‘It’s been a really difficult year. I would probably say it’s probably been my hardest year yet.’
Anna Harrington
An under-strength Australian squad will take on Argentina with two of the team’s most important players opting out and Sam Kerr still missing.
Ben McClellan
The Matildas’ four-game foray into WA could mark the start of a new coach’s tenure, despite Football Australia remaining coy on a long-awaited replacement for Tony Gustavsson.
Ben Smith
Western Australia is set for its second multi-game instalment of Matildas fever in the space of two years, with the national team heading west for a four-game slate.
Soccer stars Sam Kerr and partner Kristie Mewis have welcomed their first child to the world.
Amy Cavender
Football Australia's protracted search for the new Matildas coach is set to deliver Joe Montemurro the job, which would delight former captain Melissa Barbieri.
Mary Fowler appears in doubt for next year's home Asian Cup, with scans confirming the Matildas gun has suffered a serious knee injury in England.
The Matildas will be without injured first-choice goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold for at least their first friendly against South Korea.
Already without stars Ellie Carpenter and Hayley Raso, Matildas coach Tom Sermanni is doubtful Mackenzie Arnold will be fit to play against South Korea.
Sebastian Tan
Eight months after Tony Gustavsson left, an Australian favourite has emerged as a contender to take over.
Robbie Cornthwaite and Harrison Reid
Despite hopes Sam Kerr would be poised to make her return from injury, the Matildas will again be without the striker for their friendlies against South Korea.
Joanna Guelas
The Aussies return to action on home soil in two weeks’ time.
Glenn Valencich
The euphoria that surrounded the Matildas in recent years has started to dissipate and the latest rankings show how bad things have got for the one-time golden girls.
News Corp Australia
Another week, another radio shock jock mouthing off under the guise of humour, being forced to apologise, and then departing the airwaves.
Lanna Hill
Unfortunately, these are sentiments which are still thriving in some segments of the sports media, and among the broader public.
Caitlin Bassett
Australia’s disastrous SheBelieves Cup campaign finished on a low note two days after a radio shock jock labelled them ‘Year 10 girls’.
Former Matildas striker Sarah Walsh says the backlash to Marty Sheargold’s comments about the national team are proof societal views on women’s sport have shifted dramatically.
The respected sports presenter didn’t hold back, and used facts to back her up.
Cameron Noakes
Embattled shock jock Marty Sheargold’s time with Triple M is over, with the two parties parting ways a day after the DJ’s vulgar and misogynistic anti-Matildas tirade.
The Matildas have suffered another loss, but the eventual return of Sam Kerr from injury should improve them, according to her former Chelsea manager.
Marco Monteverde
Australia went down to the Olympic champions after interim coach Tom Sermanni made four major changes to the team’s starting line-up.
George Clarke
Half a year on from parting ways with Tony Gustavsson, there is still no new coach for the Matildas, who appear stuck in a perpetual state of limbo, caught between two different eras, writes Ben Smith.
Australia has suffered a humiliating loss to Japan in their first match since Sam Kerr was cleared of racially harassing a police officer.
An emerging Matildas star would like the team’s next permanent coach to have some key characteristics.
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