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Manchester United ladies have revealed their Participant of the Month for April, with Ella Toone scooping the honour for the third time this season.
As confirmed by the membership’s official web site, Toone pipped goalkeeper Mary Earps to the award by simply three p.c of the votes.
Earps’ 41% wasn’t sufficient to topple Toone, who has loved a trio of wonderful performances throughout the month. Maya Le Tissier completed third within the operating with 15% of the votes.
It’s Toone’s fifth triumph total after being awarded the prize back-to-back in December 2023 and January 2024.
The attacking midfielder scored her 52nd objective for the membership in opposition to Leicester final weekend, a vital late strike that proved to be the match winner on the day.
Toone’s intelligent flip and gorgeous 25 yard hit fizzed into Janina Leitzig’s high nook and secured the membership’s Purpose of the Month award within the course of.
The strike can be up for the Purpose of the Month award within the Girls’s Tremendous League, which may result in additional recognition for Ella.
It’s been a particular interval for United’s quantity 7 who grew to become the primary participant to achieve the 50 objective mark for the Girls’s group when she claimed a brace on the ultimate day of March in opposition to Everton.
Moreover, Toone’s effective cross that allowed Rachel Williams to nod house the killer second within the well-known FA Cup semi-final win in opposition to Chelsea helped United safe their place in second successive finals within the competitors.
United will begin as favourites within the showpiece event on Might 12 in opposition to Tottenham, and Toone will little doubt have a key function to play ought to Mark Skinner’s males raise the trophy for the primary time.
Regardless of a disappointing league marketing campaign total for the Girls’s group, Toone has remained an virtually ever-present all through the season and continues to provide her all for the trigger.
The Cup closing is surrounded by two tasty trying remaining fixtures within the WSL, in opposition to Liverpool and Chelsea, respectively.
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