Hailing from Perth, Lizzy Claydon made 26 appearances for Australia (16 A internationals) and netted 6 goals. She played in the 1995 World Cup, hosted by Sweden, before hanging up her boots the following year.

Read More: Lizzy Claydon's Unique Place in Matildas' History

• The Best FIFA Football Awards Final nominees were announced with Sam Kerr, Jenni Hermoso and Alexia Putellas

• 21 players have been confirmed as part of the squad, with four more players joining them for a pre-tournament camp in Dubai - two of those players will be added to the final squad
• Australia's first game is against Indonesia on Friday 21 January 
• Katrina Gorry declined her callup
• Aivi Luik selected after coming back from international retirement
• Taylor Ray was going to be selected but she currently has COVID
• The list of match officials includes Australian referees Casey Reibelt, Lara Lee and Kate Jacewicz, while Joanna Charaktis has been announced as an Assistant Referee
• Could the Matildas be heading to Algarve?
• Appeared in 1999 (5th), 2017 (4th) and 2018 (4th)

• Shout out for Steffen's Imports article. Read it!
• Discussion on games from rounds 3 and 6

• Listen in for our discussion on all the Aussies in the FAWSL

• Neil - what a week it's been for Cortnee Vine! Her first Matildas squad callup, a goal, an assist and an outrageous nutmeg on a defender whose identity we shall protect
• Eric - Irish international Leanne Kiernan scored a six minute hat trick in Liverpool's 6-0 win over Blackburn Rovers
• Maj - Wini Heatley scored her first Melbourne City goal and was also named in the Matildas squad
• Steffen - Karly Roestbakken, for making the latest Matildas squad as she continues her comeback from injury
• Cheryl - 1) Emma Checker, we love seeing defenders score, and 2) Tony Gustavsson for agreeing to be interviewed and being so generous with his time

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Our first podcast for 2022 - "Mini New Year" in honour of Katrina "Mini" Gorry - our player of the week! There's not a lot of international football happening at the moment so it's on to the Dub we go with Eric, Maj, Steffen and Cheryl. 

Trena Youngblutt debuted in 1994, one of seven Matildas to do so. She made 13 appearances.

• Covid again - A-Leagues providing some clarity on how they will manage

• Asian Cup is just 18 days away

• R5 Wellington Phoenix 0-5 Sydney FC
• R4 Adelaide United 4-2 Perth Glory
• R5 Wanderers v Canberra United POSTPONED
• R5 Victory 2-4 Brisbane
• R5 Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets POSTPONED
• Kyra Cooney-Cross vs Sarah Carroll tackle? (Red vs Yellow)
• Signings: Season 14 squad page

Regular recent Golden Boot Brittany Palombi and midfield engine Krista Hagen have re-signed for Canberra Croatia (Dec 23 and 26 announcements). Welcome news for the team given Grace Gill is making noises of not pulling on the boots in 2022.

• Steffen - Wellington Phoenix captain Lily Alfeld is surely the best keeper in the Dub right now. The Nix has been a breath of fresh air in the comp and have shown promise even in defeat. Alfeld impresses with her leadership and all could see in her post-match interview last week the passion she has for the team.
• Eric - Mackenzie Hawkesby had the best possible homecoming on Thursday, scoring a first half hat trick in Sydney FC's 5-0 win over Wellington in Wollongong. Hawkesby went to school almost next door to WIN Stadium, at St Mary Star of the Sea College.
• Cheryl - Melissa Maizels made her Melbourne Victory debut and her first A-League Women appearance since the 2017-18 season, when she was playing for Perth
• Maj - Natalie Tathem made her return from an ACL injury and set up Shea Connors' winning goal for Brisbane Roar against Melbourne Victory

• Wellington Phoenix Head Coach Gemma Lewis
• Wellington Phoenix Player - Chloe Knott

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Wainwright was the fifth Matilda (out of 13) to debut in 1994. She played 81 matches for the Matildas (65 A internationals), including appearances at two World Cups (1995, 2003) and two Olympics (2000, 2004).

