Crystal Palace U18 Overview

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Ballon d'Or Feminin: Putellas on top despite Pajor UWCL heroics

Aitana Bonmati has won each of the last three Ballons d'Or Feminin - but the accolade will go to someone else in 2026. Will it be two-time winner and fellow Barcelona star Alexia Putellas who reasserts herself as the best player in the women's game? Or could there be a new name on the honour roll when the Golden Ball is handed out in Paris in October?

How Dumornay came to lead Lyon's hopes of UWCL glory

Melchie Dumornay has always had something special. After catching the eye of then-Reims manager Amandine Miquel at the 2018 Under-20 Women's World Cup, the Haitian prospect would sign for the French club three years later, when she turned 18. Within weeks, Miquel had no doubts. "This is going to be one of the best players in the world in the next few years," she declared. Fast forward to today and Miquel has already been proven right.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	PTS	Form
23	Norwich City U18	6	2	0	4	13	22	-9	6	L W L L L
24	AFC Bournemouth U18	6	1	2	3	14	22	-8	5	L L D L W
25	Crystal Palace U18	6	1	1	4	9	15	-6	4	D L L L L
26	Reading U18	7	1	1	5	9	25	-16	4	L W L D L
27	Stoke City U18	6	1	1	4	11	18	-7	4	D L L L L

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