Matildas, Young Matildas and women's football related stuff. 
(Probably should have it's own dedicated thread. Will try and update it from time to time.)

Official sites: 
https://matildas.footballaustralia.com.au/
https://matildas.footballaustralia.com.au/young-matildas-news

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/TheMatildas - @matildas
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/matildas/

Other sites:
http://thewomensgame.com/category/matildas/young-matildas-u17s/

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Qualifying tournament for FIFA under-20s Women's World Cup.

Match tonight:  16.10.2017.  Game at 6pm vs South Korea.  Stream here. 

https://matildas.footballaustralia.com.au/news/watch-westfield-young-matildas-v-korea-republic

Top 3 qualify for next years World Cup in France.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_AFC_U-19_Women%27s_Championship

These teams involved.

Japan2015
North Korea
South Korea
China PR
Australia
Uzbekistan
Thailand
Vietnam
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Upcoming Matildas matches.

Matildas v China

Wednesday 22 November: AAMI Park, Melbourne: Kick Off 7:30PM AEDT
Sunday 26 November: Simonds Stadium, Geelong: Kick Off 4:30PM AEDT

Tickets here:  https://matildas.footballaustralia.com.au/tickets

https://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/ffas-rebel-sell-475493

Rebel will also be the naming rights partner for the Football Federation Australia's Play Football campaign and Female Football week during the long-term deal.

FFA CEO David Gallop welcomed rebel and their parent company Super Retail Group, and hailed the deal as a landmark moment for football.

So what are our chances to make it out of the group??

Japan and South Korea both tend to have strong women's teams too.

I had quick look at our qualification stage but they were both one sided contests for Australia so don't say much (other than weak opposition). I saw North Korea flogged Thailand 9-0 ... ouch!

Not really across the young Matildas but we have Japan and South Korea in our group which could prove problematic going by senior football pedigrees.

From what I can make out the 2 finalists go through and 3rd place to France.

Next Match: Young Matildas AFC U19 Qualifiers.

19 October 2017
19:00 - Australia v Japan

(That time may be local time).

Bump.  Game tonight.  

A win or a draw here should put us through.  Assuming a win in the last game against Vietnam.  (Japan pined them 8 nil in the first match.)

Honors for the Matildas and Sam Kerr:

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/matildas-star-sam-kerr-continues-stellar-year-with-another-top-honour-20171018-gz3p0p.html

Vastly overdue thread

U19 Matildas v Japan at 10pm AEST, stream is already up:

South Korea spanked Vietnam 5-0 earlier today, and with Japan playing South Korea in the final round a win against Japan will seal a top two spot.

Dreadful error with a backpass by the Japanese defence and Seimsen makes it 1-0 with one touch for the strike.

Number 11, Torpey has been good, saved our arse after Carpenter mistimed her touch in front of goal and has been getting forward a lot.

How good is our keeper? An absolute gun.

In trouble.   2  - 1 down

Well this turned around badly. I missed all the Japanese goals, but now I see we can't play out through the midfield at all. All one way traffic now.

Wheels have fallen right off unfortunately.   4 - 1 now.

Some ordinary  defending.

Japan have worked out if you pressure the player there's  a fair chance she'll cough it up. 

Much like our senior mens side.

Geez Japan are well organised.  Leave us with no time on the ball and seem to swarm in large numbers around any of our players with the ball.

5 - 1 loss. 

Will have to improve vastly if they make the finals.

Young Matildas 5 - Vitenam 2.

DPR Korea in the semi-final, while Japan take on China in the other semi.

When does the W League start or has it started?  

27th October.

https://www.w-league.com.au/news/westfield-w-league-201718-draw-released
https://www.w-league.com.au/fixtures#!/s2017/r1

Key features of the Westfield W-League 2017/18 Season draw

• Westfield W-League 2017/18 Season will be played over 14 Rounds (54 matches) followed by the Westfield W-League 2018 Finals Series (3 matches)

• Twenty (25) Westfield W-League/Hyundai A-League Double-Header matches (which includes 3 matches scheduled after Hyundai A-League matches)

• Majority of matches scheduled to avoid clashes with Hyundai A-League fixtures (i.e. avoiding market clashes or when the club’s Hyundai A-League team has been scheduled to play)

• Improved kick-off times during peak summer months with majority of matches across the entirety of the Season Draw scheduled to kick-off no earlier than 4pm (local)

• Twenty-seven (27) matches to be seen on FOX SPORTS (including all three Westfield W-League 2018 Finals Series matches) up from 17 (2016/17 season)

• Three (3) broadcast fixtures in Round 1 – including Grand Final re-match between Perth Glory and Melbourne City FC @ nib Stadium on opening match day and Sydney FC v Brisbane Roar FC @ Allianz Stadium

• Majority of Sunday broadcast matches scheduled to kick-off at 4:30 pm (local) during peak summer months, leading in to 7pm kick-offs for Hyundai A-League fixtures (10 of the 12 Sunday broadcast fixtures Westfield W-League / Hyundai A-League Double-Header matches)

• Each club will host at least two home broadcast matches during the Westfield W-League 2017/18 Season

• Alternate market fixtures to expand the reach of the Westfield W-League in selected areas: o Round 6 - Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory @ Cromer Park, Cromer, NSW

• Round 12 - Perth Glory v Canberra United @ Hay Park, Bunbury, WA

• Round 14 - Sydney FC v Western Sydney Wanderers FC @ Seymour Shaw Park, Miranda, NSW

• Westfield W-League 2018 Finals Series scheduled as stand-alone matches which coincides with Hyundai A-League Split Round 20

• The Westfield W-League 2018 Semi Finals will be played on Sunday 11 February with the Westfield W-League 2018 Grand Final scheduled for Sunday 18 February.

https://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/sbs-seal-rights-for-w-league-and-matildas-matches-475944

SBS have secured the rights to broadcast the upcoming W-League season as well as Matildas games in a huge coup for women's football in Australia.

Member since 2008.

Those changes for the W-League fixturing seem positive.

AFC U19 Semi Final against North Korea is at 6pm AEST tomorrow, Japan v China afterwards. A win (or a win in the 3rd place playoff) gets them through to the U20 World Cup.

North Korea are current U20 and U17 world champions.

Hopefully we have can at least one youth team at a world cup.  Haven't been any of those for a while.  

I'd say we are lucky to be in the final as it is ... we were second best against South Korea for most the match, some last ditch goal keeping heroics and the cross bar saved us (and a non-call by the ref after our keeper rugby tackled a Korean striker).

North Korea won all their group matches without conceding a goal (9-0, 2-0 and 2-0). Going to be a tough struggle for our girls ... best of luck.

Agree 100% on your assessment Sokorny.

Based on performances to date I'd say Nth Korea / Japan final with us in a 3rd place playoff with China.

Need Chidiac to fire, (hat trick in the last game), Carpenter playing her best and the GK to have another good game.

Japan basically tore us a new one.  Need a waaay better performance this time out.