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[Dixie Flatline]

Gustavsson has announced the 23-person squad for the World Cup. Lydia Williams and Clare Polkinghorne will be playing in their fifth World Cup finals (albeit Williams is probably in the squad as a back-up keeper).

Player	Club	Caps (Goals)	Previous WWC appearances
Lydia Williams	Brighton & Hove Albion WFC	102(0)	2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
Courtney Nevin	Leicester City WFC	22 (0)	No previous appearances
Aivi Luik	BK Hacken	42 (1)	2019
Clare Polkinghorne	Vittsjo GIK	156 (16)	2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
Cortnee Vine	Sydney FC	16 (3)	No previous appearances
Clare Wheeler	Everton WFC	14 (0)	No previous appearances
Steph Catley	Arsenal WFC	109 (3)	2015, 2019
Alex Chidiac	Racing Louisville FC	27 (2)	No previous appearances
Caitlin Foord	Arsenal WFC	108 (29)	2011, 2015, 2019
Emily Van Egmond	San Diego Wave FC	127 (30)	2011, 2015, 2019
Mary Fowler	Manchester City WFC	36 (9)	2019
Teagan Micah	FC Rosengard	14 (0)	2019
Tameka Yallop	SK Brann	112 (12)	2011, 2015, 2019
Alanna Kennedy	Manchester City WFC	108 (8)	2015, 2019
Clare Hunt	Western Sydney Wanderers WFC	5 (0)	No previous appearances
Hayley Raso	Unattached	70 (12)	2015, 2019
Kyah Simon	Unattached	111 (29)	2011, 2015
Mackenzie Arnold	West Ham United FC	34 (0)	2015, 2019
Katrina Gorry	Vittsjo GIK	93 (17)	2015, 2019
Sam Kerr	Chelsea WFC	120 (63)	2011, 2015, 2019
Ellie Carpenter	Olympique Lyon	61 (3)	2019
Charlotte Grant	Vittsjo GIK	18 (1)	No previous appearances
Kyra Cooney-Cross	Hammarby IF	27 (0)	No previous appearances

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Lot of reports linking Hayley Raso to a move to Real Madrid. She's reportedly undergone a medical with Real Madrid after leaving Manchester City as a free agent.

 

[giggler99]

In front of a record 50,629K crowd! Well done Melbourne

Next.. Bring on the World Cup!

 

[giggler99]

For all Matildas World Cup matches and news please post in the dedicated Matildas and the FIFA World Cup Thread below

Matildas - The Matildas and The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Just over 6 months away, this looms as one of the biggest sporting events Australia has ever hosted. From what we saw in Fed Square, etc, there's a ground swell of support for the national teams - and that was just to watch the games on the big screen. Given that we're co-hosting the tournament...

www.bigfooty.com

 

[giggler99]

So focused on the World Cup we forgot that our girls have Olympic qualifying in just a couple of months time. All matches to be played in Perth.

The CommBank Matildas' path to the Paris 2024™ Olympic Games has been made clearer following today’s Official Draw of the Women's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024™ Asian Qualifiers Round 2 at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.

Australia will host Chinese Taipei (world no.37), Philippines (world no. 49) and IR Iran (world no. 67) in a round-robin tournament with the matches to take place between 23 October – 1 November 2023.


CommBank Matildas’ Head Coach Tony Gustavsson said: “The Olympics hold a very special place in my heart as it was the first tournament I experienced with the CommBank Matildas in 2021. It was during the Tokyo Olympics that I was privileged to share an inspiring run with this group of players and also truly understand the unique qualities of this team and what they stand for.”

“To find out what our path to Paris 2024 looks like provides much welcome clarity as to the task at hand, and we are excited to begin our campaign on home soil with the support of our amazing fans.”

Divided into four pots according to their seeding, 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four nations. Each group will play a single round-robin format on three separate match days.

Four teams – the three group winners and the best-ranked runners-up – will then progress to Round 3 with two sets of home and away matches to decide who will represent the Asian Football Confederation in Pairs.

Australia's Group A Draw for the Women's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024™ Asian Qualifiers Round 2
The Paris 2024™ Women’s Olympic Football Tournament will be held from 24 July to 10 August 2024 across France with 12 nations vying for Olympic Gold.

Football Australia will confirm the Group A host city in the coming weeks. All matchday information and fixtures will be available here.

