Matildas Make Waves, Socceroos Sneaky Win and U23 Goals Galore!

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Foreign hello

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

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

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I'm your host Alex and this week we have the return of the WSL

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to cover in, including a bench appearance for a star Matilda, as well

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as some derbies for our Aussie ladies. We've also got Socceroos action

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to cover and under 23 lads kick off their

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Asian cup qualification campaign.

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But without any further ado, let's get

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into the headlines.

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All right, some transfer news and Tom

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Glover has departed Middlesbrough after mutually agreeing to cancel

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his contract on deadline day. So this means that Tom now has

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the ability to negotiate a new contract elsewhere outside of the

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transfer window as it is now shut.

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Of course he's currently in the socceroo side and was an

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unused substitute, so hopefully his agent is hard at work to get

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him a new club. Will it be down under or will it be overseas?

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We will find out shortly. Now Emily Van

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Egbond, she has signed a two year deal with Leicester City in the WSL.

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She leaves Birmingham City who are in this WSL2

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or the second division of English Women's football.

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Of course she has previously played in the WSL with West ham

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back in 2020, 2021.

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And further transfer news. Denny Johnro has

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signed a three year deal with Melbourne Victory after being let

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to go from Deportivo de la Caruna in the Spanish second

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division. So big signing for Melbourne Victory there. Well done as

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Denny returns home. All right now some other headlines.

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Sam Kerr. She was on the bench for Chelsea in their WSL

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match against Manchester City. Manager Sonia Bonpastor

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said after the game that it was only due to the unique match

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situation that saw her remain on the bench rather than getting

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some minutes in that one. So great to see that Sam is nearing

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her return from injury. Of course she's been out

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for over a year now, so we shall keep you updated

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with the WSL's next round of fixtures coming next weekend and

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hopefully she gets some minutes. Now to our under

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23 lads who began their Asian cup qualifiers in style

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with a thought. A 14 nil thumping of the

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Northern Mariana Islands. Can you believe it?

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The goal scoring included a four goal haul from Nathaniel

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Blair, braces from Jean Reek, Ethan Allagic,

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Yaya Du Cooley and Joshua Rollins, while Reese

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Bozanowski and Aiden Hammond scored a goal each.

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Well done there. But the action continues continued with

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the lads following it up on Saturday, sweeping aside Timor

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Lester. 6 nil. Nathan Paul picked up

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a race this time around while Nathaniel Blair scored a penalty.

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Matthew Grimaldi, Jingrech and Aiden Hammond rounded out

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the scoring in that one. The next game is against China who are equal

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top of the group. Australia are ahead of them on a superior

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goal difference as at this current time.

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So all the best to the lads and we will find out who tops

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the group in next week's episode. Now to the

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senior men, the Socceroos. They snuck past New Zealand in their

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first game of the Soccer Ashes with a one nil victory in

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Canberra. Coach Tony Popovich selected a new look.

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Starting 11 with Connor Metcalfe, Patrick Yazbek

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in midfield, Mila Steganek in defense

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and Martin Boyle on the wing. The only survivors from

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the starting side that secured qualification to the FIFA World Cup

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2026 with that famous victory against

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Saudi Arabia in Saudi Arabia back in June. Paul it's so became

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one of three debutantes as he started in goal for this game.

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Nicholas Milanovic and Max Ballard also debuted

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in this game when they were substituted on in the second half.

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Jordan Boss was the main spark for the Socceroos in this one.

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They did look a bit disjointed, it's fair

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to say in attack until some substitutions became

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the turning point for the Aussies. The 73rd minute saw

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a triple substitution with Nestry Irunkunda Moture and Nicholas

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Milanovic coming on for Adam Drustic, Martin Boyle and Connor Metcalfe.

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Then in the 85th minute Ryan Teague was replaced,

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replaced by Max Ballard and they were

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the key moments. We will cover a little bit more later in the

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podcast, so stay tuned but the return leg will be played

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on Tuesday in Auckland at 5pm Australian Eastern Standard

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Time and we will bring you the result of that game in next

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week's episode. All right, that is it for the headlines this

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week. Let's head to the weekly wrap.

