Injury Woes for Matildas and Socceroos, Goals, Awards and a Whole Lot More!

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Hello and welcome to the Aussie football passport, your one stop pod for updates on

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your favourite Aussie men and women who are playing their club careers abroad. Broad,

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I'm your host Alex and we've got a whole sack of good and bad news

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to cover this week. I know, I know I don't want to bring it to

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you, but I've just got to do it. Anyway,

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there's the Matilda's game against England awards for a couple of our

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current Matildas, their return to club action, some fresh injuries

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to update you on and how our lads went this week for their

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clubs. Without any further ado, let's get into it with

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the headlines.

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All right, let's start the headlines with the PFA

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awards this week and two of our ladies were

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awarded some very high honors for their

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work in the last year. Mary Fowler was the recipient

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of the young Women's Footballer of the Year for a record third time.

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Fowler becomes the first player to win the award three times

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which is vote rooted for by PFA members. So that's her. Fellow players

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in Australia, the Matildas and Manchester City star

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previously won the award in 2022 and 2024.

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Now in terms of the Women's Footballer of the Year, that award

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went to Steph Catley and that is the second consecutive season

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for Steph. So congratulations to both Steph and Mary. Both have

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had wonderful years, it's pretty fair to say. Steph Ketley winning the

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Champions League with Arsenal of course. Now onto some

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more sombre news for the Matildas. They went down to England last

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week 3 nil. Alana Kennedy's 18th minute

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red card was the game changer and unfortunately in the wrong

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way. Of course we are used to seeing her in that centre back

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role when it comes to Matilda's but in club land recently

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for both of her, for her previous club in

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USA and her current club in England, the London

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City Lionesses, she has been moved into that holding midfield role but

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of course that's where she did play her junior football. So it's

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not a position she's unfamiliar with, it's one she's played quite a bit

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of. But unfortunately Joe Montemiro moved her there

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for the game against England and it's backfired spectacularly.

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You know it's fair to say that. Well is it fair to say that

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she might have lost a spot after this? It's a very interesting

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one. We're not quite sure if that will be the case but

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it certainly could be, especially considering the emergence of the likes of Winona

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Heatley, who's been playing well for her club Roma, and she seems

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to have formed a solid partnership with Claire Hunter cross the two games against

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Wales and England in this international window

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that's just gone. And it could be some interesting calls coming for

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Joe Montemuro's squad in the next international window, which is

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at the end of November and early December. Now getting

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back to the action, Sam Kerr played another hour of football

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on her road back from that long term injury. She did look a

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bit rusty, it's fair to say across both matches. So will she be

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able to shake off this rust by the time the Asian cup rolls around?

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Well, you'd think so and we'll have a little bit of a hint as

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to why that is the case later on in this episode.

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But look, in summary, it's pretty fair to say the girls were severely

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outclassed. Of course, a player down, we should note that

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in context. But we should also note that England are a world class side and

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unfortunately they put our girls to the sword in this one once that

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red card happened. There are a couple of positives and I think the main one

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is Claire Wheeler in particular in that holding midfield role and I

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think that's probably what Joe Montemuro will be doing in that

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next window. Claire Wheeler, I think it might be your spot to lose

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that holding midfield role. All right, now to that new segment

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that we introduced last week, injury news. And let's keep the theme

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going with our ladies. Unfortunately, Jada Wyman was ruled out of that Matilda's

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squad over the last international window. There's no official news

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or timelines on that injury unfortunately. So once the news

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comes to hand, we will update you in the next episode. Now some

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more positive news for our ladies. Emily Gilnick returned to

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her clubside CF Monterey. She was new

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substitute on the weekend in her side's 21 victory over Atlas in

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the Mexican League. Now to our lads. And Tony

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Pavovich is sounding a bit like a psychic after Jordan Boss's

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injury last week. He said that he expected more and boy oh boy

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did he get it. Alessandro Chatti went down with a potential

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ankle injury, was subbed off late in the first half of Palmer's

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game on the weekend against Bologna. So initial reports out of

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Italy are stating that it is a sprained ankle. So fingers crossed it is only

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that sprained ankle for Ali's sake. Of course he had that horrendous

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ACL injury that kept him out for nine months in the previous

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12 months. Now speaking of center backs,

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Leicester City Coach Mati Sifuentes has stated

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that Harry Soutar is closing in on a return from injury. How good is that?

