INEOS founder Ratcliffe and Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani are the frontrunners
Brentfordâs Deji Davies, also chair of the Football Associationâs Inclusion Advisory Board, is the only black board member at a Premier League club.
PORTLAND THORNS 2022 RECORD AND FINISH: 10-3-9, won the NWSL title over the Kansas City Current. COACH: Mike Norris. KEY PLAYERS: Sophia Smith, Christine Sinclair, Crystal Dunn. OUTLOOK: The Thorns defeated the Kansas City Current 2-0 to win last season's NWSL title, the team's third. They also won it in 2013, the league's first season, and again in 2017. Forward Sophia Smith was named the NWSL MVP last season as well as the championship game MVP. The team parted ways with coach Rhian Wilkinson