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The team's official nickname is "the Matildas" (from the Australian folk song "'Waltzing Matilda"; officially known as the CommBank Matildas for sponsorship reasons [2]); they were known as the "Female Socceroos" before 1995. [3] Australia is a three-time OFC champion, one-time AFC champion and one-time AFF champion.
Arnold kept a tournament-high four clean sheets during the Matildas’ run to the semifinals of last year’s Women’s World Cup, which was co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
Usually playing with older girls and boys, at the age of 13, she started at FFV NTC and a year later trialled for the Mini Matildas. [3] Cooney-Cross attended Ballarat High School as well as Surf Coast Secondary College in Torquay, Victoria before dropping out to pursue her dream of soccer.
The Sydney Opera House lit up in support of the Matildas on 7 August, before the Australia vs. Denmark match [1]. In the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, the performance of the Australia women's national soccer team (nicknamed "the Matildas") captivated nationwide attention and had a significant ongoing impact on the perception of women's sport in Australia.
The youngest player ever for the Matildas was 14. [17] The 2023 Women's World Cup was hosted jointly by Australia and New Zealand. The Matildas made it to the semi-final, finishing 4th ahead of France (5th), but behind Spain (1st), England (2nd) and Sweden (3rd). [citation needed] The Young Matildas are Australia's women's national under-20 ...
The Australian women's national under-20 soccer team represents Australia in international women's under-20 soccer.The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Federation Australia (FFA), which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC ...
Foord made her debut for the Australia national team, the Matildas, on 12 May 2011 in a friendly against New Zealand in Gosford. She scored a goal in her debut, as Australia won the match 3–0. [55] At the age of 16, Foord was named to the Matildas squad for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.
The Matildas qualified for the quarter-finals and beat Great Britain before being eliminated in the semi-final with Sweden. In the playoff for the Bronze medal they were beaten by the USA. [26] Arnold is a member of the Matildas 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup squad, goalkeeping for all of Australia's Group B matches.