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Now the dust has settled and the brief coverage of the Matildas in our national media has
disappeared I thought someone should review the campaign.
While it was no doubt, with two wins, the best ever performance by a Matildas team, qualifying for
the Quarter Finals and picking up the best Young Player in the World Cup in Caitlin Foord, one
shouldn't be too harsh in review, perhaps!
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( Bompastor/ Cheney, Wambach, Morgan) 13th July, 2011- Women's World Cup 2011- Semifinal Days after
stunning Brazil, the United States' dream [.
The Houston Dynamo hosted Toronto FC this past Saturday, winning this Eastern Conference match-up
2-0.
Considering the response with which the fan response to the Landon Donovan goal against Algeria was
met last summer during the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals, not surprising that Abby Wambach's more than
last minute goal against Brazil (and Ali Krieger's penalty shot) has received the same treatment.
With the European sides playing in European Club Championships you can see the "professionalism" or
cheating of the players beginning to rise. And of course their football nous, skills and
fitness.
W-League is great - for ten games - but surely it's time for Japan, China, Korea to join with our
top two W-League side in an East Asian Champions League.
Don't tell me the men and womens game is different.
I've watched the Aussies take on Guinea, Norway and Sweden.
The result is the same - hack De Vanna, hack anything that moves - and not a professional referee
to stamp anything out.
The Women's game has sadly come of age!
It's always painful to see your team lose a crucial game, but it hurts more when you concede the
game to the opposition rather than being simply outplayed.
Australia gave so many poor goals away in this tournament - they'll be remembered for that - but
last nights final goal that smashed the World Cup dreams of us all was the worst yet.
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France win 4-3 on penalties.
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France win 4-3 on penalties.
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World Cup Quarter Final - How good is that! School hols and all the girls and boys can watch!
Based on our vast knowledge of football, and having watched many many W-League games, and all of
the Matildas World Cup games me and my mates (they are known as the Canberra bootroom and shall
remain anonymous at this point) have come up with the team to beat Sweden.
Let's not worry about the shape, too much, just get players who can defend and play through
midfield, link up and make some runs in attacking areas.
If we play like that we'll never beat USA conquerors Sweden.
Wily fox Tom Sermanni ditched Emily Van Egmond, left Sally Shipard on the bench and went for a
three pronged attack against previous World Cup winners Norway this morning - a team we'd never
beaten.
The results said it worked.
For most people the Matildas crashed onto the scene with "that nude calender" way back when; but
for the football community it was 2007 when they really made their mark.
Reaching the second stage of the World Cup in China in 2007 on the back of some exhilarating
displays made even those "football is a man's game" take a sideways glance.
Sometimes things in football surprise and delight you.
The performances of Canberra United star Emily Van Egmond, just 17, at the World Cup are doing just
that.
Anyone who watched Van Egmond for Canberra United saw a strong young player time and time again
unable to vary her game from a long, long passing game to something more creative.
Celtic fan Collette McCallum introduced the Celtic anthem to the Matildas side in 2007 and when the
team plays like this Australians can finally say as the song says - we don't care if we win lose or
draw.
Because the Matildas are playing the best football ever seen by a women's Australian side.
We did it!
We finally beat Brazil or at least an Equitorial Guinea side filled with FIVE Brazilians who played
like the Brazil men's side of 1974.
If it moves - hack it!
And the Referee had to be one of the worst displays of reffing ever seen. The decision by the EQ
Brazilian defender to hold the ball in both hands in the area for FOUR seconds has to be seen to be
believed.
Ok I set the alarm and got up for the Matildas game - I'm still on a high from their last World Cup
and with Tom Sermanni changing the whole team - why wouldn't I get up.
I thought we might beat Brazil - more later.
I fell asleep after the game only to wake to see Dylan Tombides getting sent-off for kicking an
opponent - just when Jan's boys seemed to have some pressure on the ballas well - and then Teeboy
gets sent-off - that's what you get when you take a 15 year old to a World Cup - great experience
for him - but he can't go to the next one due to FIFA regulations not his age he's only 15 - so his
30 minutes here he'd better remember.
Tom Sermanni has shocked the Matildas and W-League football followers by leaving out of his
starting eleven in tonights game against Brazil three of the stars from the last World and Asia
Cup.
Lauren Colthorpe
Claire Polkinghorne
Sally Shipard
and Aussie cricketer and footballer Ellyse Perry who burst on to the scene after the last World Cup
- looked a shoe-in for a starting birth - has been overtaken by a 16 year old Caitlin Foord.
Sally Shipard in Germany
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And even the SMH are into it. Lisa De Vanna getting the treatment in the SMH today, yesterday great
piece on Kyah Symon.
Matildas - making real in roads into the Aussie sporting community.
The 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in Germany begins on Sunday June 26 with Nigeria playing
France in Sinsheim and then Germany playing Canada in Berlin. The United States starts play on
Tuesday the 28th against North Korea in Dresden.
As part of its promotion of the World Cup, ESPN posted this video of Hope Solo up on ESPNW.
We're playing Brazil TWICE live on SBS.
Daily highlights from the Women's World Cup and the best U17's take on the World.
Then it's the Under 20's in August.
Check out the kick-off times and schedules here
In a big month for Australian football, the Matildas and Joeys begin their FIFA World Cup
campaigns, while the Young Socceroos prepare for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in July.
FIFA's latest ranking of women's national teams has just been released. As I can't figure out how
the hell FIFA ranks the US Women's National Team #1 and places Nigeria below, say, Scotland, I
figured I should post my own purely intuitive ranking.
My top 15:
1 Germany
2 Canada
3 Brazil
4 USA
5 Nigeria
6 Japan
7 South Korea
8 England
9 Sweden
10 Mexico
11 Australia
12 France
13 Colombia
14 Norway
15 North Korea
Mind you, this is pure polemics.
