Vote 1: Kyra Cooney-Cross, Socceroos Setback, and Matilda's Squad Announced

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Hello and welcome to the Aussie Football Passport, your one stop pod for

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

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I'm your host Alex and there is plenty of news to cover this week.

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The Matilda squad for their final internationals of the year

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against New Zealand was announced. The Socceroos took on Venezuela

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and they will take on Colombia next. Another award

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nomination from Matilda, some injury news and plenty more.

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Without any further ado, let's get straight into it with the headlines.

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And let's start with Matilda who has been nominated for

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an award. It is Kyra Cooney Cross and in particular her

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goal against Germany which has been nominated for the FIFA Martyr

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Award 2025. So the best goal

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of the year voting is now open and we will put a link in the

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show notes so you can go and vote for this one. So make sure you

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do. I know I've asked for two weeks in a row to vote for our

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Matildas but please do, every vote counts. Well so

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they say. Anyway, knowing FIFA,

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their record with corruption is rife.

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But anyway that is for another podcast. Now speaking of Matildas,

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one who hasn't played for the Matildas in a couple of years,

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but still a successful Aussie, AV Lewick. She is considering

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extending her career into a 22nd year year. Can you believe

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it? After claiming the Swedish title with BK Hacken

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in recent weeks. According to the club's sporting

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director Christian Lundstrom, Hacken is open to extending Luick's

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contract, but it is up to the versatile midfielder and a defender

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if she wants to play on. In a recent interview with Football Scandalin,

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she stated that she is open to an extension with Hacken,

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but there is also interest from other clubs. So plenty

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to consider for AV and we will keep you up to date with her

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decision once the news breaks. Now speaking

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even more about the Matildas, the Matilda's squad was

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announced this week for their friendlies against New Zealand at

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the end of the month and early December. There are two

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new faces in this squad for these last internationals

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of the year. Tamika Yallop, of course, who plays her club football for Brisbane

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Raw, returns to the squad. She's been named for

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the first time since sustaining a hamstring injury in

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April and it will of course be Yallop's first time

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playing under Joe Montemuro. Carly Johnson is

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the other new face to the squad. It is her first appearance

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since the May June series against Argentina.

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Now Joe Montemuro explained that there are two particular

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areas that he's looking for and it relates to those two new

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players. He stated he wanted a midfielder that can break the lines. He believes Tamika

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Yallup is the one that has shown that in her previous experience,

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both at an A league level and at Matilda's level.

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And then out wide is the other area he's looking at with the

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speed and power winger. In particular what Joe

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is looking for. Of course the last Matilda squad he

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took a look at Courtney Vine. Of course there's Hayley Rasso

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in the squad, but there is one that is the area I

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guess that Joe is looking to build on. Of course we can't just have Hayley

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Russo. We do need another winger that has that

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power and speed and that is exactly what Carly Johnson brings

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to this side and she looked very good in that May June series. And for

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those listeners that have been listening from the very start, you'll know that

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we are a big fan of her on the podcast.

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And of course rounding out the Matilda's squad

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reveal news, it's Sam Kerr returning to Australian

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shores for the first time in two years. In terms of playing a game,

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of course she has been part of a couple of squads that have been

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back home in Australia, but it is her first opportunity

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to play on home soil in two years. So we can't wait to see Sam

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wearing green and gold. Now, before we get

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into Socceroos analysis, I want to talk to you about Antonio

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Arena. Now we have talked about him previously on the podcast,

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particularly his move from Pescara to Roma

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in the Serie A. Now Antonio is a Sydney born

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lad but at the moment he's currently wearing the outsouri

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for Italy in particular their under 17 side at

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the under 17 World Cup. I know technically he's

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not an Aussie abroad if you take in that information,

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but look, let's talk a little bit about him because

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he's on absolute fire at the moment. He scored and provided an assist in

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a 31 win over South Africa in the final group stage game for Italy

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and then added another goal in a two nil win over Czech Republic

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or Czechia in the round of 32 match.

