A-League Women Awards: March 2025

1/4/25

Above: Impetus’ Player of the Month for March, Izzy Gomez. Photo: Central Coast Mariners.

Each month, Impetus‘ team of writers and photographers who cover the competition will vote to decide their best player, head coach, and young player in the A-League Women. Here are the winners from March.

Player of the month

Izzy Gomez (Central Coast Mariners)

Izzy Gomez is the classs and the spark that takes Cebtrak Coast from “tough to beat” to “hard to stop” she is fast, combative and has an attacking streak that few central midfielders can replicate.

Gomez scores goals, sometimes spectacularly, but her workrate and pace mean that teams have to be on alert defensively when she has the ball or when they do. Gomez can pick your pocket, run half the pitch and slide it past the keeper.

She is currently the best player of her kind since Coates Wheeler was at Sydney FC and her return from injury has been a highlight of the last month.

A popular and likely recurring name in the Player of the Month category.

Young Player of the month

Alana Murphy (Melbourne Victory)

Following her Matildas debut in February, Alana Murphy has continued to be one of the dominant midfielders of the competition.

She patrols the Victory midfield with. Authority beyond her 19 years, screens the defence and is usually the first outlet for attack. Against Canberra United she was dominant and her absence was keenly felt against Newcastle when chaos set in after she was withdrawn with injury.

She always has time on the ball and her decision making is approaching an international standard. It is frightening that she will be eligible for Young Player of the year for many seasons to come.

Head Coach of the month

Michael Matricciani (Melbourne City)

**Above:** Melbourne City head coach Michael Matricciani who has guided his team to another sensational month. **Photo:** Melbourne City.

His side has completed yet another month of unbeaten results – extending their record-breaking run. But this time there is an additional achievement that Matricciani has guided his side to.

On 22nd March, his City team played the first ever Asian Champions League match on Australian soil, against Taiwanese side Taichung Blue Whale, and clinched a semi-final berth with a 3-0 win. This success sets up a semi-final against Korea Republic outfit Incheon Red Angels on 21st May.

On domestic duties this month, Matricciani coached his side to wins over Adelaide United, Brisbane Roar, and Wellington Phoenix on top of a draw against Canberra United.

Those achievements make Matricciani the first person to win an Impetus A-League Women monthly award more than once in a season.

Impetus‘ A-League Award Winners 2024/25:

November 2024:

Player: Tameka Yallop (Brisbane Roar).

Young Player: Sarah O’Donoghue (Perth Glory).

Head Coach: Alex Smith (Brisbane Roar).

December 2024:

Player: Laini Freier (Brisbane Roar).

Young Player: Tiana Fuller (Central Coast Mariners).

Head Coach: Michael Matricciani (Melbourne City).

January 2025:

Player: Leticia McKenna (Melbourne City).

Young Player: Alyssa Whinham (Wellington Phoenix).

Head Coach: Jeff Hopkins (Melbourne Victory).

February 2025:

Player: Chelsie Dawber (Adelaide United).

Young Player: Jessika Nash (Central Coast Mariners).

Head Coach: Adrian Stenta (Adelaide United).

March 2025:

Player: Izzy Gomez (Central Coast Mariners).

Young Player: Alana Murphy (Melbourne Victory).