People jumped on the bandwagon. Do you intend to stay on?
The Women's Super League 2022-23 season begins on Saturday and after England's most successful year of international football in 56 years there is an expectation for the domestic women's league to take advantage of the good fortune.
The Lionesses' legacy and the future of the women's game were discussed by the captains of England and their team mates.
In front of a record-breaking 87,192 fans at Wembley and 17.4 million people at home, how do you remember the moment you captained the national team to the first major footballing trophy in 50 years?
I don't want to make light of what's happened. I would like to think about it. That's the only reason I play football, for those moments.
It would hopefully live on for a long time.
I know I'm speaking with foresight. This is going to be the biggest moment in women's football so far. I hope that is taken away by the success we have in the WSL. She hopes our World Cup as well.
The way that the Euros captured the hearts of a nation showed how much women's football has grown.
During the group stages of the 2022 tournament in England, a new record for the most fans in a single event was set.
How can that be translated to the WSL? It's quality, and the belief that it's the best women's football league in the world, help.
This would be the best league in the world if I were a fan. I think we are doing well in terms of talent and players.
The league wants the best players to play in it. It's the most competitive league in the world and I like to watch it.
It's not the same as men's football. Nobody wants it to be equal in all aspects.
The added excitement for fans to see their England heroes become opponents in the league makes it a little bit better.
This week Barcelona set a new women's transfer record of $400,000 for Manchester City's Keira Walsh.
The top teams in our league are so good that other leagues might not be as good.
There's a long way to go. The level of investment in Europe is ten times higher than in the US.
The gap is a result of investment. There has been a lack of investment here for a while. Quality of players is also important. She said that the quality of players in those teams is amazing.
Some people were concerned about keeping the women's game authentic while still appealing to a new mass audience.
"I think a lot of us players who've played in a team for a long time, we know those fans personally and we don't ever want to leave them behind," he said. We have a good idea of where we came from. The game will be accessible and authentic.
"It's kind of like a parent letting a kid leave home. Don't clip the wings. Let it be what it is. And I think as players we don't ever want to lose that connection to them. So trust that we believe in that. But let us fly a little bit."
The women's game needs to be taken more seriously in order to make a living.
More and more partners are getting involved for the long run. She said that there would be a big boost of investment and a big boost of interest.
People jumped on the bandwagon. Do you want to stay on? Do you want to join us on this journey? It's going to be a lot of fun.
The Lionesses wanted to discuss accessibility to the sport after the conversations about inspiring the next generation had been done.
Three days after the Euros final, the Lionesses penned an open letter to the two Conservative Party leadership candidates at the time, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, signed by all members of the squad, asking the future prime minister to give every girl in the country the opportunity to follow in their footsteps.
The letter said that they wanted you to make it a priority to invest into girls' football in schools.
The letter would be written on the way back from Trafalgar Square.
She said that they had just been dancing on the stage in front of the National Gallery and that they needed to do something.
The root of that letter does not begin with me. Every young girl who was unable to play before is the beginning. It was difficult to play football when we were younger. Everyone in that team had to overcome something.
After inspiring children at the Euros, she felt they needed to take advantage.
Where is the inspiration if they can't play football? It felt like we needed to make a change that would allow girls and boys to go to school and play football as well.
Taking action was important to the team.
The names were written into the history books. We want to leave a legacy off the field. It is a wasted opportunity if we don't use the platform. There are things that need to be changed.
We know that we have a responsibility to grow the game. I'm not sure if we will ever stop. I don't know if we'll ever get to a point where we can really enjoy the game, because we don't know if we'll ever get good enough. She said that they always wanted better for the girls behind them.
The football ban was lifted in 1971 after women were allowed to vote. We are always behind and in the middle of things. Society is changing. We talk about it being a societal change.
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