Brian Sørensen previews a new era at Goodison Park

Everton Women have a new home at Goodison Park. This is a new era for the women’s team, as they look to build a new future with a new vision.

Head coach, Brian Sørensen addressed the media and spoke about his ambitions and analysis of the squad so far. Only a few weeks into the 2025/26 season, the Toffees are building momentum and determined not to fall short of their expectations.

The Goodison Park era 

Sørensen spoke about their first match at Goodison against Tottenham Hotspur in the Barclays Women’s Super League. Over 6,000 fans made the trip to Merseyside for the launch of a new era of Everton Women. The head coach spoke about his squad’s ambition to perform well and give the fans something to celebrate on home soil:

“A new home we are really happy to be there, we love it, and we want to perform really well in front of our own fans, and I think all the girls want to do that.” 

At Goodison Park, the Toffees found a new confidence and fluidity. Driven by their home crowd, they showcased some positive possession play and defensive contributions, despite a consistency in positive results so far in the 2025/26 season:

“I know we can compete, we’ve shown that, so it’s just trying to put confidence into the team, make sure that we are ready for what we are facing. And then I’m sure we will have a good season.

Ambitions and developments

Sørensen spoke about his ambitions with the Toffees, and the time it will take to unlock the full potential within his squad:

“Then you have to have very good players but also have to click very well as a team, I think we are in the same boat with nine new signings, we felt we had to do that to make a new era with the team like make the team younger so we can grow the potential in the team.” 

With several young players in Everton’s squad, it takes time to adapt to the intensity and demanding environment of the Women’s Professional Game. Sørensen understands that mentality and tactical execution are essential to progression and success:

“I think it’s going to be up and down for us, we have seven [players] under the age of twenty-two in and it’s going to take a while for such a young team to gel and find each other. We had a good preseason but we don’t play all the games in preseason at the tempo that the league is in. so I think we need to just adapt to that and make sure that we are aware that every team in this league are going to be extremely good and we need to get our game plan, get our structure, get our mentality right on and off the ball.”

Expectation and bridging the gap

After a successful summer transfer window, the Toffees have a new and improved squad. However, bridging the gap between the top WSL teams and their opponents is particularly challenging. It is just as important to provide solid foundations and infrastructures for a squad to develop and improve over time, as it is having a successful recruitment period.

In particular, the head coach ensured his aims with the club are not centred around the financial growth in the women’s transfer market, but instead the style of play and strategy implemented on the pitch. Sørensen certainly reminded of this when asked about how his staff approach the development of the team as a whole:

“It doesn’t matter how much money and things you’re putting into it, it’s more what’s your strategy and what does your style of play look like, are the players fitting into that and how can you utilise the strength in your team? We done a lot of improvement this summer ourselves but it’s not that we necessarily spend loads of money, but we are trying to find the players that we feel contribute to our team and help the team move forward.”