Australia’s longest-running women’s football podcast (est. April 2019).
History: Thea Slatyer, Matildas Cap 119
Matildas Debut: 2002 (played for the national team until 2012)
Grassroots Club: Greenwich & Northbridge (Sydney)
Appearances: 55 (3 goals)
Position: Defender
- AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2006 (R/U), 2010 (Winners)
- FIFA World Cup – 2003, 2007
- Olympics – 2004
Slatyer played for NSW Sapphires in the W-NSL, then played in A-League Women for Canberra United, Newcastle Jets, Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory.
You’ll want to read this article on Slatyer from 2013 – she’s had an incredibly varied and fascinating off-field career!
Slatyer’s LinkedIn profile reveals that she has two engineering degrees and is a long-time volunteer firefighter.
Hot Topics
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News
- The World Cup Draw
- The World Cup mascot
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The name Tazuni™ is a fusion of her home – the Tasman Sea – and ‘unity’, a key value of the event to be co-hosted by Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand in 2023
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Based on the ‘Eudyptula minor’ species endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia
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- Junior Matildas to play three games against Korea Republic during their training camp on the Gold Coast
- Could there be a Women’s Australia Cup in the future?
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- Ballon d’or results
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Matildas
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- Signings: Around the World – Aussies/NZ Abroad
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Dub News & Signings
- Free Liberty A-League passes for U16 registered football participants
- Canberra United: Keely Segavcic, Kennedy Faulknor
- Melbourne City: Julia Grosso, Daniela Galic
- Melbourne Victory: Alex Chidiac
- Newcastle Jets: Georgina Worth, Sophie Stapleford (click here for a story on Stapleford’s return from cancer)
- Wellington Phoenix: Georgia Candy, Michaela Foster, Charlotte Lancaster, Te Reremoana (Mona) Walker
- Western Sydney Wanderers: Jordyn Bloomer
- Western United: Jessica McDonald (guest – 9 games)
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| Adelaide United | 14 |
| Brisbane Roar | 17 |
| Canberra United | 19 |
| Melbourne City | 18 |
| Melbourne Victory | 20 |
| Newcastle Jets | 16 |
| Perth Glory | 21 |
| Sydney FC | 21 |
| Wellington Phoenix | 16 |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | 11 |
| Western United | 21 |
Around the World
UEFA Champions League
- Zurich 0-2 Juventus (Joe Montemurro)
- Bayern München 2-1 FC Rosengard (Teagan Micah) – Micah played a full game
- Lyon (Ellie Carpenter) 1-5 Arsenal (Steph Catley, Caitlin Foord) – Catley played a full game, Foord start, 80 mins & 2 goals
- Barcelona 9-0 Benfica
- Vllaznia 0-2 Real Madrid
- Wolfsburg 4-0 St Pölten
- PSG (Lydia Williams) 0-1 Chelsea (Sam Kerr) – Kerr played a full game
- Roma 1-0 Slavia Praha
UK
FA WSL (5 of 22)
- Season Dates: September 10th 2022 – May 28th 2023
- Tottenham Hotspur (Kyah Simon) 0-3 Manchester City (Mary Fowler, Alanna Kennedy, Hayley Raso) – Fowler subbed on 81st min, Raso was an unused sub
- Aston Villa (Emily Gielnik) 0-1 Everton (Clare Wheeler) – Wheeler subbed on 58th min
- Liverpool 0-2 Arsenal (Steph Catley, Caitlin Foord) – Catley & Foord played full games, Foord set up the second goal & hit the post
- Leicester City (Nicola Williams) 0-1 Manchester United
- West Ham United (Mackenzie Arnold) 3-2 Reading – Arnold start, subbed off 80th min
- Brighton & Hove Albion (Rebekah Stott) 0-2 Chelsea (Sam Kerr) – Stott was an unused sub, Kerr subbed on 72nd min and set up a goal
FA Championship (Polly’s Palace)
- Season Dates: August 20th 2022 – April 30th 2023
- Round 7 of 22
- Bristol City 3-0 Crystal Palace (Polly Doran) – Pozza Dozza played a full game
- Lewes (Isobel Dalton & Libby Copus-Brown) 2-1 Charlton Athletic – Dalton was an unused sub, Copus-Brown subbed on 84th min
Scottish WPL (5 of 22)
- Season Dates: August 7th 2022 – May 21th 2023
