Megan Rapinoe and Lucy Bronze lead the nominees for the 2019 Women’s Ballon d’Or, with the full 20-name list having been revealed by France Football.
The pair fought it out as two of the three finalists for FIFA’s The Best Women’s Player award in September, alongisde Alex Morgan, with Rapinoe claiming the trophy after grabbing all the headlines at the 2019 Women’s World Cup.
Bronze collected the UEFA Women’s Player of the Year accolade a month earlier , with her and the American now seen as front-runners for the Ballon d’Or, which will be awarded for just the second time on December 2 in Paris.