Michelle Heyman top-scored with four goals as Australia sent the Uzbeks packing in Melbourne to book a place at the Olympics.
The lack of something tangible to show for their historic achievements weighs particularly heavily on a core group of this golden generation now aged 30 and over.
From the Sunshine Coast to Alice Springs and Ballarat,Torquay,Sydney,Melbourne,Sweden and England,Australia’s midfield dynamo is nothing if not adaptable.
Pink and her daughter,Willow,were the first people in the world to get their hands on a shirt that was impossible to buy last year.
The unexpected re-emergence of Michelle Heyman has given Tony Gustavsson a selection headache as he considers his 18-player Olympic squad with qualification all but secured.
After being frustrated for more than an hour,Australia hit three late goals against Uzbekistan to take a decisive lead back to Melbourne for the second leg of their Olympic qualifier.
Australia suffered through a tense first half to thump Uzbekistan in Tashkent,effectively (but not quite officially) sealing qualification for the Paris Olympics.
Tony Gustavsson’s side play the first leg of their Olympic qualifier against Uzbekistan in Tashkent on Saturday night. We take a look at the biggest questions surrounding the team.
The documentary on Australia’s World Cup debacle is car-crash TV,but one scene should have veered from fly-on-the-wall to scripted film.
We take a look at past recipients of football’s most prestigious international award to see what they were doing at Fowler’s age.
Defence wins you titles,and Australia can count on Steph Catley,Alanna Kennedy,Clare Hunt and Ellie Carpenter in the Olympic qualifiers against Uzbekistan.