Arsenal’s Daphne van Domselaar wins WSL Save of the Month for March | OneFootball

Arsenal goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar has won the WSL Save of the Month award for March, with her intervention in the North London Derby earning the vote.

It is another marker of her importance in a side pushing through the decisive stretch of the season, where Arsenal’s control in possession has still required a goalkeeper capable of high-level moments behind it.

The award is her second in the competition, after also collecting the prize earlier in the campaign, underlining how quickly she has become one of the league’s defining goalkeepers.

Van Domselaar’s March moment carried real weight

The winning save came in Arsenal’s 5-2 victory over Tottenham at Emirates Stadium, when van Domselaar clawed away Beth England’s header with the score at 4-1. It arrived in the 72nd minute, requiring a full-stretch reaction to tip the effort over the bar and prevent Spurs from giving themselves a route back into the game.

That is what made it more than a photogenic stop. Arsenal were in control, but derby games can shift quickly, and van Domselaar’s reading of the header, set position and hand strength preserved the margin at a point where any concession would have changed the final phase of the match.

Another award that reflects her season

According to the club’s official website, this is van Domselaar’s second Save of the Month prize, having also won in October for her stop to deny Brighton’s Carla Camacho. She had already been among the WSL’s more consistent goalkeepers this season, with BBC Sport reporting strong underlying numbers across March and an 82 per cent save rate in league action that month.

There was no player quote attached to the announcement, but the award still says plenty about her season. Van Domselaar has given Arsenal reliability in quieter spells and match-shaping quality in the bigger moments, which is often the difference for teams trying to stay alive in multiple competitions.

Arsenal’s wider picture and what comes next

This individual recognition lands at a useful moment for Arsenal, with Renee Slegers’ side still balancing domestic and European demands and getting key contributions right across the pitch. Recent She Kicks coverage has already tracked Chloe Kelly’s impact in attack and the latest Leah Williamson squad context, and van Domselaar’s form is just as central to how this team functions.

In a league that continues to evolve on and off the pitch, with structural change also in the conversation through developments such as the proposed WSL expansion and playoff changes, goalkeeper performances matter more than ever in the margins of the title race. Arsenal’s next WSL test comes against Liverpool, and van Domselaar now heads into it with another reminder that she is among the division’s most decisive players.