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So they go up against Uzbekistan in the round of

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16 is one to keep an eye on. In the meantime, of course playing

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underage football you can swap allegiances and people

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tend to do that. Antonio has represented Australia at under 16

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level, so I don't think the international

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tug of war is over just yet. Of course we've seen Alessandro

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Gircati move between both nations

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and Christian Volpato is another one that is currently

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being wooed by both Italy and Australia. So I think there's a

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little bit more to write in that story, but we will keep you posted

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on this podcast, of course. Now let's get to that

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Socceroos analysis. Of course. The first game of the final international

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men's window of 2025 saw Australia

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go down to Venezuela in a one nil loss

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in Houston, Texas. It was a youthful squad with four

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Debutantes playing a tight contest that was settled

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by a single first half goal. Most notably,

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Melbourne City. Goalkeeper Patrick beach was excellent

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on debut despite conceding the goal. He made a few

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brilliant saves in that one and the other

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lads also handled themselves quite well in what was a physical

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battle between Australia and Venezuela. Al Hassan

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Toure debuted coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute

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of that match. It means the Toure brothers become the seventh

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set of brothers to represent the Socceroos.

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Can you believe that? So what a fantastic story that is.

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The other two debutantes in that one were Kai Truan and

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Paul Ocon Engsler or Paul Ocon Jr. Depending on who

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is telling the story. But I think the main takeaway

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from that game was the lack of creativity and

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that has to be a concern for Tony Popovic.

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I mean, there are a couple of players in this squad

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that he could look to, particularly Riley McGree.

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But as we know, Riley McGree is coming back from injury

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building his minutes. So I guess Popper has been fairly conservative with

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the minutes he's given him. But there are two other names that come to

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mind that could solve these issues. They are Adam Rustic and Adrian

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Sega. I believe that they're the two that Popper

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should be looking at and hopefully they will be two names that

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we will see in the next interview International break, which is in March.

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Now to injury news where this Socceroos camp has been

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a bit of a disaster on the injury front. Now,

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potential debutante Denny Urich,

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he actually departed camp. He suffered an injury in

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training. So a very, very disappointing

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international call up for Denny, but hopefully he'll be back soon

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for his side of Whistler Plok in Poland. So he

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has returned to his club side to get treatment. And we will

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keep you updated once we get some more news on Denny's

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injury. Now, in terms of the actual game

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itself, Jason Guerrier came off second best in a tackle

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and he came off, he was substituted off in the 43rd

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minute of that game. He has now departed camp with that

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injury and it does look like it was to his hamstring. No further

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news as of yet as he has traveled back to his side in Japan

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for further assessment. Now Joey lynch from espn

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he has reported as well going back to training injuries

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Nick d' Agostino he picked up a minor injury and he will not

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feature in the game against Colombia this week. He has also departed

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camp and returned to Norway to be assessed by

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his clubside Vikings physios there.

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Now a couple of other injury notes

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that we picked up from Tony Popovich's pre match press

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conference for the game against Colombia. He had some updates on Jordan

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Boss, Alessandro Cicati and Harry Souter. There were

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questions in relation to all three of those crucial

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players to the Socceroos squad. Papa stated that there was

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an update about Jordy today and that

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he's back on the pitch. He's running and making good progress

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which is fantastic news. The rough guideline that

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Popper received from Feyenoord that he would be back in action

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in two to three weeks time. So probably

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just before the winter break

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for Feyenoord in the Dutch league. Like a lot of European leagues, take a break

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over Christmas for one to two weeks,

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sometimes even three depending on what country you are

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playing your club football in. Now in terms of Alessandro Circati,

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it's looking like it's going to be a little bit longer.

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Palmer are being very conservative with his ankle

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which is probably fair to do considering

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he had, I mean not the same injury but related

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in terms of that ACL injury that he suffered last year.

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In terms of Harry Souter, he's also working his way back, he's doing

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more training but again Leicester City are being pretty cautious with him considering

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the injury. They want to make sure that he is ready to

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go. So it's a step by step process according

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to Leicester City and according to what Tony Popovich has

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said there. So that's the injury news and that is it for the headlines

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for this week. We will go to a slightly shorter weekly wrap

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with of course the men's game largely paused in most corners

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of the globe due to the international break.

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

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US of A where DC Power were defeated

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by Fort Lauderdale 31 in midweek.

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Morgan Aquino started and played the full game in goals for dc.

