Emma Ilijoski (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images), Chloe Lincoln (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images), Hayley Taylor-Young (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)
Emma Ilijoski (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images), Chloe Lincoln (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images), Hayley Taylor-Young (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

We’re all aboard this train! Steffen has a massive week of football lined up but Eric refuses to be denied bragging rights. Maj shares pre-match meetups, Dale lists the B90 A-League Women Awards and Cheryl is looking for Victorians to join national team squads.

 

History: Katrina Boyd, Matildas Cap 90

Matildas Debut: 1996 (played for the national team until 2000)
Grassroots Club: Campbelltown Police Youth Club
Appearances: 29 (28 A internationals, 9 goals)

Read More: The Grassroots Football Project

Hot Topics

    • Junior Matildas training camp
          • Players born in 2005 only
          • 22 player squad (WA players excluded due to COVID protocols)
    • ParaMatildas to face Japan, Spain, the Netherlands and the United States in the inaugural Women’s World Cup
      • Women’s World Cup 7 – 18 May 2022
    • Budget update
  • Matildas

    • Of course literally the day after our last pod, the latest Matildas squad was announced
      • Katrina Gorry in
      • Alex Chidiac misses out BUT then Kyra Cooney-Cross is omitted for medical reasons and Alex is back in
    • Football Ferns squad

Around the World

UWCL – QF 2nd leg

  • Barcelona 5-2 Real Madrid (8-3 aggregate)
  • PSG 2-2 Bayern (4-3 aggregate)
  • Wolfsburg 2-0 Arsenal (3-1 aggregate)
  • Lyon 3-1 Juventus (4-3 aggregate)
  • All the games and highlights on DAZN YouTube
  • Semi-Finals 23 Apr (1st leg) and 30 Apr (2nd leg)
    • Lyon v PSG
    • Barcelona v Wolfsburg
  • Final: 22 May at Juventus Stadium

UK

FA WSL (19 of 22)

Scottish Cup Quarter-Finals

  • Stirling University 0-8 Glasgow City (Aoife Colvill)
  • Aberdeen 0-2 Celtic (Jacynta Galabadaarachchi)

Europe

France – D1F (18 of 22)

Italy – Serie A (19 of 22)

Netherlands – Eredivisie (22 of 27)

Serbian Women’s Super League

Nordic

  • Norway – Toppserien Round 3 –
    • (4) LSK Kvinner (Karly Roestbakken) 0-1 (1) Brann Kvinner (formally Sandviken)
      • Karly played about 5′ of extra time
      • Fiona Worts made her debut at 78′ but unfortunately conceded a penalty about 5 minutes later
  • Sweden – Damallsvenkan Round 2
  • Denmark
    • Championship round-robin, game 2 
    • Promotion/relegation round-robin, game 2
  • Iceland
    • Margaux Chauvet and Susan Phonsongkham have signed to KR Reykjavik
    • the Urvalsdeild competition starts in late April

US – NWSL

Watch matches on twitch.tv/NWSLOfficial2

ACT NPLW (Capital Football)

Round 1

  • Tuggeranong United 1-5 Belconnen United (Keira Bobbin hat-trick)
  • Canberra Croatia 8-1 Canberra United Academy
  • Wagga City 0-13 Canberra Olympic (Meg Roden hat-trick)
  • Gungahlin United vs West Canberra Wanderers (postponed)

Beyond 90 Dub Awards

Dale shares the results from the B90 Dub Awards.

Queens of the Week

Eric – 1) Liverpool have been promoted back to the FA WSL, shoutout to them and specifically to their Irish trio of Niamh Fahey, Leanne Kiernan and Megan Campbell 2) Football NSW Institute’s Chantelle Maniti was selected in the Philippines senior squad for their upcoming two game series against Fiji, both games will be played in Sydney!

Cheryl – Katie Stengel (formerly of Canberra United, Newcastle Jets and Western Sydney Wanderers) scored in in Liverpool’s promotion-sealing win over Bristol City

Dale – Everton kept their first clean sheet in a month!

Maj – 1) Barcelona’s Claudia Pina scored a wondergoal in the second leg of their UWCL quarter final against Real Madrid 2) everyone who was part of the record breaking crowd for that game

Steffen – Best wishes to Canberra-based Young Matildas Emma Ilijoski, Chloe Lincoln, and Hayley Taylor-Young for their two-game series vs New Zealand, and well done to Nikita Perry and Bessie Riethmuller for being selected in the Junior Matildas camp 


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