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The club has taken their time with his recovery where he

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has been on the pitch for the last three four to five weeks and is

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now close to rejoining group training. So fantastic

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news for Harry there and we cannot wait to see him back in

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a Leicester City jersey in no time.

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Now Jed Drew he is currently out with a back injury.

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His side Hartberg has reported there is no

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return date as yet and of course we will keep you updated on that one.

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Now as for Ryan McGowan, he continues to work his way back to

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full fitness after that nasty infection has kept him out for about

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seven to eight weeks. I think it's totaled up to now.

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His side Livingston have been going through a tough run without him

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marshaling their defense and of course he is their captain as well. He goes into

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a bit of detail in the Rose FC podcast

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if you are interested. Well worth checking out.

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Hopefully you don't have a queasy stomach because there are a couple of details

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that might upset you there. If that's the case. Now to Jacob

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Italiano. He's picked up a calf injury with a return date

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unknown at this time. Very unfortunate news

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for Jacob. He's been getting regular game time in Austria for his side

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at Grazer ak. It looked like he had cemented his spot in

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Popper's plans, of course playing both games against Canada and the USA

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in that last international window for the soccers. However, it might open the

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door for Frank Karasic to return to the squad of course. Course he

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dropped out of the last two SOCCERO squads due to injury,

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but will lightning strike three times in a

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row for Fran? We shall find out in the next week or so.

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Now speaking of fullbacks, Jacob Farrell he's continuing

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to work his way back into the side for Portsmouth.

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He had a setback with his injuries lately, his coach

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John Mourinho stated recently.

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So fingers crossed we can see Jacob back on the P sooner

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rather than later. Now one last injury to round out

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this new unfortunate segment. According to Vought Bulkrantz,

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Ryan Teague recently underwent surgery on his

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meniscus. They're stating a recovery time of six to seven

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weeks for the midfielder. So unlucky for Ryan, he looked like

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he was emerging as a potential midfield option for the socceros.

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Particularly that performance against China sticks in the mind, but injury

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and this move to Belgium hasn't quite worked out as of yet.

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Let's hope once he's recovered from injury.

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He can return to his side KV Mechelen's

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starting lineup, but that is it for the headlines

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for this week. We'll move on to the weekly wrap in just a moment.

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All right, weekly wrap time and let's start with our ladies in the

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US And A where Mackenzie Arnold and Caitlin Torpy both started for

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the Portland Thorns, Arnold playing the full game and Torpy playing 67 minutes

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as they help their side keep a clean sheet in a 2 nil win over

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the Houston Dash. Courtney vine she came off the bench and played 21

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minutes in North Carolina Courage's 32 win over Gotham FC.

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However, unfortunately results elsewhere meant Courage miss

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out on a playoff by a single point. Can you believe it?

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Poor Courtney and her teammates. That is an unfortunate end

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to their season in the US And A. Now over to Sweden where

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Daniela Galic picked up an assist and continued her hot streak.

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She started and played 89 minutes. First Hide Vitzio in

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their 21 win over AIK. As mentioned earlier, Jada Viman

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is out injured for AIKA. Now to Christian Stud who

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were defeated 42 by Jurgarden. Jurgarden scored

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all four of their goals in the first half. Can you believe it? Christian Studs

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made three changes at halftime which included introducing our

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girls Remy Seemson and Amy Sayer, but they weren't able to overcome

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the significant deficit in that one. They did manage to score two goals. However it

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means that the highest Christian Studs can finish in the Swedish

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League is fifth place and of course that means missing out on a European

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spot. As we mentioned last week in our show, Courtney Nevin

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she started and played the full game for Malmo in dare 2:1 loss

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to Pattaya. It now means that Malmo are out of the title race.

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So unfortunately news for Courtney and her teammates. Of course Courtney in

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some red hot form of late, both in Grenin Gold and for

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Malmo, but just wasn't enough at the weekend

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for her side. In a battle of the aussies in Sweden,

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AV Lewick's BK Hacken beat Polydorens Linkoping 4

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nil. Both of our ladies played the full game for their respective sides.

