the 2019–20 season was the team's first fa wsl campaign. the season's first game was a manchester derby. it was at the city of manchester stadium. manchester city won the match 1–0 in front of a league record attendance of 31,213. united's first division campaign ended early because of the covid-19 pandemic. the team ended in fourth place on a points per game basis. they won their last game 3–2 against everton on 23 february 2020. leah galton scored twice and ella toone scoring once for manchester united. this was the first game at everton's new walton hall park stadium. in the fa cup, manchester united lost 3–2 to manchester city in the fourth round. this was the first time they had lost in the first knockout round of a competition. however, they got to the semi-finals in the league cup for the second time. they lost 1–0 to chelsea. chelsea also won in the final.