With a playing group in dire need of rejuvenation,it’s the right call by Football Australia to take its time with the appointment of a full-time successor to Tony Gustavsson.
Football Australia has turned back the clock,appointing the 70-year-old as interim coach while the search continues for Tony Gustavsson’s full-time replacement.
Football Australia CEO James Johnson has thrown his full support behind Graham Arnold after the national team’s horror September window,but a do-or-die moment looms on the horizon.
While Australia’s loss to Bahrain was a surprise,the way they played was sadly not.
At 44,Melissa Barbieri is a veteran of the game,an anomaly in a sport where the median age of retirement for professional female footballers is 26.
Football Australia has sealed a new five-year broadcast deal for the national teams with Paramount Australia - but most of the Matildas’ next two major tournaments will be put behind a paywall.
After parting ways with coach Tony Gustavsson,the federation has some big,philosophical questions it needs to answer before it embarks on a search for his successor.
Tony Gustavsson and Football Australia have agreed there will be no new contract after the Swede’s previous deal expired with the team’s elimination from Paris 2024.
Australia’s chef de mission Anna Meares says every effort is being made to get the Matildas their luggage and equipment left behind after a private flight to France.
Hopes of a 10 to 12-team home-and-away competition kicking off in 2025 hinge on the outcome of an FA board meeting on Thursday.
A longstanding dispute within the women’s soccer community in Australia has erupted after a decision which strips Julie Dolan of her status as the Matildas’ first captain.