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The sunniest of personalities, the last warrior at the defensive gates and an eternal team DJ, Australia goalkeeper Lydia Williams has been at the heart of the anthem-worthy moments for the Matildas in recent times, adding a few more notes of nostalgia to her life’s playlist. Read more →
Australia midfielder Chloe Logarzo would love to be the archetypal dependable player for her team, although with a first shot at European football with Sweden’s Eskilstuna United DFF just the latest new entry in the Olympian’s ever-developing picture, predictability is generally becoming all the more unrecognisable to the 21-year-old. Read more →
Photo: Ann Odong / The Women’s Game
Australia midfielder Tameka Butt has featured at the World Cup as well as taking her club career to the US and Germany, and the W-League Grand Final regular has a clear idea of how she and her Brisbane Roar teammates could step up to the big occasion away from the field. Read more →
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The last notes of Westfield Matildas striker Sarah Walsh’s career have now played out, and with her place alongside the elite of women’s football in Australia beyond dispute she is finding there are new depths to herself to be explored. Read more →
Striker Racheal Quigley is a known quantity back home in the W-League thanks to five years with Adelaide United and there has been a meeting of shared ambitions as the 22-year-old became part of the opening chapter of the exciting and rapidly progressive Women’s Premier Soccer League team, the Kansas City Shock. Read more →
Beyond the dance-move celebrations and the headphone-clad player stepping off the team bus, lies a whole world connecting football and music. Beats & Rhymes FC tells the stories of how a song lights the fuse on match day, how bands and artists colourise a player's life outside the game, and how music itself can bond an entire team.
The nostalgia of a first album, the weakness in the knees before an initiation song, or even those who've swapped the stadium for the studio. Since 2011, the performers and the personalities from all around the men's and women's game have stepped into this arena to share their soundtrack and more. The features also cover career talk, the teammates, the memories and the lessons learned from a life in this magical game.
