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Around the grounds: national duty beckons for A-League Women stars, Reds break 42-year-old cup record

FOR the first time in almost 600 days the Commbank Matildas are set to play on home soil, and head coach Tony Gustavsson has called upon six current A-League Women stars as he prepares for the two-game series against Brazil in late October.  The 23-player squad will head to Co

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Wellington Phoenix signs Lily Alfeld to A-League Women squad

WELLINGTON Phoenix is excited to announce goalkeeper Lily Alfeld as its first signing to its brand-new A-League Women squad, which is set to kick off its inaugural season in December this year. Kiwi-born Alfeld, 26, spent last season with Perth Glory, starting all 12 matches a

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All players signed for A-League 2021/22 season

THE slate is wiped clean for all nine clubs as reigning Champions Melbourne Victory look to defend their title in the 2021/22 A-League season. Sydney FC lifted the Premiers Plate last season before falling to Victory in a tense Grand Final decided off the boot of Kyra Cooney-C

Refiloe Jane
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Squad stretches: the inside story of building a team in the A-League

Heather Garriock was used to getting bombarded with dozens of messages on social media.

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Nicola Williams sees future of A-League Women headed ‘in the right direction’ after Phoenix appointments

WHEN a young, determined Nicola Williams was in need of a female role model coaching in football, she had to leave Australia to find one.  Even in 2008, when Williams became the first ever female head coach of the formerly named W-League - taking over as Perth Glory boss as a

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Lewis: All-female Phoenix coaching staff a “massive” step for visibility in football

Gemma Lewis will take the reins as Wellington Phoenix head coach in the club's inaugural A-League Women campaign;  an inspiring appointment which helps to set a record for female representation in the competition's coaching ranks. Aided by assistant coach Natalie Lawrence in t

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Wellington Phoenix appoint Lewis as first A-League Women’s Head Coach

Wellington Phoenix and New Zealand Football (NZF) have announced the inaugural coaching staff for the club's first ever A-League Women's team. In consultation with NZF, Gemma Lewis has been chosen as the Wellington Phoenix A-League Women's Head Coach, with Natalie Lawrence ser

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A-Leagues revealed as new identity for Australian football

Australian football has revealed its new identity, with the men's, women's and youth leagues brought together under a unified "A-Leagues" banner. Recasting the men's and women's elite competitions as partners at the top of the game, the A-Leagues will use football's position a

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Reds sign Shadeene Evans for upcoming A-League season

Adelaide United is delighted to announce the signing of forward Shadeene 'Shay' Evans for the forthcoming A-League 2021/22 season. A product of the famous John Moriarty Football initiative, Evans has also been a member of the Future Matildas and has represented the Young Matil

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Signing news: Academy products return to Canberra as emerging 'keeper joins the Jets

CANBERRA United have secured the services of Alexia Karrys-Stahl and Mikayla Vidmar, two graduates from the club's academy system returning in green for the 2021/22 A-League campaign. Vidmar, daughter of former Socceroo Tony Vidmar, returns to the Green Machine after a stint i

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Signing news: McKenna joins City as Withers makes move to cross-town rival

MELBOURNE Victory have signed former Melbourne City striker Harriet Withers ahead of the 2021/22 A-League season. The 25-year-old joins her former rivals after making eight appearances for City in 2020/21, scoring one goal - a Melbourne Derby winner in a 3-2 triumph over Victo

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'Compared to when I played, it's a different planet...' Moya Dodd on 100 years of women's football

IT'S the lamingtons that Moya Dodd recalls in detail, the little cakes sold to raise enough funds for her to prove that she was good enough to go all the way to the top as a footballer and play for her country. Some 40 years later, and on the day marking 100 years since the fi

Rebekah Stott
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Stotty and Steph: an eternal friendship forged in football

STEPH Catley describes it as a dark cloud looming incessantly overhead. The separation, the distance, the not knowing and the helplessness: these were the feelings weighing down on the Commonwealth Bank Matildas defender for months as her best friend, Rebekah Stott, battled wi

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‘It felt like we mattered’ - WNSL a vital chapter in women’s football history

TAL Karp is an Olympian, a lawyer and former Matildas midfielder with a unique vantage point on the development of women's football in Australia. On hand as a player for the birth of both the W-League and its predecessor, the Women's National Soccer League (she even scored in

Marianna Tabain
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Conferences and contingencies at the heart of building a draw

THE country's surging vaccination rates, coupled with the flexibility of a short-term conference system, underpin the confidence of A-League and W-League Commissioner Greg O'Rourke that a full season of football will unfold from late November and early December. Download the d