- Results
- Dundee United 0-4 Celtic FC (Jacynta Galabadaarachchi) – Jacynta start + goal + 63 mins
- Glasgow Women 0-5 Glasgow City (Aoife Colvill)
SWPL Cup Quarter Finals
- Glasgow Women 0-9 Glasgow City (Aoife Colvill)
- Celtic FC (Jacynta Galabadaarachchi) 1-1 Spartans – Spartans win 4-2 on penalties, Jacynta start + assist + red card after 38 mins
Europe
Italy – Serie A (7 of 18)
- Season Dates: August 27th 2022 – February 26th 2023
- Results or Soccerway
- Milan 4-3 Juventus (Joe Montemurro)
Germany – Frauen Bundesliga (5 of 22)
- Season Dates: Sep 16th 2022 – May 28th 2023
- Results
- SV Meppen (Anna Margraf) 2-0 Turbine Potsdam – Margraf start + 82 mins
Swiss Cup Round of 32
- Results
- Thun Berner Oberland (Alex Gummer) 3-4 Aarau – after extra time
Serbian Women’s Super League (6 of 14)
- Results
- ZFK Spartak Subotica (Tyla-Jay Vlajnic) 3-0 Crvena Zvezda – Vlajnic start + 85 mins
Nordic
- Norway – Toppserien Playoffs – second to last round
- (Relegation group) (4) LSK Kvinner (Julie Dolan medallist Fiona Worts) 2-2 away to RØA, Fiona didn’t see time off the bench
- (Champions group) (1) SK Brann Kvinner (Tameka Yallop) 2-1 away win vs (3) Rosenborg, Meeks is still recovering from surgery
- the win ensures Brann will win the group and qualify for the next Champions League tournament
- (Champions group) (2) Vålerenga (Ally Green) 6-0 (4) Stabaek, Ally was an unused sub
- the win ensures Vålerenga will contest Champions League playoffs
- Sweden – Damallsvenkan Round 24 of 26
- (14) AIK (Remy Siemsen) lost 0-1 away to (6) Vittsjö GIK (Clare Polkinghorne, Katrina Gorry, Charli Grant)
- Polks scored in the 39th minute and all 3 Aussies in the Vittsjö team played full gamed
- Remy played 76′ for AIK
- (1) FC Rosengard (Teagan Micah) won 2-0 away to (4) Kristianstad, Teagan was not on the team sheet
- (4) Hammarby (Kyra Cooney-Cross, Elise Kellond-Knight, Courtney Nevin) 4-1 (13) IF Brommapojkarna
- Kyra assisted on the 3rd goal and played 90′
- Courtney and KK both came on for the last 11 minutes
- (12) Umeå IK FF (Emma Checker) was defeated 4-2 away to (7) Eskilstuna United, Emma wasn’t on the team sheet
- (2) BK Häcken (Aivi Luik) 3-1 (8) Pitea, Aivi played 53′
- (14) AIK (Remy Siemsen) lost 0-1 away to (6) Vittsjö GIK (Clare Polkinghorne, Katrina Gorry, Charli Grant)
- Denmark – Elitedivisionen Round 9 of 14
- (5) KoldingQ 3-2 (8) AGF (Matilda McNamara)
- Matilda scored AGF’s first goal and played 90′
- (6) FC Nordsjælland (Winonah Heatley) 7-0 (7) Sundby, Wini played 90′
- (4) Thy ThistedQ 0-3 (3) Fortuna Hjørring (Angie Beard, Indi Riley)
- Angie played 90′, Indi played 80′
- (5) KoldingQ 3-2 (8) AGF (Matilda McNamara)
US – NWSL
Watch matches on twitch.tv/NWSLOfficial, twitch.tv/NWSLOfficial2, twitch.tv/NWSLOfficial3 & twitch.tv/NWSLOfficial4
- Portland Thorns 2-1 San Diego Wave (Emily van Egmond) – Van Egmond played a full game
- OL Reign 0-2 Kansas City (Chloe Logarzo) – Logarzo was an unused sub
Queens / Kings / Legends of the Week
Cheryl – we can never give Ann Odong enough love after all she’s done for Australian women’s football, she was spotted at the World Cup draw (and rightly so!)
Eric – 1) 15 year old Sophia Martin made her Glasgow City first team debut and scored in their 9-0 SWPL Cup win over Glasgow Women 2) belated shoutout to Clare Wheeler, who made her debut for Everton last week 3) former Canberra United and Western Sydney Wanderers forward Ashlie Crofts played her first game of competitive futsal in 1,371 days on the weekend … and scored a hat trick
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Okay in video form.. A first team debut and scoring!
What a moment for year old @sophiam21841111
FULL GAME ➡️ https://t.co/S6GmZ2ohMZ pic.twitter.com/0DZb7oZS1G
— Glasgow City FC (@GlasgowCityFC) October 23, 2022
Maj – Brendan Kennedy has posted a wonderful spreadsheet with the schedule for the World Cup, you can see it on the “Matildas Active Fan Community 2023 World Cup” Facebook group
Steffen – best wishes to all the good folk from Forbes who are preparing for Saturday’s trial game between Canberra United and Western Sydney Wanderers, after recent floods in the area
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