Selin Kuralay (Photo by Kelly Defina/Getty Images) | Alana Jancevski (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)
Selin Kuralay (Photo by Kelly Defina/Getty Images) | Alana Jancevski (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)

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

 

History: Selin Kuralay, Matildas Cap 129

Matildas Debut: 2004 (played for the national team until 2008)
Grassroots Club: North Coburg, Ringwood City & Box Hill United
Appearances: 17 (2 goals)
Position: Midfielder

  • member of 2004 Olympics squad
  • W-NSL: five seasons with Victoria Vision (1999-2004, 26 apps, 4 goals) & one season with Queensland Sting (2004-05, 6 apps, 2 goals), won 2000-01 Rising Star award
  • A-League Women: four seasons with Melbourne Victory (2008-10 & 2015-17, 14 apps, 4 goals) & one season with Adelaide United (2010-11, 9 apps, 1 goal)
  • played college soccer in the USA for Florida State University (2005-06, 50 apps, 29 goals) and Savannah College of Art & Design (2008, 15 apps, 10 goals)
  • completed two degrees in the USA: a Bachelor of Medical Science (FSU) and a Bachelor of Marketing & Communications (SCAD)
  • also played in the USA second tier for Hampton Roads Piranhas (2005)
  • currently an Advisory Committee Member for the Australian Olympic Committee
  • has worked in the banking industry for over a decade

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UK

Friendly

  • Birkirkara (Malta) 0-10 Manchester United

FA Cup 3rd Round (Polly’s Palace)

  • Crystal Palace (Polly Doran) 5-1 Watford – Pozza Dozza played a full game and scored
  • Lewes (Isobel Dalton & Libby Copus-Brown) 5-0 London Bees, Dalton & Copus-Brown started, Copus-Brown scored
  • Leeds 3-1 Stoke City
  • In the next round, Palace travel to Durham, Lewes are away to Ipswich and Leeds travel to Arsenal

Scottish Cup 4th Round

Europe

Coupe de France Round of 32

Coppa Italia

  • Cittadella 1-3 Juventus (Joe Montemurro)
  • Brescia 1-4 Juventus
  • Juventus have won their group and are through to the quarter finals

Queens of the Week

The fine folk at W-Jets Active (follow them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) tagged Newcastle’s mayor and asked them to name No. 2 Sportsground after Cheryl Salisbury

Cheryl – big thanks to Selin Kuralay for everything she’s done in football and for joining the pod at short notice

Dale – the fourth-tier teams that are through to the fourth round of the Women’s FA Cup (Leeds United, AFC Wimbledon, Cardiff City and the wonderfully named Hashtag United)

Eric – 1 & 2) Jarred Gillett (Australia, England) and Alireza Faghani (Iran, Australia) have become the first referees to earn FIFA status with two different countries 3) Multi-sport athlete and Irish international Sarah Rowe made her A-League Women debut for Melbourne Victory 4) Polly Doran scored her first Crystal Palace goal and helped them knock Watford out of the FA Cup

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Neil – 1) Alana Jancevski rescued a point for Perth with a late equaliser against Victory, the goal was extra special because it was in her home city 2) all the foundation A-League Women players who are still active in the competition (Melissa Barbieri, Ellie Brush, Kim Carroll, Casey Dumont, Michelle Heyman, Elise Kellond-Knight, Ella Mastrantonio, Clare Polkinghorne & Gema Simon)


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