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Football Australia not rushing search for new Matildas coach in build-up to Asian and World Cups
1 month ago

Football Australia not rushing search for new Matildas coach in build-up to Asian and World Cups

ABC  

Football Australia is closing in on a target for the next Matildas head coach but is refusing to make any promises on when the appointment will be announced. The Matildas have been without a permanent head coach since Tony Gustavsson's four-year tenure came to an end following a disappointing Paris Olympics campaign in August. The Matildas are next in action …

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Matildas update: Mary Fowler makes a HUGE return, Clare Polkinghorne says goodbye while Sam Kerr is stuck on the couch
1 month ago

Matildas update: Mary Fowler makes a HUGE return, Clare Polkinghorne says goodbye while Sam Kerr is stuck on the couch

Daily Mail  

The mental and physical break she received while skipping Matildas duty appears to have done Mary Fowler the power of good as she returned to action for Manchester City with a superb goal in their 4-0 trouncing over Leicester. On a miserable day in Manchester, Fowler's clincher just before the hour mark warmed up proceedings, as the ball wasn't properly …

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Matildas revelation Sharn Freier embraces rapid rise after starring performances against Chinese Taipei
1 month ago

Matildas revelation Sharn Freier embraces rapid rise after starring performances against Chinese Taipei

ABC  

When the Matildas won the Women's World Cup penalty shootout against France at Brisbane's Lang Park last year, Sharn Freier was at a country music concert 20 kilometres across town. In their final match of the year, the Matildas keep a clean sheet on their way to a thumping 6-0 victory over Chinese Taipei at Geelong's Kardinia Park. "I was …

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Matildas score resounding 6-0 win over Chinese Taipei in Clare Polkinghorne's international farewell
1 month ago

Matildas score resounding 6-0 win over Chinese Taipei in Clare Polkinghorne's international farewell

ABC  

The Matildas have kept a clean sheet on their way to recording a thumping 6-0 victory over Chinese Taipei in Geelong, as Clare Polkinghorne made her final international appearance. In front of a crowd of 30,097 at Kardinia Park, the Matildas sent Polkinghorne off in style with six different goal-scorers in what was the national team's last match of the …

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Matildas knocked out of FIFA Women's World Cup after 3-1 semifinal defeat to England
1 year, 4 months ago

Matildas knocked out of FIFA Women's World Cup after 3-1 semifinal defeat to England

ABC  

The Matildas are out of the FIFA Women's World Cup, falling to a 3-1 defeat to England in front of 75,784 fans at Stadium Australia in Sydney. England deservedly led thanks to an Ella Toone strike in the first half, but Sam Kerr scored a stunning long-range leveller to give the Matildas renewed vigour. Greenwood was issued a rare booking …

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Matildas prepare for second must-win match of the tournament in round of 16 against Denmark
1 year, 5 months ago

Matildas prepare for second must-win match of the tournament in round of 16 against Denmark

Associated Press  

Brisbane, Australia — Australia once again finds itself in a must-win Women’s World Cup game when the Matildas face Denmark on Monday in the round of 16. “Historically, we’ve always really performed well with our backs against the wall.” Denmark finished second in Group D behind winner England, and only allowed one goal over three games of group play. “Denmark …

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FIFA Women’s World Cup: Coach Tony Gustavsson faces questions with Australia ‘teetering’
1 year, 5 months ago

FIFA Women’s World Cup: Coach Tony Gustavsson faces questions with Australia ‘teetering’

The Hindu  

Australia coach Tony Gustavsson was facing questions on Friday after a stunning 3-2 defeat to Nigeria left the Women’s World Cup co-host “teetering on the edge of something deep and dark”. Former men’s international goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer told Optus Sport: “I think when he looks back at those substitutions when he made them and the type of substitutions he made, …

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FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023: Australians confident in squad depth despite Sam Kerr’s injury
1 year, 5 months ago

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023: Australians confident in squad depth despite Sam Kerr’s injury

The Hindu  

Having the Women’s World Cup on home soil has given Australia’s team the confidence it can contend for the title even without star striker Sam Kerr on the field. The Matildas’ struggles to replace injured defender Clare Polkinghorne during the 2019 Women’s World Cup contributed to their exit in the round of 16, their worst finish since 2003. Gustavsson’s team …

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Fowler makes her Women’s World Cup debut on a significant night for the Australian and Irish teams
1 year, 5 months ago

Fowler makes her Women’s World Cup debut on a significant night for the Australian and Irish teams

Associated Press  

SYDNEY — So much was happening when Mary Fowler made her Women’s World Cup debut in Australia’s opening win over Ireland. “I obviously feel for Sam, because it’s such a big tournament and she means so much to this team and this country,” Fowler said. Fowler was born in Cairns in the far northeast of Australia, but played on Ireland’s …

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Matildas get back to winning ways against South Africa in London despite conceding late goal
2 years, 3 months ago

Matildas get back to winning ways against South Africa in London despite conceding late goal

ABC  

Cortnee Vine has scored her first international goals as the Matildas lifted the pressure on coach Tony Gustavsson with a convincing 4-1 victory over South Africa. It was all the more impressive for being largely achieved without Chelsea's Sam Kerr, who had been unwell leading into Saturday's match at Kingsmeadow, her club's compact ground in south-west London. In her absence, …

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Clare Wheeler's late appearance against USA turned Matildas' game — and maybe her career
3 years, 1 month ago

Clare Wheeler's late appearance against USA turned Matildas' game — and maybe her career

ABC  

Isn't football, in the end, all about the timing? Matildas midfielder Clare Wheeler had barely been on the pitch three minutes, thrown into the lumbering final stages of Australia's second friendly against the USA in Newcastle on Tuesday, when she made what turned out to be a game-changing — and possibly career-defining — tackle. "You see the goal-scorer — and …

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