Co-hosts Australia will play their opening game of next month's Women's World Cup in front of a full house, a senior FIFA official told AFP Tuesday.Dave Beeche, chief executive of the Women's World Cup, said the Matildas' opener against Ireland on July 20 has sold out at Sydney's Stadium Australia, which can hold around 80,000 fans.
Now that Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis has completed the difficult task of selecting her 23-woman team to travel to the World Cup, we must hope our girls can do the country proud in Australia and New Zealand next month.
Ireland’s goalscoring hero Amber Barrett has hit the target again – but this time on the corporate front, rather than on the field of play. The Irish international striker has signed a brand partnership with Irish healthcare firm Uniphar.
Canada captain Christine Sinclair says she's confident the Canadian women's national team will come to a last-minute pay agreement with its federation before the players depart for the Women's World Cup. “It's not going to be some long-term deal, but it will at least cover this year,” said Sinclair, who characterized the agreement as imminent before the team departs for Australia on Monday for a pre-World Cup camp. Both the men's and women's national teams have been negotiating new contracts with Canada Soccer for more than a year.