Active Support (Photo by Ashley Feder/Getty Images)
Active Support (Photo by Ashley Feder/Getty Images)

What’s going on with this Masked Avenger stuff? Listen in as Eric, Steffen, Maj and Dale talk you through the week in football.

History: Kristyn Swaffer, Matildas Cap 92

Matildas Debut: 1996 (played for the national team until 2003)
Appearances: 30 A internationals (1 goal)

A defender who was in Australia’s 1999 Women’s World Cup squad, Swaffer also played for Adelaide United, Adelaide Sensation and Canberra Eclipse. She was inducted into Football South Australia’s “Hall of Champions” in 2011 for outstanding performance.

(via Football South Australia) “SAWSA Player of the Year 5 times, Club Best Player 4 times, Top SAWSA Goal Scorer twice, Top Club Goal Scorer 3 times, Club Players’ Player of the Year twice, most consistent SAWSA State Player 1995 and Best Player State team 1996, Vice-Captain of the inaugural Adelaide United W-League team”

Hot Topics

  • News

    • Women’s Football Writers Festival – Ann Odong announced as the inaugural recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to Women’s Football Writing & Media award
    • FIFA+ digital platform created to connect football fans across the globe more deeply with the game they love, for free

  • Matildas

Around the World

Europe – World Cup Qualifiers (click here)

  • Sweden 1-1 Republic of Ireland
  • Northern Ireland 0-5 England

“International” Friendly

  • Philippines 0-1 Blacktown Spartans (played at Wanderers Football Park)
  • More results here

UK

FA Cup Semi-Final

Scottish WPL

Europe

France – D1F (19 of 22)

Italy – Serie A (17 of 22)

Serbian Women’s Super League

Nordic

  • Norway – Toppserien Round 4
  • Sweden – Damallsvenkan Round 3
  • Denmark – Elitedivisionen 
    • (2) Fortuna Hjørring (Angie Beard, Indi Riley, Clare Wheeler)
      • 4-1 home win over (3) Brøndby IF in Round 3 of the Champions round-robins
      • Angie Beard scored a brace and Indi Riley also found the net
      • both were selected in the league Team of the Round
      • Clare Wheeler played half a game
    • (2) AGF (Jenna McCormick)
      • 2-0 home win over (6) Varde in Round 3 of the Relegation round-robins
      • Jenna McCormick was not on the teamsheet
  • Iceland – Urvalsdeild – competition starts April 28

US – NWSL

Watch matches on twitch.tv/NWSLOfficial2

State Updates

  • ACT – no games over Easter
  • NSW
    • Bankstown City 2-1 Illawarra Stingrays
    • Blacktown Spartans 1-0 Football NSW Institute
    • Macarthur Rams 6-1 Spirit FC
    • Manly United 3-0 Sydney Olympic
    • Northern Tigers 3-2 APIA Leichhardt
    • Sydney University 2-0 Emerging Jets
  • QLD – Kappa Women’s Super Cup
    • Albany Creek 0-3 QAS
    • Annaleigh FC 1-12 Lions FC
    • The Gap 0-9 Moreton Bay United
    • Souths United 3-1 Brisbane City
    • Virginia United 1-4 Sunshine Coast Wanderers
    • Eastern Suburbs 4-3 Peninsula Power
    • SWQ 1-6 Gold Coast United
    • Logan Lightning 2-1 Western Pride
    • click here for full results

Queens of the Week

Dale – Nirmala Devi scored an incredible goal for Indian Women’s League side Kickstart FC

Nirmala Devi scores a long-range banger for Kickstart FC in the Hero Indian Women’s League from soccer

Eric – Miku Sunaga netted a hat trick on her debut for NPL NSW side Macarthur Rams

Maj – everyone involved with Matildas Active Support for the two games in Townsville and Canberra

Steffen – Angie Beard was commanding for Fortuna Hjørring as they defeated Brøndby (Indi Riley also put in a great shift)

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