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Now let's head to England where Chelsea defeated the

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London City Lionesses 2 nil in their first

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WSL derby. Of course after the London City Lionesses

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were promoted for this season, Ellie Carpenter scored early

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to give to Blues lead before Sam Kerr sealed the results in stoppage time with

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a goal from outside the penalty area catching the keeper off

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her line. So talking about Sam Kerr shaking off

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that rust, I Think that's a pretty good example of it there. Kerr replaced carpenter

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in the 74th minute as the striker continues to build her match minute.

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Alana Kennedy was an unused substitute for the

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Lionesses in that one. Katrina Gorey she played the full

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match in midfield for West Ham in their one nil

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loss to Manchester City to continue their horrific start to the WSL

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season where they are yet to win a match. Claire Wheeler

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she played the full game in midfield for Everton in their incredible 3

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all draw with Aston Villa. Arsenal had a

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convincing 41 victory over Leicester City. Caitlin Ford and

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Steph Cutley started for Arsenal with forward playing 57 minutes and Catley

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playing the full game whilst Kyra Cooney Cross was excluded

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from the matchday squad with illness. Emily Van Egbon

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came off the bench at halftime for Leicester City and picked up the assist for

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their goal. Clay Hunt played the full game at centre back for Tottenham in

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their 21 win over Liverpool. Speaking of horrendous starts

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this season, Liverpool also haven't won a game in the WSL so

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far this season. Charlotte Grant was an unused substitute for

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Tottenham in that one. Charlize Rule played the full game

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for Brighton and Hove Albion in their unfortunate 32 loss to

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Manchester United who came from behind in that one.

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Now to France where Tegan Micah started in goal for the first

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time for her side as they kept a clean sheet. Lyon that is in

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a 1 nil win over Paris FC. Now to

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Germany where Jamila Rankin played the full game in defense for hoffenheim

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in their 21 loss to Wolfsburg. Haley Russo was

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a second half substitute for Frankfurt playing 19 minutes as they ran out Comprehensive

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Victors 4 nil over Hamburg SV.

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Now to round out the action for our ladies in Italy where Winona

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Hitley played the full game for Roma in their comfortable 3 nil win over

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Inter Milan. Jessica Nash played the full game in defense for Sassuolo

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while Jacinta Galabadracci came off the bench in the second half and played 13

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minutes for Sassuolo as they were unfortunately defeated by Fiorentina

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1 nil. Now let's head over to men's action

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and start in England and Wales with the championship.

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Cameron Burgess played all of Swansea City's 31 loss

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to Manchester City in the League Cup. Apologies, should have said that. League Cup There

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was League cup action in midweek. He then backed it up with a full

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game as Swansea City drew one all with Charlton Athletic

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in league action in the championship on the weekend. Nestori Iron Kunder

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came on in the 70th minute for Watford as they beat Middlesbrough 3 nil on

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the weekend. Riley McGree received his first minutes of the season 21

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to be exact in some very positive news apart from Middlesbrough's heavy

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defeat there. Sam Silvera was on the bench and was

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an unused substitute. Hayden Matthews played 82 minutes for Portsmouth

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as they lost 4 nil to Birmingham City. Ouch. Lewis Miller

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played the full game for Blackburn in their 2 nil win over Leicester

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City on the weekend. Now let's drop down a division although

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we are still talking some EFL cup action initially where

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Alex Robertson was substallen substituted on I should say in

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the 66 minute of Cardiff City's 21 win against Wrexham

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in round four of the EFL cup which means they progress to the next stage

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of course. He then played until the 71st minute as Cardiff City

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lost 1 nil to Peterborough United in League One action.

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Joe Gauche started in goal for Port Vale as they downed Maldon

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and Tiptree 51 in the FA Cup. Rafael Borges

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Rodriguez came on at the start of extra time in Wingan Athletics

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FA cup penalty win over Hemel Hempstead. The game ended

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1 all after extra time with Wigan winning 53 in

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the penalty shootout. Now let's head north of the border to Scotland where

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Martin Boyle was subbed on in the 60th fourth minute of Hibernian's

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one nil loss to Rangers. Jack Eidel played the full game

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in that one and then at the weekend Martin Boyle scored in Hibernian's

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two or draw with Livingston playing 73 minutes it was the attacker's

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fifth goal of the season. Jack Iredale played 57 minutes

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for Hibbs, Teti Yangi played 17 minutes for Livingston and of course

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Ryan McGowan is still out injured for Livingston.

