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EXCLUSIVE: The women’s A-League is set to kick off this September/October according to sources at tonight’s Matildas documentary premiere in Sydney.
It’s said a major sponsor has been found by FFA and the league will kick off just after the men’s A-League and national youth league campaigns begins.
It’s yet to be decided if the women’s teams would be A-League or state-based, however it’s hoped the league will take the women’s game to a new level. That’s something the players hope will happen.
“Everyone I talk to says they’d like to see a women’s A-League game before the men to give that variety to the fans and more value for those who have season tickets,” Matildas midfielder Jo Peters told au.fourfourtwo.com.
“We’re in desperate need of it. It’ll help our development as a football country. We got to the quarter finals without having a national league - imagine how good we could be if the league kicked off.”
A number of Matildas and coach Tom Sermanni appeared last night at the premiere of a documentary about the side in the lead up to and during September’s World Cup.
The programme was warmly received by a packed house at a Darlinghurst cinema and will air on SBS TV in the coming months.
In other news, it’s understood that Thailand will host the Women’s Asian Cup, which will kick off late May.
“It’ll be interesting to see how we go in the Asian Cup with that extra expectation on our backs after the World Cup,” Matildas striker Sarah Walsh told au.fourfourtwo.com.
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