Katie McCabe (Stephen McCarthy / Sportsfile via Getty Images) | Vera Pauw (Photo By Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
Katie McCabe (Stephen McCarthy / Sportsfile via Getty Images) | Vera Pauw (Photo By Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Countdown

A big pod this week with plenty of football to cover around the world. We have an extended squad as Neil Bennett joins Eric, Steffen, Maj, Dale and Cheryl.

Australia's longest-running women's football podcast (est. April 2019).

Here’s a shoutout to Episode 1 with Molly & Groubes

History: Trudy Diamond, Matildas Cap 103

Matildas Debut: 1997
Grassroots Club: Beresfield
Appearances: 1
Position: Defender

Played one game, coming off the bench against New Zealand in a Tri-Nations series.

Hot Topics

  • News

    • Naidoc week

  • Dub News & Signings

    • Season 15 dates announced
      • 11 teams
      • 20 rounds – 18 games (16 weekend, 2 midweek) and 2 byes
      • Starts November 18
      • Grand Final April 29/30
    • Mark Torcaso announced as Western United Head Coach
    • WUFC Memberships available
    • Central Coast Mariners announced as the 12th ALW team, they will re-join the competition in 2023/24
      • 2008/09 – finished 6th – notable players – Caitlin Cooper (c), Ellyse Perry, Teresa Polias, Renee Rollason, Kyah Simon (top scorer 5 goals)
      • 2009/10 – finished 2nd – notable players (in) – Kelly Golebiowski (Cap 97), Michelle Heyman, Caitlin Foord, Kendall Fletcher
    • Full Home & Away by 2023/24 season
      • 1980 regular-season minutes – in line with global benchmarks set by England’s Women’s Super League, NWSL and France’s Division 1 Feminine
    • Season 15 squad page

Around the World

July is a big month

International Friendlies

  • Wales 0-0 New Zealand (Ally Green’s international debut)
  • Sweden 3-1 Brazil
  • USA 2-0 Colombia
  • Denmark 1-2 Norway
  • Switzerland 0-4 England
  • Italy 1-1 Spain
  • Netherlands 2-0 Finland

 

 
 
 
 
 
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World Cup Qualifiers

  • Georgia 0-9 Republic of Ireland
  • Netherlands 3-0 Belarus

Euros Banter

US – NWSL

Watch matches on twitch.tv/NWSLOfficial, twitch.tv/NWSLOfficial2, twitch.tv/NWSLOfficial3 & twitch.tv/NWSLOfficial4

State Football

  • ACT
    • Belconnen United (Karen Clarke) 1-2 Canberra Croatia (Bec Kiting, Anna Ross)
    • West Canberra Wanderers 0-3 Canberra Olympic (Nicole Jalocha, Meg Roden, Ash Sykes)
    • Canberra United Academy (Bessie Riethmuller) 1-2 Wagga City Wanderers (Piper Scott, Megan Castle)
    • Gungahlin United (Erika Pennyfield, Piper Lockley, Ella-Rose Brown) 3-1 Tuggeranong United (Lauren Hall)
  • NSW
    • Football NSW Institute (Mary Stanic-Floody x 2, Sienna Saveska) 3-1 Blacktown Spartans (Ashlie Crofts)
    • Emerging Jets (Brinley Gentle) 1-4 Sydney University (Rola Badawiya x 3, Sarah Morgan)
    • NWS Spirit 0-0 Macarthur Rams
    • postponed: APIA Leichhardt v Northern Tigers, Illawarra Stingrays v Bankstown City, Sydney Olympic v Manly United
  • QLD
    • Super Cup: Lions FC (Tegan Riding x 2, Maddison Teakle, Scarlett Premerl) 4-0 Olympic FC
    • Super Cup: Sunshine Coast Wanderers 2-1 Gold Coast United
    • Souths United (Paloma Gonçalves Oliveira, Bella Habuda) 2-1 Eastern Suburbs
  • VIC – Round 14 of 21
    • Full Season Guide
    • (1) Calder United (Harriet Withers) 1-0 (4) Alamein (Amy Jackson, Nia Stamatopoulos)
    • (2) Heidelberg United (Grace Jale, Melissa Maizels) 2-0 (3) Bulleen Lions (Tiffany Eliadis, Gabriela Garton, Alana Jancevski, Lia Privitelli, Rebekah Stott, Tyla Jay Vlajnic, Paige Zois)
    • (7) South Melbourne (Tijan McKenna, Claudia Mihocic) 2-4 (6) Box Hill United (Teigen Allen, Mindy Barbieri, Sofia Sakalis)
    • (5) FV Emerging (Sarah Cain, Caitlin Karic, Bella Sewards, Miranda Templeman) 0-2 (8) Bayside United

Queens of the Week

Cheryl – Republic of Ireland head coach Vera Pauw has displayed tremendous courage

Dale – The Northern Ireland women’s team are set for their first ever European Championships

Eric – Republic of Ireland captain Katie McCabe scored a hat trick in their 9-0 win over Georgia

Maj – 1) Carson Pickett became the first player with a limb difference to play for the USA national team 2) Alex Chidiac is taking a good-humoured approach to her recovery from a broken nose

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Neil – Former Northern Redbacks Demi Vance and Nadene Caldwell are part of Northern Ireland’s squad for the European Championships

Steffen – Sasha Grove has signed a two-season contract with Canberra United (Steffen has zero creativity, always picking the player Canberra have just announced as a signing lol)


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