Brisbane Roar 2-3 Melbourne Victory By Kieran Yap (18/12/21) Above: Melbourne Victory celebrate Catherine Zimmerman’s match deciding third goal with five minutes to play. Photo: @gomvfc. Lynn Williams was the difference in a tightly contested attacking match between Melbourne Victory and Brisbane Roar. The results of the first two rounds show that Brisbane had twoContinue reading “Williams X-Factor Seals Victory”
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Defending Champs Come From Behind To Seal Victory
Melbourne City 1-2 Melbourne Victory By Kieran Yap (12/12/21) Above: Melbourne Victory’s Claudie Bunge (3) tries to hold off Melbourne City’s Hannah Wilkinson. Photo: @gomvfc The champions had named Alex Chidiac and Lyn Williams in their matchday squad and they were coming off a 5-1 thrashing of Adelaide United, But Melbourne City were not thereContinue reading “Defending Champs Come From Behind To Seal Victory”
Melbourne Derby: The Coaches Views
Ahead of tomorrow’s A-League Women derby between Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City, Ben Gilby heard from both coaches – Jeff Hopkins of Victory and Rado Vidosic from City (11/12/21). Above: Melbourne Victory head coach Jeff Hopkins pictured speaking to the media ahead of the derby. Photo: Melbourne Victory. Melbourne Victory Jeff Hopkins admitted that excitementContinue reading “Melbourne Derby: The Coaches Views”
A-League Women Weekly News Wrap
Ben Gilby brings a round-up of the media events this week from fice A-League Women clubs which includes full coverage of three MASSIVE signings as he hears from Emily van Egmond, Lynn Williams, and Alex Chidiac. There’s also coverage of Rebekah Stott‘s media conference where she spoke about her return to senior football after battlingContinue reading “A-League Women Weekly News Wrap”
Champions First Victory With Room For Improvement
Melbourne Victory 5-1 Adelaide United (6/12/21) By Kieran Yap Above: Lia Privitelli, who contributed two of Melbourne Victory’s five goals, in celebratory mood. Photo: @gomvfc Melbourne Victory were 4-0 up at halftime but head coach Jeff Hopkins had been furiously scribbling in his notebook for much of the game. Despite the scoreline, he had seemedContinue reading “Champions First Victory With Room For Improvement”
A-League Women Preview
Impetus kicks off our third season covering the top tier of women’s football in Australia with Kieran Yap (KY)’s assessment of each of the club’s best close-season signings and Ben Gilby (BG)’s predictions of where the teams will finish. ADELAIDE UNITED Key Signing: Shadeene Evans Adelaide have mostly tried to keep their team from lastContinue reading “A-League Women Preview”
A-League Women Wrap
Ben Gilby hears from Melbourne City’s Emma Checker, Melbourne Victory’s Kayla Morrison plus Adelaide United’s Grace Taranto, and Leia Varley. There’s also Tony Gustavsson‘s explanation of his selection for the Matildas’ friendlies with the USWNT next week. Above: Melbourne City’s Emma Checker spoke to the media this week about how she sees good things aheadContinue reading “A-League Women Wrap”
Australian and NZ Round-up
Ben Gilby brings you all the events from this week’s A-League Women press conferences. He hears from newly announced signings at Melbourne Victory, Adelaide United, Newcastle Jets, and Wellington Phoenix, plus Canberra United’s latest media day and Adelaide United’s joint training session. There’s also the details on the full season fixture announcement and the settingContinue reading “Australian and NZ Round-up”
Australian Football Round-Up
Its been a week of big stories in the women’s game in Australia as Lisa De Vanna and others lifted the lid on abuse and bullying within the game. Elsewhere, we hear from 11 signings announced in the A-League Women and the six clubs. Ben Gilby has all the news. Lisa De Vanna and Rhali Dobson LiftContinue reading “Australian Football Round-Up”
Australian Football Round-Up
A week that contained the news of first confirmed home game for the Matildas since March 2020, the announcement of a new status for the top level of women’s football in the country, sixteen A-League Women signing announcements plus the news that Melbourne Victory have appointed a specific female health specialist. Ben Gilby rounds upContinue reading “Australian Football Round-Up”
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