{"id":575217,"date":"2026-08-05T05:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T05:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/575217\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T05:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T05:32:07","slug":"who-is-sacha-lewis-man-citys-girls-academy-graduate-signs-first-professional-deal-after-player-of-the-season-heroics-with-next-gen-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/575217\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Sacha Lewis? Man City&#8217;s Girls&#8217; Academy graduate signs first professional deal after Player of the Season heroics with Next Gen side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The graduation of another homegrown talent is a significant boost for the club&#8217;s development pathway, a sentiment enthusiastically echoed by Manchester City\u2019s Director of Football, Therese Sj\u00f6gran.<\/p>\n<p>Sj\u00f6gran praised the 18-year-old&#8217;s maturity and highlighted the collaborative effort required to prepare players for the demands of top-flight football.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a special moment for Sacha and one she fully deserves,&#8221; Sj\u00f6gran explained. &#8220;Her development is another demonstration of the incredible pathway our young players have to the first team, and she&#8217;s been a shining example to her team-mates despite still being just 18.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Director of Football also took the opportunity to commend Head of Girls&#8217; Academy Hannah Dingley and Lead Coach Izzy Christiansen for their pivotal roles in nurturing Lewis through the Next Gen ranks. &#8220;With her talent and attitude, she certainly has a bright future in the game,&#8221; Sj\u00f6gran added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The graduation of another homegrown talent is a significant boost for the club&#8217;s development pathway, a sentiment enthusiastically&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,32302,260271,105,25076],"class_list":["post-575217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-manchester-city-women","tag-s-lewis","tag-sports","tag-womens-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}