Polly Doran - Photo credit Rachel Bach (Instagram - @bythewhiteline), Cortnee Vine - Photo credit Dan Ullman (Instagram - @aptitudephotography)
Polly Doran - Photo credit Rachel Bach (Instagram - @bythewhiteline), Cortnee Vine - Photo credit Dan Ullman (Instagram - @aptitudephotography)

Plenty to talk about this week with the ParaMatildas storming through to the World Cup Final, FA Cup goodness, a Tillies match announcement and titles. Listen in as Tasmania’s Premier Football Analyst (Molly Appleton) joins the pod alongside Eric, Steffen and Maj.

History: Bryony Duus, Matildas Cap 96

Matildas Debut: 1996 (played for the national team until 2003)
Appearances: 54 (47 A internationals, 2 goals)
Position: Midfielder

Read More: High Performance Programs

Played with the Australian junior (U16) squad from 1991-1993

  • 2000 Olympian
  • 2003 World Cup 
Read More: We were the underdogs

Hot Topics

Around the World

UK

FA Cup Final

Scottish WPL (26 and 27)

Europe

France – D1F

  • No D1F games until Saturday 28 May (Round 21 of 22)
  • Lyon‘s (Ellie Carpenter) next game is the UEFA Champions League Final on Sunday 22 May
  • Read B90s coverage of the D1F

Italy – Serie A (22 of 22)

Netherlands – Eredivisie (26 of 27)

Nordic

  • Norway – on a short break
  • Sweden – Damallsvenkan Round 8
    • (1) FC Rosengard (Teagan MicahCharli Grant) 1-1 (7) Kristianstads
      • full game for Teagan, Charli came on 64′
    • (10) Hammarby (Kyra Cooney-CrossElise Kellond-KnightCourtney Nevin) won 2-0 away to (13) Brommapojkarna
      • Courtney was yellow carded, recorded an assist, and was substituted at 77′
      • Kyra not selected for matchday as yet
    • (5) Vittsjö GIK (Clare PolkinghorneKatrina Gorry) 1-0 away win vs (12) Kalmar
      • full games to both Polks and Mini
      • also an early entry to Round 9, with a 2-1 win vs (6) Pitea. Both goals came in the last 5 minutes. 
    • (14) AIK (Remy Siemsen) lost 0-1 away to (5) Eskilstuna United
      • Remy played a full game
    • Elitettan: Round 7
      • (3) Växjö DFF (Annie Haffenden) 1-1 (5) Norrkoping
        • Annie not on the card
  • Denmark  
    • Fortuna Hjørring (Angie BeardIndi RileyClare Wheeler) are Danish Cup champions, beating Thisted 3-1!
      • all 3 Aussies played 90′ (well, nearly, Indi was substituted at 89′)
Photo: Fortuna Hjørring
    • (2) AGF (Jenna McCormick) 1-1 (3) B.93
      • R7 of the promotion round-robins
      • Jenna played a full game
  • Iceland – Urvalsdeild Rounds 3 and 4
    • R3:(10) KR Reykjavik (Margaux ChauvetSusan Phonsongkham) 0-2 (7) IBV
      • Margaux played a full game
      • Susan not listed on the match card
      • R4: KR Reykjavik 0-4 (2) Breidablik
        • a debut to Susan for KR
        • Margaux played a full game
        • Melina played 73′
    • R3: (2) Breidablik (Melina Ayres) 3-0 (8) Stjarnan
      • 2 x goals for Melina, one from the penalty spot, played 69′

US – NWSL (3 of 20)

Watch matches on twitch.tv/NWSLOfficial, twitch.tv/NWSLOfficial2, twitch.tv/NWSLOfficial3 & twitch.tv/NWSLOfficial4

State Football

  • ACT
    • midweek Federation Cup semi-finals (check them out on Bar TV)
      • Belconnen United 6-2 Canberra United Academy
      • Canberra Olympic 3-1 Canberra Croatia
      • the final is on Saturday June 4th
    • Round 6
      • Belconnen United 9-0 Wagga City
      • Canberra Olympic 2-2 Gungahlin United
      • Canberra Croatia 6-1 West Canberra
      • Tuggeranong United vs Canberra United Academy – washed out
  • NSW
    • Emerging Jets 3-4 Manly United
    • Sydney University 1-1 Bankstown City
    • Macarthur Rams 0-2 Sydney Olympic
    • North West Sydney Spirit 1-2 Illawarra Stingrays
    • Northern Tigers v Blacktown Spartans has been postponed to Tuesday 24th May (10 Spartans players were at the Young Matildas camp)
    • APIA Leichhardt v Football NSW Institute has been postponed due to international callups for Institute (five at the Young Matildas camp, one with the Philippines at the Southeast Asian Games)
  • QLD – Super Cup Round 4
    • MA Olympic 3-4 Edge Hill United
    • Souths United 4-3 Capalaba
    • Tue 17th: Peninsula Power v Lions FC
    • Wed 18th: Logan Lightning v Moreton Bay United
    • Wed 18th: Mitchelton v Olympic FC
    • Wed 18th: Gold Coast United v QAS
    • Wed 18th: Sunshine Coast Wanderers v Taringa Rovers
  • VIC – Round 7 of 21
    • Full Season Guide
    • (5) Box Hill United (Teigen Allen, Mindy Barbieri, Sofia Sakalis) 0-2 (8) South Melbourne (Tijan McKenna, Claudia Mihocic)
    • (3) Calder United (Harriet Withers) 2-0 (4) Alamein (Amy Jackson, Nia Stamatopoulos)
    • (2) Heidelberg United (Grace Jale, Melissa Maizels) 3-0 (1) Bulleen Lions (Tiffany Eliadis, Gabriela Garton, Alana Jancevski, Lia Privitelli, Rebekah Stott, Tyla Jay Vlajnic, Paige Zois)
    • (7) Bayside United 0-4 (6) FV Emerging (Sarah Cain, Caitlin Karic, Bella Sewards, Miranda Templeman)

Queens of the Week

Molly & Cheryl – Wellington Phoenix player Grace Wisnewski continues to show incredible bravery when talking about her struggles with mental illness

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Maj – ParaMatildas goalkeeper Katelyn Smith scored against the Netherlands!

Eric – 1) Sydney Olympic superstar Cortnee Vine scored her 50th NPL NSW goal on the weekend 2) Polly Doran scored a spectacular game winner in Manly United’s victory over Emerging Jets 3) NWS Spirit forward Morgan Roberts scored her first goal since suffering an ACL injury last year

Steffen – all the Aussies who took part in overseas Cup Finals (Chelsea – Sam Kerr & assistant coach Tanya Oxtoby, Manchester City – Hayley Raso & Alanna Kennedy, Fortuna Hjørring – Clare Wheeler, Angie Beard & Indiah-Paige Riley)


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