Matildas win..just
And now everyone flies back and gets ready to travel to their various W-League openers and then many will head for the Under 20 World Cup Qualifiers in Malaysia in a couple of weeks...never stops does it!
FFA Release below
The Westfield Matildas have triumphed in a tense Final of the ASEAN Football Federation Women's Championships held in Ho Chi Minh City, with a 0-1 defeat over host nation, Vietnam.
The Westfield Matildas are the second Australian team to win an ASEAN Championship in ten days, with the Qantas Young Socceros defeating Korea in the men's U19 Championship earlier in the month.
"I thought we were well in control for most of the game," said Westfield Matildas coach, Tom Sermanni.
"But all credit to the Vietnam team. They had numbers behind the ball, defended well and were lively on the counter attack.
"They certainly kept Lydia (Williams - the goalkeeper) busy."
The only goal of the game came in the 80th minute with an own goal scored off a corner.
"Despite the tactics of the opposition, I was pleased with the way we kept our shape and our cool," Sermanni said.
"We're delighted to have the win in what is an important regional tournament!"
The Westfield Matildas return to Australia tomorrow and will go straight into preparation for the kick-off this weekend of the Westfield W-League, the new national league for women.
The Westfield W-League was launched earlier this evening in Sydney and described by Football Federation Australia (FFA) CEO, Ben Buckley, as an "exciting new era" for women's sport and women's football.
The next international outing for many of the squad in tonight's game will be with the Westfield Young Matildas (U20) who travel to Kuala Lumpur to participate in Asian Football Confederation qualifiers for the FIFA Women's U20 World Cup.
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Match Details
AFF Women's Championship 2008 - FINAL
20 October
Vietnam v Australia
Thanh Long Sports Complex, Vietnam
6.00pm local, 10.00pm AEDT
(Please note that not all details are available at the time of distribution)
VIETNAM, 0 - AUSTRALIA, 1 og (80')
STARTING LINE-UP: Lydia Williams (gk), Kim Carroll (c), Brooke Spence, Lyndsay Glohe, Ashleigh Sykes, Christine Walters (Victoria Balomenos 46'), Ella Mastrantonio, Yesim Servet Uzunlar (Renee Rollason 80' approx), Lauren Colthorpe, Tameka Butt, Jenna Tristram (Leena Khamis 56')
SUBS NOT USED: Renee Rollason, Melissa Barbieri (gk)
UNAVAILABLE: Elise Kellond-Knight (injured), Clare Polkinghorne (suspended), Amy Chapman (suspended)
4 comments:
The U20s leave this weekend for Kuala Lumpar for their tournament. They will miss round 2 of the W Leage, but are leaving after round 1 directly from their venues to Malaysia for two weeks. Not "in a couple of weeks".
Well done ladies great result. You local girls have done us proud. Good luck to all for the first round of the W-league and good luck to those departing Canberra for KL.
Hoe good are our locals.
Well done ladies, good result even the way it came. Hope all have a great opening round in the league.
Young Matilda's will have a tough tour, hope they can come together as one and repeat the Matilda's great performance of the last 15 days. All the best. Go Canberra United!
Well done, lydia, chaps, ashleigh and chrissy. Come home safe and make Canberra United proud.
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