Sam Kerr with the contender for the worst ever penalty taken in an important shootout.
Hmmm... although I grant you that Kerr's was very bad as well.
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And Norway knocks them out in a penalty shootout. Sam Kerr with the contender for the worst ever penalty taken in an important shootout.
Yeh "suck on that one"
As posted by RR in the Socceroos thread.
Game 2 Matilda's vs Canada stream for tonight (9:30pm), at new Allianz Stadium (old SFS) in Sydney.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyswhf5g5ks
Game 1 was played at Suncorp venue of first AWs v Socceroos match, later this month. Canada won 1-0 in front of 25,000
https://www.matildas.com.au/news/commbank-matildas-go-down-fighting-olympic-champions-brisbane#:~:text=Tokyo%202020%20gold%20medallists%2C%20Canada,United's%20new%20signing%20Adriana%20Leon.
Game 2 Matilda's vs Canada stream for tonight (9:30pm), at new Allianz Stadium (old SFS) in Sydney.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyswhf5g5ks
Game 1 was played at Suncorp venue of first AWs v Socceroos match, later this month. Canada won 1-0 in front of 25,000
https://www.matildas.com.au/news/commbank-matildas-go-down-fighting-olympic-champions-brisbane#:~:text=Tokyo%202020%20gold%20medallists%2C%20Canada,United's%20new%20signing%20Adriana%20Leon.
Whoops, didn't realise they had their own thread. My bad.
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/london-calling-matildas-socceroos-set-for-blockbuster-england-friendlies-20230220-p5clz0.html
Tony Gustavsson’s Matildas will meet the Lionesses at Brentford’s Gtech Community Stadium on April 11, one of two games they will play in Europe during the penultimate international window before the start of the Women’s World Cup in July.
Tony Gustavsson’s Matildas will meet the Lionesses at Brentford’s Gtech Community Stadium on April 11, one of two games they will play in Europe during the penultimate international window before the start of the Women’s World Cup in July.
It looms as good preparation in more ways than one, given Australia could face the reigning European champions in the round of 16 at the World Cup if they fail to top Group B.
England are No.4 in FIFA’s women’s rankings and beat Germany 2-1 in extra time in the final of last year’s Euros, which they hosted.
Borrowed from RR. Matildas stream
https://www.youtube.com/live/xxa3bnr88OE?si=d4MENFK8NJrJZnjD
https://www.youtube.com/live/xxa3bnr88OE?si=d4MENFK8NJrJZnjD
Borrowed from RR. Matildas stream
https://www.youtube.com/live/xxa3bnr88OE?si=d4MENFK8NJrJZnjD
https://www.youtube.com/live/xxa3bnr88OE?si=d4MENFK8NJrJZnjD
Whoops, forgot the Matildas had their own thread. Huge 8-0 win for them in front of 59k people, that is massive.
Chelsea Football Club can confirm striker Sam Kerr has sustained an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury during our warm weather training camp in Morocco.
— Chelsea FC Women (@ChelseaFCW) January 7, 2024
Disappointingly!it seems Victoria prefers one-off national fixtures or exhibitions over major tournaments.
— Joey Lynch (@joeylynchy) April 21, 2024
Beyond the ‘sporting capital’ blow, it’s a letdown for local clubs that would’ve served as training bases with desperately needed female-friendly facility upgrades. Legacy. https://t.co/jViSz32nKu
No 2026 Asian Cup matches in Victoria
Something like AFL probably refusing to make Docklands and/or MCG available I'm gonna guess. They really do hate football (soccer). More even than NZ Rugby.
Disappointingly!it seems Victoria prefers one-off national fixtures or exhibitions over major tournaments.
— Joey Lynch (@joeylynchy) April 21, 2024
Beyond the ‘sporting capital’ blow, it’s a letdown for local clubs that would’ve served as training bases with desperately needed female-friendly facility upgrades. Legacy. https://t.co/jViSz32nKu
No 2026 Asian Cup matches in Victoria
All this to say AAMI park would be the only option but being smaller than the stadiums in the other states they likely wouldn't put a Matildas game there, and outside of the Matildas I don't know how much pulling power the rest of the tournament will have for crowds.
Same reasons basically why Victoria only got a small number of games compared to other States, for last year's WWC.
Japan, Sth Korea and China could pull reasonable crowds - but yeah the rest not so much. North Korea for the novelty aspect possibly. They are also the 2nd best FIFA ranked team in Asia at 11th. I think they pulled out of AFC qualifying for last year's WWC due to Covid. Of course the Supreme leader tells us no one died of it there in the Democratic People's Republic.
Japan are ranked 7th & Matildas 12th.
Hopefully NZF can get a few teams to visit NZ for warm up games against the Ferns.
Japan, Sth Korea and China could pull reasonable crowds - but yeah the rest not so much. North Korea for the novelty aspect possibly. They are also the 2nd best FIFA ranked team in Asia at 11th. I think they pulled out of AFC qualifying for last year's WWC due to Covid. Of course the Supreme leader tells us no one died of it there in the Democratic People's Republic.
Japan are ranked 7th & Matildas 12th.
Hopefully NZF can get a few teams to visit NZ for warm up games against the Ferns.
Something like AFL probably refusing to make Docklands and/or MCG available I'm gonna guess. They really do hate football (soccer). More even than NZ Rugby.
By the sounds of it, they didn't even lodge an expression of interest. Those happened before the WWC, so must not have predicted the Tillies-mania that has followed.