It’s called the Matildas bounce – the surge of women spurred on by last year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup frenzy, who are signing up to join a soccer team.
In about 10 days’ time, a team of eight street soccer players, brought together by backgrounds in homelessness and disadvantage, will represent Australia at the 2023 Homeless World Cup. Among them is Caity, the only Canberran, and the only woman on the team.
Soccer legend Pele has died in Sao Paulo aged 82, with the hospital saying death was due to due to multiple organ failures from the progression of colon cancer.
Canberra United coach Njegosh Popovich says star striker Michelle Heyman should be back in the frame for Matildas selection after a clinical double in their 3-0 drubbing of Wellington.
Gaining the right to host next year's Under-20 World Cup was a major milestone in Indonesia's soccer development, raising hopes a successful tournament would turn around problems that had long blighted the sport in this country of 277 million people.
Canberra football fans will get a chance to see their favourite Australian female players with the Matildas to hold a free Fan Day this Sunday April 10, at Viking Park.
The Matildas were left furious with themselves after giving away a late goal in their 2-1 Women's Asian Cup victory over Thailand - but their anger has delighted coach Tony Gustavsson.
Canberra is one step closer to its very own A-League team, after the Capital Region Football Collective (FC) today announced it had submitted a multi-million dollar offer to the Football Federation of Australia (FFA).