WOMEN'S OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT PARIS 2024™ - ASIAN QUALIFIERS ROUND 2​

GROUP A Australia (H) Chinese Taipei Philippines IR Iran

GROUP B China PR (H) Korea Republic Thailand DPR Korea

GROUP C Japan Vietnam Uzbekistan (H) India

* (H) = Group Host

COMMBANK MATILDAS | GROUP A | MATCH SCHEDULE​

MATCH DAY 1
Australia v IR Iran
Date: Thurs, 26 October 2023
Kick-off: 7:00pm WST, 10:00pm ESDT, 9:30pm CSDT
Venue: Perth Rectangular stadium, Perth

MATCH DAY 2
Philippines v Australia
Date: Sun, 29 October 2023
Kick-off: 3:00pm WST, 6:00pm ESDT, 5:30pm CSDT
Venue: Perth Rectangular stadium, Perth

MATCH DAY 3
Australia v Chinese Taipei
Date: Wed, 1 November 2023
Kick-off: 7:00pm WST, 10:00pm ESDT, 9:30pm CSDT
Venue: Perth Rectangular stadium, Perth

Australia’s Paris 2024™ Qualification path determined

The CommBank Matildas' path to the Paris 2024™ Olympic Games has been made clearer following today

www.matildas.com.au

 

[swingdog]

It'll be a severe case of facepalm if he rolls out the same team against such lowly ranked opposition.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

He may not be the coach. Strong rumours linking him to the USWNT, and he didn't outright commit to Australia when asked about it after the Sweden game.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Reigning A-League Women Coach of the Year, Mark Torcaso, has been named as the head coach of the Philippines women's team, replacing Alen Stajcic, who resigned after the World Cup to take him the head coaching role at Perth Glory. Western United have confirmed that Torcaso and Andrew Durante will remain in their roles as the head coach and assistant coach of the Western United A-League Women's team.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

US Soccer sporting director Matt Crocker said to reporters that plans remain for the next USWNT coach to be in place in time for a training camp in December. It's all gone a bit quiet after Vlatko Andonovski resigned as coach of the USWNT after the World Cup, regarding the rumours of Gustavsson being the preferred target for the USWNT.

USWNT to hire coach by end of year, federation promises

U.S. Soccer sporting director Matt Crocker said he is pleased with where things stand in the search for the next manager of the women's team.

www.espn.com

 

[worbod]

Was there an actual award for Goal of the Tournament in the recent World Cup? When watching YouTube footage of Sam Kerr's goal against England one particular commentator mentions that he's not on the panel for the Goal of the Tournament award, which makes me think the award exists.

 

[stax on the mull]

Was there an actual award for Goal of the Tournament in the recent World Cup? When watching YouTube footage of Sam Kerr's goal against England one particular commentator mentions that he's not on the panel for the Goal of the Tournament award, which makes me think the award exists.

Linda Caicedo (Colombia) won it for her goal against Germany.

 

[Munga]

Linda Caicedo (Colombia) won it for her goal against Germany.

Let's be honest, it's all Robbie Thomson's commentary

 

[stax on the mull]

Let's be honest, it's all Robbie Thomson's commentary

Honestly think it's a fabulous goal, but it was a fan vote. Hyundai Goal of the Tournament it's called. 2nd Place was that strike from a long range set free kick by the Panama player Martha Cox against France. 0.5% between 1st and 2nd place.

There's also the open category Puskas award which FIFA are currently conducting, where Caicedo and Kerr are both nominated, which is for the best goal of 2023.

https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/th...-vote-now-contenders-announced-best-goal-2023

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Gustavsson named his squad for the opening Olympics qualifiers, to be played in Perth. The squad is 22 players strong, with Australia slated to play Iran (26 October), the Philippines (29 October) and Chinese Taipei (1 November) in Group A. From the World Cup squad, Aivi Luik and Kyah Simon are omitted through injury, while U-23 captain Amy Sayer and Charlize Rule named to the squad. However, Rule is not eligible for the qualifiers and is included in the squad in a train-on/development squad capacity.

Six matches will be played across three different match days with the group winner joining the winners of groups B and C, as well as the best-ranked runners-up, in Round 3. Round 3 will take place on 24 and 28 February 2024, with the winners of the two home-and-away series progressing to the Olympics.

CommBank Matildas squad named for 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The CommBank Matildas final squad has been named for the Women's Olympic Football Tournament Paris

www.matildas.com.au

Squad:

Name	Position	Club	Caps (Goals)
Mackenzie Arnold	Goalkeeper	West Ham United FC	42 (0)
Ellie Carpenter	Defender	Olympique Lyon	69 (3)
Steph Catley (VC)	Defender	Arsenal WFC	117 (5)
Alex Chidiac	Midfielder	Tigres UANL Femenil (on loan from Racing Louisville)	30 (2)
Kyra Cooney-Cross	Midfielder	Arsenal WFC	35 (2)
Caitlin Foord	Forward	Arsenal WFC	116 (30)
Mary Fowler	Midfielder	Manchester City WFC	43 (11)
Katrina Gorry	Midfielder	Vittsjo GIK	101 (17)
Charlotte Grant	Defender	Vittsjo GIK	19 (1)
Clare Hunt	Defender	Paris Saint Germain FC	13 (0)
Alanna Kennedy	Defender	Manchester City WFC	114 (9)
Sam Kerr (C)	Forward	Chelsea WFC	125 (64)
Teagan Micah	Goalkeeper	Liverpool WFC	14 (0)
Courtney Nevin	Defender	Leicester City WFC	24 (0)
Clare Polkinghorne	Defender	Vittsjo GIK	163 (16)
Hayley Raso	Forward	Real Madrid Femenino	78 (15)
Charlize Rule*	Forward	Brighton & Hove Albion	0 (0)
Amy Sayer	Midfielder	Kristianstads DFF	6 (0)
Emily Van Egmond	Midfielder	San Diego Wave FC	135 (31)
Cortnee Vine	Forward	Sydney FC	24 (3)
Clare Wheeler	Midfielder	Everton WFC	14 (0)
Lydia Williams	Goalkeeper	Melbourne Victory FC	102 (0)
Tameka Yallop	Midfielder	Brisbane Roar FC	115 (12)

