The Green and Gold Army Blog

Adam Taggart made his return from injury in Japan, while there’s some major transfer news involving Awer Mabil, Aziz Behich, Tom Rogic and Trent Sainsbury, plus an injury update on Harry Souttar.

Alex Chidiac’s availability for the upcoming Matildas matches is in doubt after sustaining an injury in the National Women’s Soccer League over the weekend.

The Socceroos have qualified for a fifth straight World Cup, edging Peru 5-4 on penalties after a 0-0 draw with substitute goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne the hero in a dramatic penalty shoot-out triumph.

Sam Kerr was crowned the PFA Players’ Player of the Year following her extraordinary season in the Women’s Super League with Chelsea.

It’s crunch time. For all the talk about Peru, the Socceroos must first get past UAE in the AFC World Cup playoff from 4am AEST Wednesday in Doha. You may recall it was UAE who knocked Australia out of the 2019 Asian Cup so this won’t be easy.

Courtney Nevin made it two goals in two games with the opener as Hammarby won 2-0 over AIK in the Swedish Damallsvenskan on Sunday.

Ellie Carpenter was sidelined due to her ACL injury as Olympique Lyon clinched the French Feminine Division 1 title with a 1-0 win at Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday.

Adam Taggart scored his second goal in three games as Cerezo Osaka won 2-0 over Shonan Bellmare in the Japanese J.League on Sunday.

Ellie Carpenter was forced off with injury but whole-heartedly joined the celebrations as Olympique Lyon were crowned European champions with a 3-1 victory over Barcelona in Saturday’s final.

Adam Taggart netted his first goal since October last year as Cerezo Osaka won the derby 3-1 over Gamba Osaka in the Japanese J.League on Saturday.