She was also the vice-captain of the Matildas between 2002 and 2004, and wore the armband for Canberra Eclipse in the Women’s National Soccer League.

Wainwright was inducted into the ACT Sport Hall of Fame and the Capital Football Hall of Fame in 2010. An induction into the Football Federation Australia Hall of Fame followed in 2016.

Sacha now works as a General Counsel.

• We're back talking about biennial World Cups again
• Survey says majority of fans in favour
• The Australian Human Rights Commission, the New Zealand Human Rights Commission along with FIFA published a Human Rights Risk Assessment for 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Matildas

• Matildas Asian Cup bolters

• Perth Glory fixture update - they will play six games in the month of January, starting on New Years Day

• Thursday: Canberra United 3-3 Brisbane Roar
• Sunday: Melbourne Victory 1-5 Melbourne City
• Monday: Sydney 0-0 Western Sydney Wanderers
• Monday: Wellington Phoenix 0-1 Newcastle Jets
• Adelaide v Perth has been moved to Saturday January 1

Eric - (provisional) Holly Caspers scored her first A-League Women goal to rescue a point for Canberra against Brisbane

Cheryl - Haven't seen any games, but it has to be Hannah Wilkinson, although it was against Victory so I'm unhappy about that.

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With just a few days until Christmas, the Beyond 90 podcast team of Eric, Cheryl, Steffen and Maj discuss the week in football, plus Eric inadvertently adds a new segment “Fun Facts”.

With just a few days until Christmas, the Beyond 90 podcast team discuss the week in football. Sadly COVID is still impacting the world, and while we see football sometimes as a relief from the challenges, for the players it must be remembered that they're away from family, friends and in somewhat difficult circumstances.  

Salisbury debuted for the Matildas in 1994 and was capped 151 times. She captained the team for seven years, scoring 38 goals (as a defender) before retiring in 2009.

• 2021 FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World 11
• One month until the Asian Cup
• Silver Lake investment in APL (33% $140m)

• Results and signings: Season 14 squad page - Dylan Holmes to Adelaide, Roar sign youngsters Heidi Dennis and Isabella Shuttleworth, Victory sign Francesca Iermano as an injury replacement

• PSV Eindhoven (Amy Harrison) 2-1 ADO Den Haag

(1) Perra Widén on Twitter: "A new agreement has been signed between the national teams for both men and women. This is the first time that a joint agreement has been negotiated. Equal compensation and also specific provisions linked to both insurance for injuries and support of parenthood.👫🎅 https://t.co/BkO5XvKScq" / Twitter

• the Championship group (comprising just 4 teams) commences 26/3/22.
• the Relegation group commences the day after, with 6 teams (including AGF) all starting on zero points.

• Capital Football closes a $22 referee pay gap in Canberra's NPL and NPLW.

Recommended viewing: 'We Were True Pioneers' - How Bayern Munich Changed Women's Football In Germany #WeAllRise - YouTube

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A big week in football with plenty to talk about. A couple of jokers and plenty of Queens of the Week. All the B90 podcast crew (Eric, Dale, Cheryl, Steffen and Maj) get together to spin around the world, plus a chat about Nanako Sasaki's scoop.

Footballer, midfielder, filmmaker!

Denie Pentecost debuted in 1994 and played 25 matches (14 A Internationals) for the Matildas. She competed at the 1994 OFC Women’s Championship and 1995 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Domestically, she played club football for Sydney Olympic.

Post-football, Pentecost directed a short film titled 'Sexy Thing', which was in competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.

• FIFA and UN agency plan global network to tackle sexual abuse in sport
• Rankings 

• January 29th
• Norway: LSK Kvinner FK (Karly Roestbakken) v Denmark: Fortuna Hjørring (Indiah Paige Riley, Clare Wheeler, Angie Beard, Alex Huynh)

See

• Matildas
• BBC Women's Footballer of the Year - Vivianne Miedema
• Ballon d'or
• Dub - including post-match press conference audio from Vicki Linton, Karly Roestbakken, Ante Juric, Cortnee Vine and Ash Wilson

Round 11 cancelled due to omicron related issues.

