The #Matildas are set to announce 2 home friendlies against Colombia today. One will be in Canberra, the other is probably somewhere that’s not Melbourne

Kieran Yap@kieranyap.bsky.social · 2d ago

Kyra Cooney-Kaboom!

Kyra Cooney-Kaboom!

You’ve got to understand the WNBA’s dilemma here: on one side are the hardcore, dedicated socially liberal fanbase who supported the league during the dark days when it was barely profitable and on the other side are the people who hate women and don’t think the WNBA should exist.

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther.com · 3d ago

“The WNBA will not institute a league-wide ban on Freedom, according to a source with knowledge of the decision.” They are trying to lose me and it’s going to work the way this is going.

Rhianna Pollicina has departed Melbourne Victory’s #ALW squad. I anticipate Sofia Sakalis & Jess Young will too. Earlier today, I wrote about some of the U23 players ready to step up impetusfootball.org/2026/08/25/n...

NPLW VIC R25: Box Hill in the box seat, Victory have a season to be proud of

By Kieran Yap 26/8/26 Above: Melbourne Victory’s NPLW squad. Photo: Passion Creations The premiership is going down to the final day, Boroondara secure finals football, and Maja wins another …

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One of the odd quirks of Australian women’s football is two clubs both farewelling a player, who was only actually contracted and playing for one of them (the non ALW here) at the time of the transfer. Similarity, Perth farewelled Grace Johnston, but Keilor Park was the club she was departing

Hoban has joined Sport Clube União Torreense in Portugal

Kieran Yap@kieranyap.bsky.social · 6d ago

Sophie Hoban leaving the Newcastle Jets and the #ALW to move to a “European Champions League team.” Underrated player but this is still a surprise move. She should do well and will be hard to replace

Jessica Nash has returned to the #ALW on a 2-year deal with Melbourne City. Captain Nash is still only 21 and has her best football ahead of her. She’ll give City a real boost in their Champions League ambitions and hopefully the move back doesn’t stall her progression into a regular Matilda.

Romans:

Lyndsay@lyndzaroo.bsky.social · 5d ago

Someone get on the end of a cross I dare you

Sophie Hoban leaving the Newcastle Jets and the #ALW to move to a “European Champions League team.” Underrated player but this is still a surprise move. She should do well and will be hard to replace

Ash Miller joined Brooklyn FC in July. It seems Brisbane Roar just noticed.

Kiera Meyers goals and assists for Bentleigh Greens in the VIC NPLW. I believe she’ll be back at Roar this season, but in any case, she looks set for a big #ALW campaign

Kahli Johnson time! The #Matildas forward scored Calgary Wild’s opening goal in a 4-3 win over Ottawa

Melina Ayres has signed for Melbourne City in the #ALW. Her arrival will also help get the most out of Vine. A deadly finisher who is also excellent at holding the ball up and playing in wingers

wosovictoria.substack.com/p/what-weste... A lot has been said about the obvious things that went wrong at Western United, but as a #ALW side, the players & staff did a lot right.

What Western United did right

A look back at what Western United achieved for Victorian women's football

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Tameka Yallop has joined Wellington Phoenix, Cortnee Vine has signed with Melbourne City and Macey Fraser told a fashion magazine she was retiring but then said she was just joking on Twitter in a busy day of #ALW drama.

Sydney FC’s #ALW protects for this season are slim until they announce some players, but if Sarah Hunter had her mojo back, it will go a long way to improving the season’s outlook

Currently, Poppy O’Keeffe is the most effective passing midfielder in the VIC NPLW with 85% accuracy playing in the centre of the pitch. In a team that’s pressed She excels where Victory struggled in the A-League W last season. Moving the ball between defence and attack quickly.

Ideally, they should have had these plans in place before a home World Cup and before unbundling Danny Townsend’s early bluster about making this a top five league in the world was just shit to say on podcasts

Brisbane Roar’s new #ALW coach is Victory assistant and former Heidelberg United boss Johno Clemente. Here is my interview with him from 2024 if anyone wants to know more about the new boss impetusfootball.org/2024/09/03/j...

Mariner’s Womens team has new owners! This is good news, but TSG “chose to” is the wrong way to describe TSG’s actions. They were ALLOWED to by APL, who tacitly set a dangerous precedent for women’s football . It should never have happened this way

If this is accurate it’s embarrassing and disgraceful. The sport already struggles to attract government funding, and that’s made even harder by the reality of private ownership. Then they blatantly misuse it? www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...

The football club that used taxpayer grant for coach and player wages, wine and pub meals

Financial documents reveal Macarthur FC spent hundreds of thousands of dollars intended for school sports clinics on commercial expenses, executive-linked companies and hospitality.

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Victory’s replacement for Rachel Lowe is already in the squad. Saveska needs to be given the keys the same way Chids and Kyra were before her.

And here we go - #FCTokyo have signed a partnership with Australian meat pie brand Four'N Twenty, whose logo will appear on players' shorts from this season. #jleague

They may be slow, but it is beginning to look like they are a darn sight less slow than the A-Leagues

Peter (Wry T) Wright@wrt-t.bsky.social · 4w ago

The penny has finally dropped at AFL House. It was a mistake to copy the men #SportsGov They are the three most marketable players in AFLW right now and the league is leaning into their social media fame. Australian Rules Football www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/th...

Grace Maher goes into turbo mode and then passes over the Heidelberg defence with her non-preferred right foot to set up Maggie Jenkins for Essendon in the Nike FC Cup Final

Straight to the nuclear option. This is scary for the Women’s World Cup, (and I do wonder if they would’ve made the same call so readily ahead of a men’s tournament) but this also might be the quickest way to get things resolved in time for the Brazil.

The #Matildas are scheduled to play Germany on October 9 at 5:30am AUS time. We don’t ever win against them, so I think this is a good opportunity to try out some of our younger Euro based players (Nash, Galic, Gomez) and just see if anyone distinguishes themselves

Dani Galic stared and scored for Vittsjö GIK in a 1-0 win over Courtney Nevin and Amy Sayer’s Malmö FF (they both started too)

Calling all Victory dub fans. The club has published a fan engagement report, and we'd love to get your feedback on it in relation to the dub fan experience. Select the link below and drop us a line either via here, Instagram, or victoryvikings19@gmail.com melbournevictory.com.au/news/victory...

Victory publishes inaugural Fan Engagement Report

Melbourne Victory is pleased to share the Club’s inaugural Fan Engagement Report.  The Report documents how the Club met its commitment to Members and fans last season, reviewing how the Victory famil...

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Bryleeh Henry scored for Rosengård in a friendly against Norwegian club Stabæk.