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So good to see DC getting back to winning ways after

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a couple of bumps in the road prior to that result.

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Now some unfortunate news for our girls at the Portland

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thorns. They fell 2 nil to the Washington Spirit in the

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NWSL Semi final to bring their season to a

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close. Mackenzie Arnold and Caitlin Torpy both started for the Thorns

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with Mackenzie playing the full game in goals and Torpy playing 62

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minutes in that one. Now as

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more seasons continued to wind down, it was the

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final day of the Swedish Women's League where Malmo

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defeated Vizio 31 in a chaotic match.

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There was a red card each for both sides, a missed penalty

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and a converted penalty. Courtney Nevin started for Malmo before

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being withdrawn at halftime while Daniela Galic

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was not in Vizio's match day squad Christian

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Studs defeated Algen Sass 7 1. Amy Sayer

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was on the score sheet before halftime as her side scored six goals in

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the first half. Incredible stuff. Saya went on to play 56 minutes

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in that one and you will notice that there is a

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particular lady I'm not making mention of in this very game,

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but you will find about who. You will find out

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who that is later in the podcast for our Women's Player of the Week,

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so stay tuned for that now. AV Luik played 1/2

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of BK Hacken's 1/ Nil win over Patea to put the cherry on

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top of the icing on top of the cake on their title winning season.

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Of course BK Hacken have come second for the

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last four seasons in a row so BK Hacken congratulations

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to you to finally becoming the bride and

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not the bridesmaid in that one. Now rounding out final day

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action in Sweden, Polly Doran started and played 88 minutes at

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right back for Linkoping in their 31 loss to Rosengard.

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Now let's head to England where Sam Kerr scored a brace

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for Chelsea in her first competitive start at club level since 2023.

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In women's Champions League action in midweek

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she went on to play the full game as well. So congratulations to Sam as

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she continues to build that match fitness and rhythm

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back into her game. Ellie Carpenter also started and played the full game and provided

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an assist for Chelsea. They completed a 6 nil

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over St. Paul there. Now at the

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weekends they were held to a one all draw against Liverpool

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in WSL action. Ellie Carpenter started and played the

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full game for Chelsea while Sam Kerr was rested and not named in the matchday

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squad. Now to back to Champions

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League midweek action where Arsenal fell to Bayern

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Munich 3 2. That was despite Arsenal taking

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a two goal lead into half time. Very unfortun fortunate for our

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ladies at Arsenal where Steph Catley and Caitlin4

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both started with Catley playing the full game and Ford played 58 minutes.

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Kyra Cooney cross was introduced in the second half for

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16 minutes. Then fast forward to the

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weekend where Arsenal had the small matter of the North

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London Derby which ended as a goalless

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draw. Clay Hunt started out at center back and played

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the full game while her spurs teammate Charlie Grant

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was an unused substitute. Kyra Cooney Cross, Steph Catley

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and Caitlin Ford all started for Arsenal in a rare occurrence where the

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planets aligned for all three of them to start.

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Kyra and Steph played the full game Whilst Caitlin played

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86 minutes of that one. Now to

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some fantastic news for women's West Ham fans.

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They secured their first victory of the WSL

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season overcoming Everton 31 and it was a battle

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of the Matilda's midfielders with Katrina Gorey playing the full game for

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West Ham and Claire Wheeler doing the same for Everton.

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Now Brighton and Hove Albion ran over the

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top of Leicester city quite comfortably winning 4:1 in the end.

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Charlie's rule played 89 minutes in a somewhat

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new role of center back for Brighton. Emily Van Egbon started for Leicester

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City and played the match in midfield in that

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one. Alana Kennedy was a second half substitute for

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the London City Lionesses as they continue their red hot form with a

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31 win over Aston Villa. Kennedy got 13 minutes

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on the pitch in that one. Now let's head to Germany where Hayley

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Rasso started for Eintracht Frankfurt before being withdrawn at halftime

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in her side's 21 win over PSV in the

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first leg of the Europa Cup. The second leg will be played

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next and we will bring you the result in the next episode, but a very

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handy lead for Frankfurt to take into that game.