 

[swingdog]

Gustavsson named his squad for the opening Olympics qualifiers, to be played in Perth. The squad is 22 players strong, with Australia slated to play Iran (26 October), the Philippines (29 October) and Chinese Taipei (1 November) in Group A. From the World Cup squad, Aivi Luik and Kyah Simon are omitted through injury, while U-23 captain Amy Sayer and Charlize Rule named to the squad. However, Rule is not eligible for the qualifiers and is included in the squad in a train-on/development squad capacity.

Six matches will be played across three different match days with the group winner joining the winners of groups B and C, as well as the best-ranked runners-up, in Round 3. Round 3 will take place on 24 and 28 February 2024, with the winners of the two home-and-away series progressing to the Olympics.

CommBank Matildas squad named for 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The CommBank Matildas final squad has been named for the Women's Olympic Football Tournament Paris

www.matildas.com.au

Squad:

Name	Position	Club	Caps (Goals)
Mackenzie Arnold	Goalkeeper	West Ham United FC	42 (0)
Ellie Carpenter	Defender	Olympique Lyon	69 (3)
Steph Catley (VC)	Defender	Arsenal WFC	117 (5)
Alex Chidiac	Midfielder	Tigres UANL Femenil (on loan from Racing Louisville)	30 (2)
Kyra Cooney-Cross	Midfielder	Arsenal WFC	35 (2)
Caitlin Foord	Forward	Arsenal WFC	116 (30)
Mary Fowler	Midfielder	Manchester City WFC	43 (11)
Katrina Gorry	Midfielder	Vittsjo GIK	101 (17)
Charlotte Grant	Defender	Vittsjo GIK	19 (1)
Clare Hunt	Defender	Paris Saint Germain FC	13 (0)
Alanna Kennedy	Defender	Manchester City WFC	114 (9)
Sam Kerr (C)	Forward	Chelsea WFC	125 (64)
Teagan Micah	Goalkeeper	Liverpool WFC	14 (0)
Courtney Nevin	Defender	Leicester City WFC	24 (0)
Clare Polkinghorne	Defender	Vittsjo GIK	163 (16)
Hayley Raso	Forward	Real Madrid Femenino	78 (15)
Charlize Rule*	Forward	Brighton & Hove Albion	0 (0)
Amy Sayer	Midfielder	Kristianstads DFF	6 (0)
Emily Van Egmond	Midfielder	San Diego Wave FC	135 (31)
Cortnee Vine	Forward	Sydney FC	24 (3)
Clare Wheeler	Midfielder	Everton WFC	14 (0)
Lydia Williams	Goalkeeper	Melbourne Victory FC	102 (0)
Tameka Yallop	Midfielder	Brisbane Roar FC	115 (12)

It's going to be the next coach that brings on the next generation, isn't it?

 

[stax on the mull]

I haven't seen vision of it but I was on social media early this morning and saw a post said that Charlize Rule had saved a goal with a clearance off the goal line last night for Brighton, so she might be playing as a defender.

In the young Matildas they were playing her as an attacker but in the few games I saw her, she looked kind of lost in that role.

Ante Juric seemed to convert her to a right back for Sydney. She's quite tall for that role. Seems to be about the same height as Kennedy, so maybe in time she can be a central defender.

 

[jhong]

Australia B lead 1-0 thanks to Carpenter.

 

[Satan]

Think no 15 for iran has a broken nose

 

[jhong]

1-0 at half time . Iran penned back and not offering anything going forward.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Absolutely no idea to break down an Iranian defence that isn't even that good. Cannot wait until Gustavsson pisses off and we get a decent coach. Sick of watching an Australian team that has no creativity.

 

[Satan]

How much added time?

 

[Satan]

Goalie must have concussion

 

[jhong]

How to turn a 90 min game into 120 min .

 

[Satan]

11 minutes added on

 

[jhong]

A very “blow the cobwebs out” performance tonite. Glad he decided to put an actual striker on eventually, and I don’t understand having Vine on if Carpenter takes up her space . I expect a better performance up next , because that was a very disjointed display .