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Cameron Devlin played a full game for Hart. To say true to

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all with Saint Murren in midweek action. Keanu Bacchus

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played 75 minutes for Saint Mirren in that one. Cameron Devlin

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then played all of Hart's 4 nil 14 nil

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win over Dundee FC. The midfielder was at

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the heart of everything completing 99 of his 109

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passes in that one. Now Apostolos de Matalopoulos picked

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up an assist after coming on in the 64th minute for Motherwell as

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they defeated Dundee United. Sunil Johnny Katrumbas played the

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full game for Motherwell whilst Oscar Priestman was an unused substitute Sack

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Sapsford played the full game for Dundee United. Now full circle

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and let's head back to Keanu Bacchus who played until the 71st minute of St.

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Mirren's 41 win against Malviwell on the weekend.

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Postos de Matalopoulos played 65 minutes

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for Motherwell with Johnny Katrumbas getting 65 minutes

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and Oscar Priestman being an unused substitute and that

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game was a League cup encounter, a semi final to

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be exact. Alessandro Cicati scored a late consolation for Parma

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in their 21 loss to Roma was his first goal in the Serie A,

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can you believe it? But then again he is a defender.

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However he was substituted off in the 40th minute in

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his sides 31 loss to Bologna on the weekend as

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mentioned earlier in the pod. Now now we're off to Germany where

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Connor Metcalfe played 81 minutes for St. Pauli as they beat Hoffenheim

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on penalties in round two of the DFB Pockel or

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German Cup. Jackson Irvine was on the bench for that one. The game

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ended to all after extra time and then ended 87 on

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penalties. So quite the shootout. Their fortunes quickly

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changed at the weekend however as Conor Metcalfe came on after 55 minutes

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of St. Pauli's 4 nil loss to Borussia. Much and glad

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back on the weekend however in the most positive news of a

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four nil loss, Jackson Irvine was substituted on in the 85th

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minute for his side. Now to Spain where Matt Ryan was

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in goal and played the full game for levante in the 21 loss to

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Celto Vigo on the weekend was on the bench in Copa

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del Rey action. But speaking of the Copa del Rey, our mobile played

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86 minutes for his side Castellan in their 10 loss

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to CA Antoniano. Now to Croatia

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where Fran Karachic and Anthony Kalik started Hajic Split's

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penalty shootout win over Chibalia in the Croatian cup.

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Karasic played 105 minutes and Kalik played

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62 minutes. The game was nil all after extra time and finished

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4:2 in Hajic Split's favor. Frank Karasic was then substituted

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on in the 84th minute of Hajic Split's new law draw with Slavin.

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Anthony Kalik played from the 75th minute onwards.

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Now to the Netherlands where Max Ballard played a full

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game for NAC breda in their 41 lost to Herakles

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Alamello in the Dutch cup in midweek action.

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He then backed it up with 90 minutes in his sides

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1 nil win over the Go ahead Eagles. Yes that is a real team

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name I kid you not in the Netherlands.

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So a great win there for Max Ballard's

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side. Now of course you will note that I didn't make mention of a certain

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player from Heracles Alamello. There's a little hint on our men's Player

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of the week so stay tuned for that one. Now to Austria where Mark Tillio

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oh sorry Marco Tillio rather came on after 78 minutes of

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rapid veens 21 loss to Sturm Graz. Noel Bottic

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played an hour of Austria Wiens 21 loss to Hartberg

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who of course have Jed drew absent with that back injury.

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Now to Denmark where Mohamed Suray came on at halftime replacing

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his brother Musa as Randers lost on penalties to Eisbjerg

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in the DBU Po Kalen in midweek or the

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Dan cup for US English speakers. Unfortunately for Mode

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Toure he missed his penalty in the shootout as they lost 42 after

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a nil or draw after extra time. Paul Ito was on the bench

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in that game. However, fortunes turned around for Mohamed Toure

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and he followed in his brother's footsteps. Or did Al Hassan Toure follow

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in his brother's footsteps? Not quite sure because Al Hassan scored

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a hat trick for Sydney FC and I'll stop my rambling and get back to

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Mohamed Toure who scored both of Randers goals in their 32 loss

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to Vyborg in the league on the weekend. He played 86 minutes in that one.