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They then backed up with a German cup tie

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game against Hoffenheim at the weekend and this was an absolutely

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wild game with a final score that read 64

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in Eintracht Frankfurt's favor. Both of our Aussies however did

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not feature in this one. Hayley Rasso was an unused substitute for Frankfurt it while

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Jamila Rankin was a late withdrawal from Hoffenheim's side with

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what is believed to be a knock but we will let

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you know once we get confirmation of that one.

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Now rounding out our ladies club action for this week in Italy

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where Winona Heatley started and played the full match for Roma in their one

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nil defeat to Valerenga in the Champions

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League. Of course Winona is currently suspended for Roma

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in domestic action but those that suspension does not

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carry through to Champions League action to sorry our action I

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should say now Jessica Nash she started and played the

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full game for Suswalo as they went down 1 nil to Tunana.

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Jacinta Galabadarachi was a second half substitute

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playing 36 minutes for Saswalo. Now to

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men's club action. There's not a lot as you'll note, because of course

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we are in a FIFA international window where we have World

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cup qualifiers going on and those teams that have qualified are

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playing friendlies. However, in some of the lower leagues across the

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world, particularly in Europe, club action continues and we've also got

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some action from Japan to bring to you. But let's

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start with League one action in England where Joe Gauchi

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played a full gaming goal and helped his side keep a much needed clean sheet

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in a nil or draw with Wickham. Port Vale remain in the relegation

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places and will need to build on this result if they are to get themselves

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out of those relegation places. Now to Japan where Mitchell

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Duke played 75 minutes in Makaida Zelvia's 2

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nil extra time win over SC Tokyo in the semifinal

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of the Emperor's Cup. There were no goals in regular time and

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Duke's teammates managed not one but two goals in

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extra time to progress to the final, which is against Vissel Kobe

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who of course are the favorites.

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That match will be played on Saturday afternoon and

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we will bring you the results of that one in the

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next episode. All right, so there it is. Pretty brief

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in terms of the men's club's action for this week. Next up,

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Players of the Week and we'll wrap up the podcast.

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All right, Players of the Week and now I alluded to this

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young lady earlier in the podcast. It is

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Remy Seemson of course, teammate of Amy Sayer at Christian Studs.

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She finished a Swedish league season with an absolute

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bang, scoring a hat trick in her 56 minutes on the pitch

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for her club side, helping them finish their campaign on

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a hire for 2025. A fantastic way to

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end her season and some fantastic form

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to take into Matilda's camp in a couple of weeks time.

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So congratulations Remy. We look forward to seeing

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you in green and gold and hopefully replicating that form. No pressure

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whatsoever there Remy. Now to our Men's Player

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of the Week. As you can see it was a pretty small field to pick

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from, particularly when the Socceroos down 1 nil. Potentially you

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could have given it to Patrick beach for what was a fantastic performance,

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particularly that reaction save he made to the

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Venezuelan strikers. Shot fairly early on

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in that one and I honestly thought it was going to be a very

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difficult award to give out this week. But fear not because Alomobile

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stepped up to earn the award this week he scored in his side Castellon's

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absolutely bonkers game against Real Sociedad.

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So just quickly want to give a little bit of an explainer

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to you all out there that you'll notice.

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Rail Sociedad B, yes, they do have an A team which play in the

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top division in Spain, but in terms of

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how they have a B side, well,

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basically it's the reserve side and they play in either

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the second division or lower depending on where the A team is,

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whether they're in in the first division or the second division. It should

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be noted that the B team cannot be promoted to the top flight and that's

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why they are called the B team. Anyway, back to AOU's

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performance. Not only did he score, but he also provided two

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assists in a game that ended 54 in Castellon's

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favor. So thank you very much hour for not only rescuing your

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side's performance and getting them a result, but you've

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also rescued this week's Men's Player of the Week award

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and it goes to you. Our well done. All right, well, that is

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it for another week of the Aussie football passport. I hope you enjoyed this

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episode. Thanks again to everyone who has interacted with the show.

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I really appreciate it. Make sure you recommend the show

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to your friends, family, neighbor, garbage collector, whoever you know

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who follows football. I'm working on a couple of little things for the

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show, so stay tuned and I look forward to bringing them

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to you in the coming weeks. All right, thanks for listening and I'll catch

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you in the next episode. It's goodbye for now.