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All right, so let's start our weekly wrap with our ladies abroad

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and let's start in the USA where the Portland Thorns finally

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got a win 21 against Racing Louisville. Mackenzie Arnold,

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she played the full game in goal while Caitlin Torpey played 63 minutes

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at right back before being substituted off. So congratulations girls on

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that win. Courtney vine, she got 65 minutes in

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North Carolina courage's one all draw with the Utah

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Royals to round out Matilda's in action in

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the USA. Now over to Mexico where Emily Gilnick

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played 80 minutes for Monterey as they lost

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4 nil to Tigrez. Ouch. Poor Emily

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there. That's not the kind of results you want to be A part of now

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in Sweden. Daniela Galic, she played 65 minutes minutes

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and provided an assist for Vizio in their 32 win over Rosengard

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to start off with a great performance there in Sweden.

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Now Jada Wyman, she got the full game in goal for AIK as they went

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down 1 nil to Pattaya. Now Courtney Nevin, she played

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the full game for malmo in their 21 loss to Hammerby and

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I believe that would be Courtney Nevin's first loss since she joined Malmo

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in mid season. Now the spoils were shared between our

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ladies as BK Hacken took on Christian

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Stud. Av Luik, she played the full game for BK Hacken in

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defense while Amy Sayer played the full game for Christian Stud

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and Remy Siemenson played 89 minutes also for Christian

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Stud there. Now Polydoren, she got 80

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minutes for Linkoping in their 21 loss to Vaxio.

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Now let's head to England. As we made mention at the top

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of the show, the WSL kicked off and let's start in

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London with one of a couple of London derbies that occurred over

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the weekend where Arsenal came out four one

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winners over the London City Lionesses. Of course

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we had a few Aussies involved in this one with Steph Catley

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playing the full game and providing an assist for Arsenal's first goal

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in that one. Caitlin Ford, she got 32 minutes

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coming off the bench in the second half there was while

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Kyra Cooney Cross remained on the bench for the Gunners.

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Alana Kennedy, she made her debut for the lionesses

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and played 83 minutes in defense in that line.

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Now speaking of debutantes, Emily Van Egmont, she made

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her debut for Leicester City as they unfortunately

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lost quite heavily to Manchester United. 4 nil seems to

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be a little bit of a theme for a couple of our Matildas in this

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week's episode. Unfortunately. Let's hope they bounce

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back next week. Claire Wheeler, she came on as a

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second half substitute as her side Everton thumped Liverpool in

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the Merseyside Derby for one.

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Now to the other London Derby that we made mention of

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earlier, Tottenham Hotspur, they defeated West Ham 1 nil.

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Not only was it a London Derby, but it was also an Aussie Derby where

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Claire Hunt played the full game for spurs helping her side to a clean sheet.

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Katrina Gorry, well fortunately she

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played the full game but unfortunately for her she gave away the penalty that won

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spurs the game. Playing in midfield for the Hammers there,

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Charlie Grant was a late substitute for Tottenham coming

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on in stoppage time there.

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Now let's head over to Germany where we had another debutante,

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Hayley rasso. She got 14 minutes coming off the bench in the second half for

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her debut for Eintracht Frankfurt.

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Sorry. In their 50 win over Essen. Now dropping

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down a division to the second division in Germany where Alana Murphy came off

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the bench to make her debut in unfortunate circumstances as her side

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SC sand went down 5:1 to Botram.

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Now to Italy where we know Nahitley played the full

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game for Roma as they beat AC Milan 1 nil in

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this serie A Women's Cup. Now over to

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Sassuolo where they managed a late equalizer

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in a one all draw with Tenana in the second

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game of the Serie A Women's cup for Sassuolo.

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Jessica Nash, she played the full game in defense and picked

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up a yellow card. So a tough afternoon for the

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defender. Although you know, it helps

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that there was that late equalizer.