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That takes Motore's tally to four goals for

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the campaign for his side. Pulso was in goal for Randers

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and played the full game while Musa Toure was an unused substitute in that

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one. Now let's head north to Norway where Nick D' Agostino was subbed on

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in the 77th minute of Vikings 21 win against Stromsgodset.

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Gianni Stenzness came on at half time in that one.

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Now let's round it out with some playoff action in

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the US and A and Canada. Aidan O' Neill's New York City defeated

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Charlotte FC 1 nil in midweek

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action last week. O' Neill played a full game and completed 40 of his

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41 passes in midfield. Archie Goodwin played 13 minutes

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off the bench for Charlotte FC. He then played so

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let's go back to Aidan O' Neill who then played all of New York City's

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penalty defeat to Charlotte FC in the

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second of that three game series which now means

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it goes down to a decider of course to determine who progresses to

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the next round. Archie Goodman played 46 minutes

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in this game that went to extra time before the penalties. It was nil all

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after 120 minutes and ended 76 in the penalty shootout

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in Charlotte FC's favor. Now Patrick

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Gazbeck, he played 79 minutes as Nashville overcame Inter Miami

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21 in their second match of their three match playoff series.

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It means the series goes to game three also and there is therefore the

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potential for an all Aussie Shootout in

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the next round of the mls. So we will keep you posted in next

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week's pod. All right, that is it for the weekly wrap.

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Let's head over to Players of the Week shortly.

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Players of the Week time and let's start with our Women's Player of

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the Week and judging by the performances this week, we could

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have gone with a couple of Aussie goal scorers in the form of Sam Kerr

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or Ellie Carpenter for Chelsea. But we've decided to

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go with Morgan Aquino as she made eight saves for her side D.C. power who

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defeated Dallas Trinity 3 2. Not only were there

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eight saves in that performance, but some absolutely crucial ones to

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help her side to victory in that one. DC Power are now

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three points away from the top four and a playoff spot. So fingers crossed for

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DC Power so we can see Morgan Aquino get some more minutes and push

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her case for a starting goalkeeping role in the Matildas.

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Although it's going to be pretty hard to take it off Tegan Micah or Mackenzie

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Arnold, you'd imagine. All right, now to our Men's Player

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of the Week and we did allude to this man earlier in

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the show and unfortunately I don't have any prizes to give away as

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yet. I'll work on some merch or something like that, but if

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you got this one right, well done. It is Adan Rustic

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who scored for Heracles Alamello and played a full game

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in their stunning victory over NAC Brayda in the Dutch cup. It was 41

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that victory. Now keep in mind that Heracles Alamello

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are dead last in the era of a Dizzy or the Dutch league, the Top

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Flights. So the threat of relegation is real. Which meant that their coach got sacked

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prior to this game, the Dutch cup game, and the interim coach was

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installed. But then he went on to continue his outstanding form

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and it's why he's got our Men's Player of the Week. He grabbed two assists

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as his side just get ready. I hope you're sitting down

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when you listen to this because Heracles Alamello defeated PEC's

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Bolay 828 2. Yes,

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that's correct. Eight to 10 goals. Just a friendly

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reminder that football isn't always boring. Okay, but yes

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it is a timely reminder to Tony Popovich in regards to the

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talents of Adam Trustich, midfield maestro and

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we are a big fan of him here at the Aussie Football Passport.

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Well, that is it for another week of the Aussie Football Passport. I hope

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you enjoyed this episode and a big thank you to everyone that has

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rated the show or interacted with the show. I know

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a couple of our avid listeners have done so this last week,

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so really appreciate that. And if you want to get embarrassed,

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I will mention you in next week's show. But I won't do it this week.

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Just in case. Just make sure you also follow us

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in total, three on Spotify and two on Apple Podcasts. Get reviewing

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However, thanks for listening and I'll catch you in the next episode.

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It's goodbye for now.