The Matildas don’t need to look further than the Olympic village for an idea of what it takes to be the world’s best, writes ROBBIE SLATER. And it’s time Football Australia takes responsibility if they’re ever going to get there.
Even coaching staff got involved during the major brawl at the Olympics quarter-final.
On the back of their Olympics debacle, James Johnson has opened up on the plans for the Matildas’ ‘evolution’ as the team heads towards hosting a home Asian Cup in less than two years.
The Matildas failure to get out of the group stage of the Olympics has thrust a burning spotlight on a game that is already in crisis at a domestic level. It’s about to get worse.
If you win you’re a national hero, lose and we turn our collective backs and put the scarfs and beanies back in the drawer, writes Mike O’Connor.
Angel FC boss Julie Uhrman, the president of the most valuable women’s football franchise in the world, said it is ‘critical’ Australia gets its national women’s competition right to capitalise on the Matildas’ boom.
Staring down the barrel of elimination, the Aussies showed great courage to fight back but let’s not sugar-coat things too much. The Matildas had more than their share of luck and must cash in on it now, writes ROBBIE SLATER.
It was a comeback for the record books that provided more questions than answers, but Michelle Heyman has helped keep the Matildas’ Olympics dream alive with a late goal sealing an incredible 6-5 victory.
They conceded five goals in less than 60 minutes, but the Matildas’ Olympic campaign is somehow still alive. ERIN SMITH rates all the players from a wild night at Stade de Nice.
Matildas’ star Mary Fowler admitted she was off her game against Germany but said she had hit the reset button ahead of their must win game with Zambia.
A Aussie football hero has broken down a key problem for the Matildas after an embarrassing first up outing at the Paris Olympic.
Canada’s Olympic football hopes are all but over following tough penalties from FIFA for spying on their opponents with a drone.
The Matildas’ fitness is under scrutiny and their preparation will be put under the microscope in the wake of the nightmare loss to Germany.
Canadian women’s football coach Bev Priestman has been stood down for the remainder of the Olympics after new information about the alleged “spying” scandal came to light.
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