KYAH Simon was a wide-eyed 19-year-old when she was part of the Matildas side that won the 2010 Asian Cup. She knows how significant that win was and wants the Aussies to taste the ultimate success again in Jordan.
Her willingness to push the Matildas agenda so far removed from today’s squad that are favourites to win the AFC Asian Cup in Jordan starting this weekend.
MELBOURNE Victory’s Asian Champions League away clash with Ulsan Hyundai is one of the most momentous games in the history of Australia’s biggest soccer club.
Matildas coach Alen Stajcic has appointed five captains on rotation that will have armband duties in internationals as part of the leadership group at the women’s AFC Asian Cup in Jordan.
CANBERRA has sparked the interest of the world’s most populated region during the Asian Cup while Adelaide seems to have simply fallen off the radar.
JAPAN star Keisuke Honda has vowed to be more clinical in front of goal after hitting the woodwork three times in his team’s 1-0 Asian Cup win over Iraq.
JORDAN striker Hamza Al Daradreh bagged four goals in the demolition of Palestine, but champions Japan could only just find the net.
THEIR hopes of making the Asian Cup knockout stages may be over, but Palestine refused to be downtrodden after Friday night’s 5-1 loss to Jordan.
COACH Ange Postecoglou will tinker with a winning team to ensure the Socceroos’ Asian Cup is not derailed at the business end of the tournament.
DESPITE wasting a host of chances, defending champions Japan took a huge step towards the Asian Cup quarter-finals with a 1-0 win over Iraq.
Socceroo Robbie Kruse is used to sharing a changeroom with a pin-up — but he has never been teammates with a ‘rock star’ like Son Heung-min.
HE was $101 to win the golden boot and benched for Jordan’s first game, but Hamza Al Daradreh is officially the hottest striker at the Asian Cup.
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