The new stadium, expected to cost between 75-80 million, will be just one of three purpose-built Women's football stadiums worldwide, joining Kansas City Current and Denver Summit.
"It's something really huge for us, to show the world that Afghan women and girls are capable of doing amazing things," national team goalkeeper Elaha Safdari stated. "It's a hard slap to the face of the Taliban and those people who were against us."
England continues their World Cup 2027 qualification campaign, facing Iceland away from home in their historic 500th international fixture. The Lionesses beat world champions Spain at Wembley to put themselves in the driving seat in Group A3.
Wilsner expressed her excitement on Instagram, stating, "When I tell you this could not be in better hands, I mean it... I'm so excited to see where [Sarah Tapscott] takes my favourite fictional soccer lesbians."
Ahead of kick-off, both teams took up position together behind a banner with the matchday motto, and the FCB women including Glodis Viggosdottir, Giulia Gwinn and Pernille Harder also wore special warm-up shirts with the 'Red against Racism' slogan.
Aissatou Fall was a key player as Senegal made it through to the quarter-finals for just the second time in their history. Despite being just 17 years old, she played every single minute of Senegal's tournament in Morocco, helping the Lionesses to keep two clean sheets in four games.