Netherlands 3-3 Brazil By Abi Ticehurst Above – Brazil celebrate. Photo: @oranjevrouwen If you’ve ever watched Marta play, you’ll know she scores goals…and lots of them. And yet during the opening minutes of their second game of the tournament she sat incredibly defensively just left of Tamires. Proof enough of her workhorse rate down the leftContinue reading “A Game To Showcase Talent And Depth”
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Swedes’ Superior Organisation & Ruthlessness The Difference
Sweden 4-2 Australia By Ben Gilby Sweden reinforced their status as many people’s new favourites for the Gold Medal with a ruthless victory over Australia this morning (Stina Blackstenius pictured scoring their fourth goal via The Guardian). The major news pre-game was that Sweden welcomed back Magda Eriksson after she was forced to leave theContinue reading “Swedes’ Superior Organisation & Ruthlessness The Difference”
Olympics Group E Round-Up
Catherine Paquette reviews all the action in Group E at the Olympics and looks ahead to tomorrow’s second round of action in the group. Group E at the Olympic women’s football tournament contains Japan, Canada, Chile and Great Britain. The group got underway with the clash between Great Britain and Chile (pictured above – Ellen White and StephContinue reading “Olympics Group E Round-Up”
Playtime is Over, It’s Time For The Games To Begin
By Kieran Yap Australia lost for the fifth straight time in a row against Japan earlier this week in their final warm up game before the Olympics (pictured above via Getty Images), but Tony Gustavsson has remained consistent in his messaging that the results do not matter. He has maintained from the first game ofContinue reading “Playtime is Over, It’s Time For The Games To Begin”
Gustavsson Squad Brings In New And Old
Ahead of their forthcoming friendlies in Denmark and Sweden, Australia head coach Tony Gustavsson has announced a 25 player squad which has seen key players return and an eagerly awaited call up for a W-League starlet. Ben Gilby reviews the selection and provides Gustavsson’s opinions on the selection. Westfield Matildas head coach Tony Gustavsson hasContinue reading “Gustavsson Squad Brings In New And Old”
Fran Kirby: Managing Mental Health
WSA Member Ben Gilby joined The Women’s Sports Alliance Mental Health Discussion: With Fran Kirby on Wednesday evening as part of Mental Health Awareness Week. Fran spoke candidly about her own struggles and how she tries to manage them now as well as supporting others. With permission granted from the Women’s Sports Alliance, Ben hasContinue reading “Fran Kirby: Managing Mental Health”
Terriers Prepare For Brighton Cup Tussle
by Jack Walker FA Women’s National League Northern Premier side Huddersfield Town Women make the journey to play Brighton and Hove Albion in the fifth round of this season’s Vitality Women’s FA Cup in a 12pm kick-off on Sunday afternoon. The Terriers won three games to reach round five, beating Liverpool Feds, Brighouse Town andContinue reading “Terriers Prepare For Brighton Cup Tussle”
The Swedish Scene
@DandalBs brings us our regular Saturday round-up of the Swedish women’s football scene which this week saw the new Damallsvenskan and Elitettan seasons get underway. NATIONAL TEAM: This week’s draw for the group stages of the Olympic Games saw Sweden placed in arguably one of the biggest groups of death of all time. In theContinue reading “The Swedish Scene”
Alex Epakis: Tough Baptism But Big Plans For The Future
In the first of our #DubWrap features, Ben Gilby spoke to Perth Glory head coach Alex Epakis about his background, the club’s W-League campaign, their squad of hugely talented local youngsters and plans for a brighter future. Alex knew from the age of 22 that coaching was going to be his way of making aContinue reading “Alex Epakis: Tough Baptism But Big Plans For The Future”
Irish Women’s National League Round Three
Ciarán Duffy of Post to Post Sport rounds-up all the goings on in Week Three of the Irish Women’s National League, which saw reigning champions Peamount United facing an early season top of the table challenge from Shelbourne and Wexford Youth’s teen star Ellen Malloy hitting four goals. Champions Beat Another Challenger Peamount United have played two gamesContinue reading “Irish Women’s National League Round Three”
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