Empress's Cup (Women's FA Cup) started last weekend and the 2nd round through the semifinals will take place through Jan. 5, with the final on Feb. 27 (thank you Dan Orlowitz).

• Arsenal 0-3 Chelsea (Kirby 3', Kerr 57' 77')

• Sunderland 0-7 Aston Villa (Emily Gielnik)

• France - D1F (10/22)
• Italy - Serie A (10/22)
• Netherlands - Eredivisie (12/18)

Neil - 1) Katrina Gorry played her first game since becoming a mum and was a late replacement, flying all the way across to Perth on the day of the game 2) 16 year old Poppie Hooks made her A-League Women debut against Brisbane, when she was 14 she won WA U23 Player of the Year 3) Morgan Aquino returned to Perth Glory and had a fine game

Maj - 1) Anna Margraf scored her first A-League Women goal 2) Phoenix coach Gemma Lewis led her team to a somewhat unexpected point against the Wanderers

Dale - 1) Ellen White is now England's record goalscorer 2) Alex Epakis, for earning his first Perth Glory win and wearing white pants on a grass surface

Eric - 1) Holly Caspers made her A-League Women debut for Canberra, two years after suffering an ACL injury at the World Uni Games 2) Sydney FC's Cortnee Vine made a triumphant return from injury on Saturday, scoring once and recording two assists against Newcastle 3) Denise O'Sullivan scored a hat trick in the Republic of Ireland's 11-0 win over Georgia

Cheryl - 1) Sam Kerr for her FA Cup Final exploits 2) Kayla Morrison, get well soon 3) new Victory signing Lynn Williams

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Well, that wasn't exactly the result many of us were hoping for, but at the very least we broke a record. Eric saw it all from the media box, Steffen enjoyed a drive from Canberra, Maj watched it with a burger at the pub and Cheryl did a 24-hour trip to Sydney.

Following a three year period without any Matildas debutants, Jackie Hadden made her debut in 1994 against Russia. Jackie played for Blacktown in her pathway to representative football and won the Dana Cup in 1993 (U19).

Jackie played twice for the Matildas (1 A international) and went on to the USA, playing college football for Central Connecticut State University.

• Matildas 0-3 USA
• Dub (ALW) four sleeps until it starts
• (Public) Voting is open for The Best FIFA awards

• (13) Japan 0-2 (16) Iceland
• (18) South Korea 2-1 (23) New Zealand
• (28) Mexico 2-1 (6) Canada

Coming Up

• (4) Netherlands v (13) Japan
• (11) Australia v (1) USA
• (18) South Korea v (23) NZ
• (28) Mexico v (6) Canada

Maj - Tameka Yallop, she was the captain in her 100th game for the Matildas

Eric - Blacktown's own Jessika Nash, the woman who captained Australia at the age of 13 in Kyrgyzstan made her senior Matildas debut on Saturday, hopefully it's the first of many!

Cheryl - The Fans - all 36,109 of you for turning up and supporting the Matildas. Plus a big shoutout to Matildas Active Support ... we could hear you everywhere!

Steffen - Ash Sykes, she's returned to Canberra United and is back to terrorise A-League Women defences

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Molly makes a triumphant return, with Dale, Steffen and Cheryl on board to talk about all things football this week with special guest Catherine Zimmerman.

• Denmark Round (14/14)

• Orlando Pride (Emily van Egmond)
• Washington Spirit 2-1 Chicago Red Stars

Eric - Our own Bella Sewards (from Football Victoria Emerging) is training with Melbourne City!

Cheryl - Jess Fishlock from OL Reign was named as the NWSL MVP. Credit to Fishlock for lifting the professionalism of the game in Australia with Melbourne City (3 seasons, 38 matches, 3 championships). Also shoutout to Jess and Watford's Helen Ward, who were both selected for Wales' upcoming World Cup qualifying matches.

Dale & Zim send shoutouts to Kelley O'Hara and Steffen has to pivot quickly to change his Queen.

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