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Australia’s longest-running women’s football podcast (est. April 2019). 

History: Peita-Claire Hepperlin, Matildas Cap 106

Matildas Debut: 1999 (played for the national team until 2002)
Grassroots Club: BelNorth JSC (Giralang, Canberra’s northern suburbs)
Appearances: 19 A internationals
Position: Midfielder

• Debuted in 1999 at the Algarve Cup
• 1999 World Cup squad
• 2000 Olympics

Hot Topics

• Matildas & Ferns

  • Lydia Williams to PSG (it’s now official!)
  • Rebekah Stott (NZ) has signed with Brighton & Hove Albion
  • Vic Esson (NZ) to Rangers
  • The AFF U18 Championship has started (22 July – 4 August, held in Indonesia)
    • The Junior Matildas play the Philippines, Malaysia and Myanmar in the group stage
  • Signings: Around the World – Aussies/NZ Abroad

• Dub News & Signings

  • Lily Alfeld, Paige Satchell and Betsy Hassett to Wellington Phoenix
  • Season 15 squad page 

Around the World

• • Euros
    • Quarter Finals review
      • England 2-1 Spain
      • Germany 2-0 Austria
      • Sweden 1-0 Belgium
      • France 1-0 Netherlands
    • Semi-Finals preview
      • WED 27/7 5am AEST (8) England v (2) Sweden – Sheffield
      • THU 28/7 5am AEST (5) Germany v (3) France – Milton Keynes
    • Final Monday 1 August 2am AEST
  • CONCACAF – USA def Canada 1-0
    • Both teams have now qualified for FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup (9th and 8th appearance respectively)
      • USA has won WWC 4 times (1991, 1999, 2015, 2019)
    • Costa Rica and Jamaica have also qualified as semi-finalists (2nd appearance for both nations)
    • Haiti and Panama advance to playoffs
  • COPA América Feminina (8-30 July, Colombia)
    • Semi-Finals
      • 25/7 – Colombia v Argentina
      • 26/7 – Brazil v Paraguay
      • 3 direct WWC qualification slots
      • Chile 1(4)-1(2) Venezuela – Chile + 4th place into playoffs
      • Final on 30 July
  • Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Rabat & Casablanca, Morocco)
    • Final: Morocco (debut) 1-2 South Africa (2nd appearance) 
    • 3rd place playoff: Nigeria (9th appearance) 0-1 Zambia (debut)
    • *brackets indicate WWC appearances
    • See Steffen’s QOTW which suggests this was South Africa’s 6th WAFCON final
      • Dale’s note – WAFCON used to be played every second year, RSA lost finals after WWC year
  • OFC Women’s Nations Cup (Suva, Fiji)
    • NZ is not competing as they already have direct qualification to the 2023 WWC
    • Winner progresses to intercontinental playoffs (17-23 Feb 2023)
    • QFs 23/24 July
      • Samoa 4-2 New Caledonia
      • Papua New Guinea 3(3) – 3(2) Tonga (Connie Selby)
      • Fiji 2-0 Cook Islands
      • Tahiti 0-1 Solomon Islands
    • SF
      • Samoa v Papua New Guinea
      • Fiji v Solomon Islands
• World Cup qualification 

State Football

• ACT
  • (3) Belconnen United (Reilly Yuen x 2, Tia Burridge) 3-0 (4) West Canberra
  • (7) Tuggeranong United (Sophie Cole, Zoe Terry) 2-0 (8) Wagga City – keep an eye out for Steffen’s wrap of this game
  • (1) Canberra Croatia (Bella Barac, Brittany Palombi, Jennie Bisset, Grace Gill, Rhiannon Fensom, Shania Settin) 6-0 (5) Gungahlin United
  • (2) Canberra Olympic (Nicole Jalocha, Vanessa Ryan, Ash Sykes x 3) 5-1 (6) Canberra United Academy (Bessie Riethmuller)
• NSW
  • Wednesday – (8) Illawarra Stingrays (Michelle Carney, Alicia Meuronen) 2-1 (9) Blacktown Spartans (Rosie Galea)
  • (9) Blacktown Spartans (Ashlie Crofts) 1-2 (6) Bankstown City (Liana Danaskos, Demi Koulizakis)
  • (12) Emerging Jets 0-1 (5) Sydney Olympic (Sarah Yatim)
  • (4) Macarthur Rams (Patty Charalambous) 1-1 (2) Northern Tigers (Isabel Gomez)
  • (10) NWS Spirit (Sunny Franco) 1-1 (7) Manly United (Tegan Biasi)
  • (3) APIA Leichhardt 0-1 (1) Sydney University (Rola Badawiya) – keep an eye out for Dale’s wrap of this game
  • (8) Illawarra Stingrays v (11) Football NSW Institute – postponed
• QLD
  • Souths United (Holly Gray) 1-0 Sunshine Coast Wanderers
  • QAS (Tamar Levin) 1-5 Olympic FC (Rosie Sutton x 3, Innocent Michael, Christina Amajouyi)
  • postponed: Gold Coast United v Morton Bay United and Eastern Suburbs v Lions FC
  • BYE: Capalaba FC
• VIC – Round 17 of 21
  • Full Season Guide
  • (7) Box Hill United (Sofia Sakalis ⚽️⚽️, Anais Josefski ⚽️) 3-0 (8) Bayside United
  • (1) Heidelberg United (Grace Jale, Melissa Maizels) 3-0 (5) FV Emerging (Sarah Cain, Caitlin Karic, Bella Sewards, Miranda Templeman)
  • (6) South Melbourne (B. Stringfellow ⚽️, K. Tolios ⚽️) 2-2 (4) Alamein (S. Allen ⚽️⚽️P)
  • MON: (3) Bulleen Lions (Tiffany Eliadis, Gabriela Garton, Alana Jancevski, Lia Privitelli, Rebekah Stott, Tyla Jay Vlajnic, Paige Zois) v (2) Calder United (Harriet Withers)

Queens of the Week

Cheryl – 1) Optus Sport are showing the Euro semi-finals for free 2) Football Ferns legend Rebekah Stott is returning to Brighton and will be gracing FA WSL pitches again

Dale – Morocco has done a wonderful job hosting the Africa Cup of Nations. Their team made the Final and this game had the biggest crowd in the history of the tournament.

Eric – In April, Blacktown Spartans goalkeeper Alexis Tan played in a friendly against the Philippines senior team. On Monday, she started for the Philippines U18 team against Australia in the AFF U18 Championship.

Maj – Despite being a veteran of the German national team, this is Alexandra Popp’s first Euros – she’s scored in all four of Germany’s games!

Steffen – Former Canberra United midfielder Refiloe Jane (often referred to as ‘Fifi’, short for ‘Fifinho’) captained South Africa to their first Women’s Africa Cup Of Nations trophy on Sunday, defeating Morocco 2-1. South Africa had lost five previous finals in 1995, 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2018.

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