Australia’s longest-running women’s football podcast (est. April 2019).
History: Leah Blayney, Matildas Cap 126
Matildas Debut: 2004 (played for the national team until 2006)
Grassroots Club: Wentworth Falls United
Appearances: 16
Position: Midfielder
These days, Blayney is known for being the Young Matildas head coach, but she was also a highly talented player before a serious ankle injury ended her career prematurely.
Blayney spent three seasons in the W-NSL between 2001 and 2004, making 21 appearances and scoring three goals for NSW Sapphires.
She was born on July 4, so it’s only fitting that the USA would be her next destination. Blayney played college soccer for Auburn Tigers and Central Connecticut Blue Devils, before returning home to join Sydney FC’s inaugural A-League Women squad in 2008. She would then go on to spend a season with Canberra United in 2010-11, as well as playing club football overseas for Boston Aztec, Boston Breakers and Eskilstuna United.
Blayney was a member of the Young Matildas squad that played in the 2006 U-20 World Cup. The next time Australia qualified for this tournament (2022), Blayney was the Young Matildas head coach.
In addition to Young Matildas duties, Blayney also heads the Future Matildas program and coaches at Westfield Sports High School.
Hot Topics
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News
- APL announce that the next three A-League Women Grand Finals will be held in Sydney, regardless of the participating teams (we are not impressed)
- Latest FIFA rankings:
The final #FIFARanking of the year is here! 👊
🇺🇸 remain at the top, 🇩🇪 and 🇸🇪 swap places, while 🇨🇦 and 🇪🇸 also trade positions. pic.twitter.com/Z7kuejDID6
— FIFA Women’s World Cup (@FIFAWWC) December 9, 2022
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- Full list of WNT rankings
- APL released their report for 2020-22
- New Zealand will play two games against Argentina in February
- Canadian professional league to be launched in 2025
- Philippines are holding a training camp at Wanderers Football Park
- Sun: Philippines 5-1 Papua New Guinea
- Thu: Philippines v Papua New Guinea
- Is Angie Beard switching to the Philippines?
- Vivianne Miedema spent time in Adelaide last month and Aussie woso fans missed it!
- long-time ALW commentator Teo Pellizzeri praised our humble little podcast 🙂
There are probably 6 @aleaguewomen pods that are regulars:
– league official show @keepupau
– @TNCFootball
– @LadiesALeague Massive Dub
– @Beyond90AU
– @thefarpostpod
– @FNR_Radio Radio DubAll-time high for game analysis and superfan perspective. Any gaps in the market?
— Teo Pellizzeri (@teopellizzeri) December 6, 2022
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Matildas
- Matildas to play pre-WWC friendly in Melbourne on July 14, six days before WWC opener
- Women’s World Cup training venues announced (see below) – the Matildas will be based in Brisbane
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Dub News & Signings
- Round 4 Review
- Canberra 3-0 Wellington
- Melbourne City 5-1 Newcastle
- Sydney 4-0 Brisbane
- WSW 0-1 Adelaide
- Perth 0-3 Victory
- BYE: Western United
- Round 5 Preview
- Wellington v Adelaide
- Brisbane v WSW
- Melbourne City v Western United
- Victory v Newcastle
- Perth v Canberra
- BYE: Sydney
- Round 4 Review
Around the World
UEFA Champions League
- Lyon (Ellie Carpenter) 4-0 Zurich
- FC Rosengard (Teagan Micah) 1-3 Benfica – Micah start + 61 mins
- Arsenal (Steph Catley, Caitlin Foord) 1-0 Juventus (Joe Montemurro) – Catley full game, Foord start & 90+2 mins
- Vllaznia 0-4 PSG (Lydia Williams) – Williams unused sub
- Real Madrid 1-1 Chelsea (Sam Kerr)- Kerr full game
UK
Conti Cup
- Manchester United 4-2 Everton (Clare Wheeler) – Wheeler not selected
- Liverpool 0-2 Manchester City (Mary Fowler, Alanna Kennedy, Hayley Raso) – Fowler & Kennedy full games, Fowler goal, Raso start + 71 mins
- Sheffield United 1-2 Aston Villa (Emily Gielnik) – Gielnik subbed on 71st min
FA WSL
- Season Dates: September 10th 2022 – May 28th 2023
- Manchester City (Mary Fowler, Alanna Kennedy, Hayley Raso) 1-1 Manchester United – Raso subbed on 85th min, Fowler & Kennedy unused subs
- Brighton & Hove Albion (Rebekah Stott) v Everton (Clare Wheeler) – postponed due to frozen pitch
- Liverpool v Leicester – postponed due to frozen pitch
- Tottenham Hotspur (Kyah Simon) 0-2 West Ham United (Mackenzie Arnold) – Arnold full game
- Aston Villa (Emily Gielnik) 1-4 Arsenal (Steph Catley, Caitlin Foord) – Gielnik subbed on 66th min, Foord start + 86 mins + assist, Catley full game
- Chelsea (Sam Kerr) 3-2 Reading – Kerr subbed on 70th min
FA Cup (Polly’s Palace)
- Season Dates: August 20th 2022 – April 30th 2023
- Crystal Palace (Polly Doran) P-P Watford – postponed due to frozen pitch
- Lewes (Isobel Dalton & Libby Copus-Brown) P-P London Bees – postponed due to frozen pitch
Europe
France – D1F (11 of 22)
- Season Dates: September 10th 2022 – June 10th 2023
- Results
- Lyon (Ellie Carpenter) 0-1 PSG (Lydia Williams) – Williams not selected
- Read B90s coverage of the D1F
Italy – Serie A (12 of 18)
- Season Dates: August 27th 2022 – February 26th 2023
- Results or Soccerway
- Roma 2-4 Juventus (Joe Montemurro)
Germany – Frauen Bundesliga (10 of 22)
- Season Dates: Sep 16th 2022 – May 28th 2023
- Results
- Wolfsburg 3-0 SV Meppen (Anna Margraf) – Margraf start + 63 mins
Queens / Kings / Legends of the Week
Dale – Sofiane Boufal’s mum danced on the pitch after Morocco’s Men’s World Cup quarter final win over Portugal
Eric – 1) Robbie Szafranek from the Sydney FC media team tagged Beyond 90 in an Abbey Lemon pre-game warmup video 2) Teddy from Matildas Active Support tagged me in a tweet with photos of Tori Tumeth and Darcey Malone being incredibly sharply dressed 3) Lia Walti and Leah Williamson pulled off the slickest captain’s armband handover you’ll ever see
Smooth transition. pic.twitter.com/tvo5R9dy5i
— AWFCLIPS (@awfclips) December 11, 2022
Maj – Christine Sinclair and Diana Matheson have announced plans to start a professional women’s football league in Canada
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