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Her teammate, Jacinta Galabadarachi. She was

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substituted in the 61st minute of that match.

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So that's it for the ladies for this week. Now to our men, of course

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there wasn't much action because it is the

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international break. However, some leagues do press on and that

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is the case for League one or the third division of England

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where we had a couple of our players in action. Caleb Watts, he scored

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an absolutely wonderful swerving goal for Plymouth

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Argyll in their 42 win over Stockport County. We will make

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sure to share that one on social media because it's an absolute belter.

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But it wasn't enough for him to win player of the week. Hint,

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hint. All right. Now speaking of

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League one action, Rafael Borges Rodriguez,

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he made his debut for Wigan Athletic of He made the switch

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from Coventry City to Wigan Athletic last

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week before the transfer deadline. Anyway, he played well.

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He was a late substitution. He came on in the 88th minute

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of that two all draw in a highly entertaining

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encounter there. Now to

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the Spanish second division where Alwamabil played the full game for Castellon

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in their 21 loss to Cordoba. A bit of a rough start for

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our and his team Castellon, but hopefully they can turn it around

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next week. Now the top flight of Portugal,

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interestingly enough had a couple of fixtures on the weekend, so it means

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our man Anthony Carter, he was in action. He got 18 minutes

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off the bench as a second half substitute for Santa Clara in

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their one nil win over Esteril there. So well done

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to Anthony and his team. But that is it for the

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weekly wrap. So next up is Players of the week

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and the end of the episode can you believe it? This one is flying

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by. Stay tuned.

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All right, Players of the Week time. And if you are a regular

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listener, you probably get the hang of how we do this sort of thing.

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Of course, we made mention of Chelsea earlier in the show

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and didn't make mention of a certain Matilda that

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played. And yes, it is, it's Ellie Carpenter

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who is our Women's Player of the Week. She made her highly

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impressive debut for Chelsea, picking up an assist and getting the

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Player of the Match award there as Chelsea beat

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Manchester City 2 1. So great to see Ellie getting her

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Chelsea career off to a great start. And of course, she's quite

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familiar to Sonia Bonpastor, the Chelsea coach.

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They previously worked together at Lyon and I'm sure that it

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was a big part in Ellie signing on for Chelsea and Sonya

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no doubt wanting her at the club. So very interesting.

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Let's see how she continues to go this season

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for Chelsea. With one eye, of course, on next year's

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Asian cup being hosted here in Australia. Now to

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our Men's Player of the Week, as I may mention with the women's one,

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if you've listened to this before, you probably get the hang of this. And I

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did drop a little bit of a hint as to who would win this when

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we talked about Caleb Watts goal. But it is Max Ballard who

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is our Men's Player of the Week. A goal on debut for the Socceroos.

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Well, it's something special. And what more could you ask for for

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the midfielder? A great way to finish off his

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first game and a late goal. It was.

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It was a great finish as well. Well worth checking out

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again. We will share that one on social media for you to have a look

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at. Speaking of social media, go check out the Socceroos accounts as

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well, where there was a lovely embrace between Max and his

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dad after their game. Very emotional stuff

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and really, really great to see. So exactly

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what you want to say, really, to be honest. And no doubt we'd all sort

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of feel the same if that was us in

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Max Ballard's shoes. Well, that is it for

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another week of the Aussie football passport. I'll stop my rambling now. I hope

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you did enjoy this episode. Make sure you like, subscribe,

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follow and rate the show on whatever platform you are listening to this on.

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Make sure you also follow us on social media. We are on

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X, Facebook and Instagram and as I said,

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we will try and share those goals. And of course, the Max Ballard embrace

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of his dad after that game in Canberra. All right, now,

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just a quick note. Next week's show, it will be out a day later than

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usual, so my apologies in advance, but we

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will be coming to you next week. Just don't stress.

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It'll be a day late. Well, that's it.

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Thanks for listening. I'll catch you in the next episode. And it is

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goodbye for now.