there Fishlock aggressively presses forward to create a chance on goal herself or release the ball to a teammate who can. In 2008 she was drawn to AZ Alkmaar in the newly formed Eredivisie Vrouwen, becoming the first overseas player to be signed in the league.
After a brief spell with the Newport Strikers, she returned to Cardiff before making the short move to Bristol Academy in 2007. She is captain of the Wales women's national football team and has previously played for English club Bristol Academy in the FA WSL, Dutch club AZ … During the 2011 WSL season, Bristol achieved a higher-than-expected final league position, and also reached the FA Cup Final, providing Jess another chance to play in the Women’s Champions League knockout stages. The team later beat Everton en route to the last eight of the FA Cup and won the Welsh Cup to move on to the UEFA Women's Cup.[5][3].
The eventual shot is blocked, but we can see that Fishlock was able to create the chance created through her spatial awareness, ability to move defenders and a well-placed pass. Fishlock arrives and quickly lowers her hips to gain a lower centre of gravity.
With the end of the NWSL 2020 Challenge Cup, it seems that a wave of elite players will now be moving to Europe to continue play. NEWPORT, WALES - AUGUST 31: Jessica Fishlock of Wales in action during the Women's World Cup qualifier between Wales Women and England Women at Rodney Parade on …
From there Fishlock moved on to the Melbourne Victory in 2012 where she helped the club to reach two Grand Finals in a row, winning one (2013). In Reign’s match against the Washington Spirit, we see an example of this late in the match.
Youth football coach and tactical analyst. As of August 2013, she has played over 66 times for the Welsh national side and has scored 22 goals. This is a testament to her high level of scanning and subsequent awareness of attacking spaces on the pitch. Balcer uses the outside of her right foot to execute a volley that narrowly misses wide of the goal.
During our five-game span, Fishlock led the team in multiple key categories. With Reign, Fishlock entered a cycle of playing the full NWSL season with Reign and then going on loan in the offseason. During the 2013 season, she was acquired by the Seattle Reign, who Fishlock helped towards winning the 2014 and 2015 NWSL Shield. Jess is just a fabulous player. Fishlock returned to the UK in 2011, joining Bristol Academy WFC, reaching the FA Cup final and winning the 2011 Club Player of the Year. While Harvey was at Arsenal Ladies, Fishlock was at Bristol City.
A Spirit midfielder is attempting to control an aerial ball in the central channel. Fishlock is also aware that by receiving with her back to goal, she will trigger pressure from the Dash centre-back.
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Despite this, we can infer that Fishlock will not hesitate to execute shots from outside of the box. Fishlock has played with Glasgow City, FFC Frankfurt (who she earned a UEFA Champions League medal with, in 2015), and Lyon (beating Barcelona to win the 2019 Champions League).
In these moments she is able to surprise the opponent, use a low centre of gravity and force the opponent off the ball. Born in Cardiff, Jessica Fishlock is currently playing for Reading FC in as a Defensive Midfielder (Centre). She is bound to influence the attacking style of any FAWSL club that she may join. In 2008, the Dutch Champions AZ Alkmaar approached Jess to join them and become the first overseas player in the Eredivisie. "[19], Fishlock has also become an international regular for Wales. Fishlock’s ability as a passer elevates the ability and tactical execution of her fellow teammates. Jess was awarded the 2011 Club Player of the Year, 2011 Fans Player of the Year, and was voted in the WSL All-Star Team, as voted for by the WSL managers. [16] Fishlock started in all 21 games that she played during the regular season, missing only one game due to Wales national team commitments. A Spirit player is receiving the ball in her defensive third with her back to the pitch. After captaining the team at the U–19 level, she was called up to the full squad and made her debut against Switzerland in 2006. In a matter of seconds, Fishlock has pulled a defender out of critical central space and placed the ball into that space for her attacking teammate.
Jess won back to back league titles during the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 seasons, and were on track to defend a third title during the 2010/2011 season when she left to come back to the UK. Jessica Anne "Jess" Fishlock (born 14 January 1987) is a Welsh female international football midfielder. Key in this moment, is that Fishlock’s vision is already locked on Courage’s box and the three attacking movements being executed in that area. Liverpool Women had a disappointing 2019/2020, culminating in relegation to the Women’s Championship after finishing bottom of the league. In their match against eventual 2019 league winners North Carolina, we see a glimpse of her passing ability.
We can see in the graph below that Fishlock (#10) did not remain anchored in one area of the pitch, we see her number appear on both the left and right touchlines, both the left and right halfspaces and the central channel. [17], After the conclusion of the National Women's Soccer League season in August 2013, it was announced that Fishlock would join Scottish Women's Premier League champions Glasgow City on loan until November 2013. This pressuring movement opens up a large amount of attacking space for Reign attacker Balcer. Fishlock takes the ball to the edge of the Spirit box and releases a shot directly at the keeper. Fishlock has received the ball in a large amount of space in the left halfspace and is penetrating forward into the attacking third. Jess returned to join Bristol in 2011 in order to play in new WSL in England.
Crucially, Fishlock has scanned the area behind her and is aware that fellow attacker Shea Groom is in position to accelerate forward into space. She quickly helped her hometown club to become Welsh Cup champions and subsequently Champions League participants. This allows Fishlock to create goal-scoring situations by taking shots from outside the box or releasing the ball to a teammate who has found newly opened space in the box.
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