by Ben Gilby (27/3/25)
Above: Perth Glory’s Georgia Cassidy speaking at today’s media conference. Image: Perth Glory.
Perth Glory’s Young Matildas midfielder Georgia Cassidy has revealed that her firm determination to disregard medics’ advice that she would be out injured for the rest of the A-League Women season spurred her recovery to return and influence her side’s last four matches of the home-and-away season.
Cassidy injured her quad against Brisbane Roar in January, and whilst the initial prognosis was serious, the 19-year-old showed character and grit to return to action at least a month sooner than originally expected.
“It was pretty hard watching (from the sidelines),” the Perth-local said, “but the support around me was pretty good, which made it a lot easier…knowing that I was going to be out (originally) for the rest of the season just motivated me to come back sooner.”
The midfielder’s comeback game came in last weekend’s vital victory over Western Sydney Wanderers, which, thanks to Izzy Folletta’s goal in second-half injury time, kept the Western Australian side’s Finals hopes alive.
“I’ve been waiting a long time (to get back to full fitness)…and to come away with the win was very good,” the Young Matilda smiled.
While Cassidy looked to fit seamlessly back into the purple machine, she did admit that the one thing that proved to be a bit of a challenge was match sharpness after her time on the treatment table. The teen starlet recognised the influence of co-captain Izzy Dalton around her on the pitch to keep her going.
“You know you can always trust her…she always lifts you up as well,” the midfielder said.
The Glory now have a huge game on Saturday in their bid to make Finals. Canberra United, who are just two points ahead of Cassidy and her teammates come to the Sam Kerr Football Centre, where Perth are in red hot form.
Another home win will give the Western Australian side a massive confidence boost to their hopes going into the last two games of the campaign, which will see them travel to Sydney FC and host unbeaten Melbourne City on the final weekend.
This will be the third time that Canberra and Perth have met this season. The previous results were a draw in Sydney during Unite Round and a frustrating defeat in the national capital despite the Glory having more shots on target, a greater percentage of possession, and greater passing accuracy.
Cassidy feels there is unfinished business between the two sides, and this Saturday will be the perfect time to put things right. No extra motivation is needed. “We feel like they just snagged points off of us each time we versed them this season, so they gotten pretty lucky, so we want it back!”
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