Tottenham Hotspur Women will face Sevilla Femenino in a friendly today (August 15, 2025) at 7 pm UK time, 2 pm ET. The match will be available to view on Spursplay–the first time the club has ever televised a Spurs Women friendly.
Although fans have been clamoring for the club to show these games for literally years, Spurs have always kept women’s friendly matches behind closed doors. In fact, they’ve hardly ever announced them until after the fact. Though it’s long overdue, I’m excited we’re finally getting one, and I hope it’s just the first of many to come.
As such, I’m basically beside myself with curiosity about this game. Spurs finished the 2024-25 season in a demoralizing 11th place in the WSL out of 12, one spot above relegation. Since then, Spurs have sacked Robert Vilahamn and replaced him with Martin Ho. Ho is very well-regarded in women’s soccer circles, but he’s spent most of his career as an assistant coach so there’s not too much info out there on how he likes to play. Unless you’re a big fan of his previous club, Brann, this friendly will be a first glimpse of Ho-ball, and whether he can make something out of last season’s weak squad.
To be honest, I don’t really know what to expect from Sevilla as opponents. Sevilla finished 9th in La Liga F last season. I understand La Liga F drops off sharply in quality after you get past Barcelona and Real Madrid, but, well, so does the WSL. We’ll find out together, and given Spurs have been known to base any international recruitment largely on teams they face in friendlies, maybe we’ll get a cheeky transfer out of it, too.
Other than the trip to Spain and today’s friendly, it’s been all quiet for Spurs Women. There haven’t been any business developments since the club announced the transfer of goalkeeper Becky Spencer to Chelsea. Here’s hoping for a bit more August news, and we’ll be back after the game with our first thoughts on Martin Ho!