Eric, Dale and Cheryl take you through the week in football, which started ok and then went crazy with the Super League news. Eric praised Rosie Galea for her leadership, and Dale gave the thumbs up to Victoria’s Making the Call program –  our Marissa Lordanic and Cheryl were both selected for the second round. Meanwhile, Cheryl wants to avoid a committee timeframe for naming our Play of the Week segment (suggestions welcome).

Hot Topics

• Super League?
• New FIFA Rankings
• “Commonwealth Bank” Matildas 
• W-League expansion – read the article from Joey Lynch
  • Australian Professional Leagues commissioner Greg O’Rourke has said that the organisation intends to expand the W-League to “12, potentially 13 clubs,” possibly in time for the 2021-22 season.

Around the World

• Friendlies

• • (4) Netherlands v (7) Matildas – 5-0
  • (8) Canada def (6) England – 2-0
  • (1) USWNT def (3) France – 2-0

• Olympics – 100 days (less a few)

  • Chile qualify for Olympics with 2-1 aggregate over Cameroon
    • First World Cup in 2019
    • First Olympics 2021
  • China qualify for Olympics with 3-2 aggregate over Korea Republic
    • Did you see Korea Republic’s kit?

⚽️ The 12 teams headed to the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament #Tokyo2020:

🇦🇺 Australia
🇧🇷 Brazil
🇨🇦 Canada
🇨🇱 Chile
🇨🇳 China PR
🇬🇧 Great Britain
🇯🇵 Japan
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇳🇿 New Zealand
🇸🇪 Sweden
🇺🇸 USA
🇿🇲 Zambia

👀 Official Draw on 21 April at 10:00 CET pic.twitter.com/ja9hV5DkYa

— FIFA Women’s World Cup (@FIFAWWC) April 13, 2021

• • Official draw – 21st April 10:00 CET (6pm AEST) on FIFA YouTube channel

EURO2022

• All 16 nations are locked in for the tournament 6-31 July 2022 in England

✨ Introducing our 16 finalists ✨

🇦🇹 Austria
🇧🇪 Belgium
🇩🇰 Denmark
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
🇫🇮 Finland
🇫🇷 France
🇩🇪 Germany
🇮🇸 Iceland
🇮🇹 Italy
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🟢 Northern Ireland
🇳🇴 Norway
🇷🇺 Russia
🇪🇸 Spain
🇸🇪 Sweden
🇨🇭 Switzerland#WEUR02022 🏆

— UEFA Women’s EURO (@UEFAWomensEURO) April 13, 2021

FA CUP

Goals galore in the Fourth Round of the #WomensFACup! 🤩 pic.twitter.com/Yjie9rmGEn

— Vitality Women’s FA Cup (@VitalityWFACup) April 18, 2021

NPLW Roundup

• Coming soon
• VIC – Round 1 and video

Queen of the Week

Kind of like Play of the Week, but our version.

UEFA Women’s Champions League

• • Semi-finals: 24/25 April & 1/2 May

🤩 @PSG_Feminines complete our semi-final line-up after knocking out holders Lyon in today’s last-eight second leg.

Drop a GIF 📱👇 to predict who will make the final in Gothenburg next month.#UWCL

— UEFA Women’s Champions League (@UWCL) April 18, 2021

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