Cheryl makes a fast dash home from the office to join the pod, Dale shares all the highlights from UWCL and the FA WSL, Eric lauds a massive jump in rankings from the Philippines National team, Maj is ready for the Matildas’ doubleheader in Townsville and Canberra, Steffen is delighted to hear more signings heading to his beloved Nordic leagues and a special appearance from Neil Bennett to farewell the Northern Redbacks and announce Beyond 90’s Goal of the Season Award.
History: Di Alagich, Matildas Cap 89
Matildas Debut: 1995 (played for the national team until 2008)
Grassroots Club: Port Adelaide, Modbury and West Adelaide
Appearances: 93 (86 A internationals)
- South Australia’s most capped Matilda
- 1999, 2003, 2007 World Cups
- 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games
- 2000 Australian Sports Medal
- 2011 Football Australia Hall of Fame
Read More - A Nation in a Name: Dianne Alagich
Hot Topics
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News
- Jessika Nash awarded Collette McCallum Medal
- Ally Green commits to Football Ferns
- Ada Hegerberg returns to international football
- Northern Redbacks’ last game before merging with ECU Joondalup to become Perth RedStar FC
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Matildas
- Latest rankings released – Matildas (12) squished between Norway and Japan
- Korea DPR top-ranked AFC nation (10)
- Japan less than 0.5 points behind Australia
- “Germany fall out of the podium spots for the first time ever”
- Spain move up 2 to 7th, their highest ever
- Latest rankings released – Matildas (12) squished between Norway and Japan
Here’s 2022’s first full #FIFARanking rundown of the leading nations.
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— FIFA Women’s World Cup (@FIFAWWC) March 25, 2022
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- Signings: Around the World – Aussies/NZ Abroad
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Dub
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News
- Announcement: Goal of the Season
Goal of the Season (Graphic Michael Alesich) - Special Mention also to the following 3 other standout goals from the season
- McNamara’s long range strike for City against the Wanderers in Round 10
- Hintzen’s finish off a brilliant Glory team goal against the Reds in Round 5
- Siemsen & Vine combination for Sydney against Perth in Round 6
- PFA Team of the Season
- Announcement: Goal of the Season
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Squad 💪
Congratulations to all the players selected and to @cortneev9, who earned the most votes of all the players to secure the Team of the Season captain’s armband! 🇨 #SupportingThePlayers pic.twitter.com/id6xqKzJ8D
— Professional Footballers Australia (@thepfa) March 25, 2022
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Grand Final
- Sydney FC 1-2 Melbourne Victory
- Replay of last season’s GF
- It’s the third Grand final meeting between Sydney and Victory
- Sydney’s 5th Grand Final in succession
Around the World
UWCL Quarter Finals
1st leg
- Bayern 1-2 PSG
- Real Madrid 1-3 Barcelona
- Juventus 2-1 Lyon (Ellie Carpenter 🟥)
- Arsenal 1-1 Wolfsburg
2nd leg
- THU 31/3
- 3:45am AEDT Barcelona v Real Madrid
- 6:00am AEDT PSG v Bayern
- FRI 1/4
- 3:45am AEDT Wolfsburg v Arsenal
- 6:00am AEDT Lyon (Ellie Carpenter) v Juventus * Ellie unavailable due to 🟥 in 1st leg
UK
FA WSL (18 of 22)
- Midweek (16 of 22)
- Manchester City (Alanna Kennedy, Hayley Raso) 4-0 Everton
- Aston Villa (Emily Gielnik) 1-1 Reading
- Arsenal (Steph Catley, Caitlin Foord, Lydia Williams) v Tottenham Hotspur (Kyah Simon) – postponed
- Manchester City (Alanna Kennedy, Hayley Raso) v Birmingham City – postponed
- Leicester City 0-9 Chelsea (Sam Kerr)
- West Ham United (Mackenzie Arnold, Tameka Yallop) 0-2 Brighton & Hove Albion
Scottish WPL (22 of 27)
- Celtic FC (Jacynta Galabadaarachchi) 4-0 Hibernian
- Glasgow City (Aoife Colvill) 6-0 Hamilton
Europe
France – D1F
- No matches due to the French Cup
- Read B90s coverage of the D1F
Italy – Serie A (18 of 22)
- Hellas Verona 2-0 Pomigliano (Aivi Luik, Ella Mastrantonio)
Serbian Women’s Super League
- ZFK Spartak Subotica (Vesna Milivojević) 4-0 Crvena Zvezda
Nordic
- Norway – Toppserien Round 2 – LSK Kvinner (Karly Roestbakken not named, foot still sore) 2 Avaldsnes 0
- LSK Kvinner equal top but 4th on goal difference
- Sweden – Damallsvenkan Round 1
- FC Rosengard (Teagan Micah, Charli Grant both played 90′) won 2-0 at home vs newly promoted IF Brommapojkarna. Micah played 90′ and Grant played 71′.
- Vittsjö GIK (Clare Polkinghorne played 90′, Katrina Gorry not yet in Sweden) drew 1-1 away to Linköping
- Hammarby (sans Kyra Cooney-Cross and Courtney Nevin (ALW GF duties)) lost 0-3 at home to Eskilstuna United
- Denmark – Round 1 of the Championship round-robin and the Promotion/Relegation round-robin
US – NWSL Challenge Cup
Watch matches on twitch.tv/NWSLOfficial2
- Racing Louisville 2-3 Houston Dash
- Washington Spirit 1-1 NY/NJ Hotham FC
- Chicago Red Stars 1-2 Kansas City Current
- Angel City 1-3 OL Reign
- North Carolina Courage 1-0 Orlando Pride
- San Diego Wave (Emily van Egmond) 0-1 Portland Thorns
Queens of the Week
Dale – Melbourne Victory goalkeeper Casey Dumont overcame injury to be the Player of the Match in the A-League Women Grand Final
Maj – Football Fern (and former Brisbane Roar player) Olivia Chance scored in Celtic’s 4-0 win over Hibernian
Steffen – Ada Hegerberg has returned to international football with Norway
Cheryl – Dianne Alagich for her services to the Matildas and Australian football
Eric – the person at Optus Sport who condensed Chelsea’s 9-0 win over Leicester into 4 minutes and 25 seconds of highlights
Neil – Northern Redbacks won the final of the WA Night Series, their last ever game as a stand-alone women’s only club, by defeating Balcatta Etna FC 4-2 after extra time
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