Chelsea (1) 3 Baltimore 45 (pen), 90+1 Macario 84
Manchester United (0) 0
Attendance: 74,412
Admission: £35
Mileage: 100/6,953
My first live viewing of women's football at the highest level was a mostly good experience.
A lovely family atmosphere, Wembley without the drunks, without the hassle, but also without an opposition.
Chelsea are the best team in the country, evidently set to become the best team in the world, so the result wasn't entirely unexpected, but as a Manchester United supporter, it would have been good had they turned up.
Chelsea were good, Erin Cuthbert was superb, a pleasure to watch but, walking away, whilst I didn't exactly feel short-changed, I had the thoughts in my head that their dominance isn't good for women's football in this country and with paper-talk suggesting that Jim Ratcliffe might be in the process of drastically reducing the budget of Manchester United's women's section, it leaves you to wonder if the Women's Super League might be a one horse race for years to come.
Sonia Bompastor's first year in charge ended with Chelsea unbeaten courtesy of two goals from Sandy Baltimore and a header from Catarina Macario as United were swept aside after making a reasonably good start to the game, creating the opening chance with Dominique Janssen lifting her shot over the bar from the edge of the box.
Next season I really must get to a WSL game, but to preserve my faith in the competitive nature of the game, I think I'll give Chelsea a miss.
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