Left: Ria Percival (Photo by Harriet Lander/Getty Images). Right: Millie Bright (Photo by Morgan Harlow - The FA/The FA via Getty Images)

Special guest Lachy from College Matildas joins Eric, Cheryl, Maj & Steffen to discuss the latest in football. The crew name a record number of Queens of the Week, while Cheryl gives a Joker to all states and territories that aren’t bidding to host Matildas matches.

 

History – Cap 69

Sarah Cooper (now Raymond) played 68 games for the Matildas as a defender and captained the team in 1996.

Originally from Scotland, Sarah relocated to the Northern Territory and then Victoria, representing Australia at the 1995 and 1999 World Cups.

Sarah now spends her time coaching in the USA.

Hot Topics

  • Australia v USA announced

    • Two game series
    • Game 1 – Sydney, November 27th (in celebration of Eric’s birthday)
    • Game 2 – Newcastle, November 30th

Around the World

UWCL – Group stage Matchday 3

Wednesday 

Thursday

Asia

WE League (Japan)

UK

FA WSL

Scottish WPL

Europe

France – D1F

  • No matches this week but you can catch up on our coverage of the D1F

Italy – Serie A

Netherlands – Eredivisie

Nordic

Norway Toppserien Round 17 (of 18)

  • Toppserien Youtube
  • (3) LSK Kvinner FK (Karly Roestbakken) 
    • favoured to beat 8th placed Lyn Lightning away, and they did so, winning 1-2 in dark conditions
    • Karly listed as an unused substitute
    • celebrated the bronze medal (third place in the league)

Sweden Damallsvenskan Round 22 (of 22)

The final round has been played! Every Aussie in this league found their way into a Matildas squad at some point in 2021.

  • (1) FC Rosengård (Charli Grant, Teagan Micah)
    • Won 0-2 away to 9th-placed Djurgårdens
    • Charli played the last 13′ while Teagan was on the bench
  • (2) BK Häcken (Dylan Holmes)
    • lost 3-2 away to Eskilstuna United
    • Dylan played the last 17 minutes
    • four Champions League games coming up to close out the calendar year
  • (5) Vittsjö (Clare Polkinghorne)
    • Polks scored Vittsjö’s second goal in a monster 8-2 home win over 8th placed Örebro
    • with a +9 in goals for and against, they would have made Champions League had they won last week’s game against 10th-placed AIK
  • (7) Hammarby (Elise Kellond-Knight)
    • defeated last-placed (12) Växjö (Winonah Heatley) 0-2 away
    • KK still recovering but Wini played 51 minutes for Växjö
    • Växjö relegated

Denmark Round 12 (of 14)

  • (2) Fortuna Hjørring (Indiah Paige Riley, Clare Wheeler, Angie Beard, Alex Huynh) 
    • won 2-1 at home against 4th-placed Thy-Thisted
    • Clare, Angie, and Indi (played 85′) all started in a game where free beer was handed out to spectators (or another beverage of their choosing)
    • Alex was an unused substitute
  • (7) AGF (‘Aarhus Gymnastikforening’) (Jenna McCormick)
    • lost 1-4 at home against third-placed Brøndby
    • Jenna played a full game but fell foul of the defender own goal occupational hazard
    • the team are now destined for relegation playoffs

USA

NWSL

Queens of the Week

Eric saw a doctor before selecting his QotW.


Maj – Beattie Goad scored her first goal for Tenerife against Sporting de Huelva.

Dale – Tottenham’s Ria Percival scored a 94th minute equaliser to salvage a point against Manchester United. She is the first Kiwi to score a FA WSL goal since Katie Rood netted for Bristol City against Everton in December 2018.

Steffen – Fortuna Hjørring, not only for the Aussies in their squad but also for allowing other Aussies to train with them. Plus, (see below) free beer! Also, promising NPL Capital Football goalkeeper Samantha Emms has joined Tuggeranong United for 2022 after impressing at Wagga City Wanderers.

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Lachy – Eliza Ammendolia (University of Hawaii & former WSW player) was named in the All-Big West Conference Second Team, and Madison McComasky (University of the Incarnate Word) was named in the All-Southland Conference Third Team. Meanwhile, Candice Parziani (University of Missouri-St Louis) scored the winning penalty in their Conference Championship semi-final, they are one win away from qualifying for the Division 2 National Championship.

Cheryl recently celebrated her tenth wedding anniversary with Emily Mogic, who was one of the first women photographers to take shots of the Matildas (in Cheryl’s mind at least). Shout out always to Ann Odong.

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