The 20-year-old has really hit the ground running and is forming a formidable partnership with Millie Turner at the heart of the Reds’ defence.
Such has been Maya’s early season form, she has been nominated for both the PFA Fans’ Player of the Month and the WSL Player of the Month awards for September.
United Women manager Marc Skinner and Katie Zelem are also up for the monthly WSL manager and player awards, respectively, following the Reds’ scintillating start to the campaign.
Le Tissier, who was signed from Brighton & Hove Albion in the summer, sat alongside fellow summer arrival Grace Clinton in a recent episode of our Emerging Reds series and explained how her family encouraged her to make the move to Manchester.