Going pro: why the future of the W-League requires outside the box thinking

Posted on March 23, 2021March 23, 2021

With the 2023 Women’s World Cup on the horizon and on home soil, Marissa Lordanic explores the challenges facing the W-League on the road to professionalisation.

Matildas Abroad

By Alison Smirnoff Posted in Football

Posted on July 21, 2020July 23, 2020

Ever since Australia and New Zealand secured the 2023 Women’s World Cup hosting rights, there has been a flurry of Matildas signing with European clubs.

Securing the Women’s World Cup: Emotions running high

By Siren Posted in Football Women in Sport Media

Posted on June 30, 2020January 17, 2021

Angela Christian-Wilkes during the #GetOnside campaign that launched the Australia/New Zealand Women's World Cup bid. Image: Ann Odong

By Angela Christian-Wilkes In the wee hours of Friday morning, FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced that Australia and New Zealand will host the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Emotions are still running high. But in the months leading up to the announcement, the bid occupied a grey and shapeless space in my mind—a football fog, …