Triumph and tears as WSL season ends with fan favourites departing
Key takeaways
- I was leading the girls out and I looked at the away end and it was like I was at an Ireland game,” McCabe, 30, said of the Irish tricolours flown by fans in her honour.
- “The fans have been incredible over the years that I’ve been here, we’ve built the club up together, we’ve had success together and I’m going to miss being part of it, for sure.”
- McCabe had tears in her eyes as she was substituted, and there were similar scenes in London as goal-poacher Kerr brought her six-and-a-half-year spell in blue to an end.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize Manchester City had already secured the Women’s Super League (WSL) title before the final day of the season but there was still plenty of emotion as the likes of Arsenal’s Katie Mc Cabe and Chelsea striker Sam Kerr said farewell to their clubs.
Ireland captain Mc Cabe played her part, getting an assist in a 3-1 win at Liverpool, and will head for pastures new next season after more than a decade in north London that saw the versatile left-sided player win the WSL and Champions League.
“It was crazy. I was leading the girls out and I looked at the away end and it was like I was at an Ireland game,” McCabe, 30, said of the Irish tricolours flown by fans in her honour.