A huge week of Australian football as Socceroos make moves overseas, Aussies return to action across Europe and Asia, and the Australia Cup delivers plenty of drama.
We cover Jackson Irvine’s move to Cerezo Osaka, Emily Van Egmond joining Charlton and Massimo Luongo re-signing with Millwall, plus Australian performances across England, Scotland, Germany, Japan, the USA and more.
Transfers
Jackson Irvine joins Cerezo Osaka, becoming the seventh Australian in the J League.
Emily Van Egmond joins Charlton.
Massimo Luongo re-signs with Millwall.
Aussies Abroad
England
Mo Toure picked up where he left off with Norwich, scoring a spectacular early goal and assisting another in a 4-1 League Cup win over MK Dons.
Harry Souttar, Alex Robertson and Cam Burgess all played 90 minutes, while Thomas Waddingham suffered an ankle injury after coming off the bench for Portsmouth.
Scotland
Motherwell's Australians Jake Girdwood-Reich and Oscar Priestman featured in their 1-1 Conference League draw with HJK, while Johnny Koutroumbis also came off the bench.
Martin Boyle and Ante Suto featured for Hibernian in Europe, while Cam Devlin played for Rangers.
Jacob Chapman saved a penalty and kept a clean sheet as St Mirren beat St Johnstone 1-0 to move top of the Scottish league.
Europe
Marco Tilio continues to build minutes for Rapid Wien, while Jed Drew featured for Hartberg.
Josh Nisbet played 90 minutes for Roda JC, Marcus Younis started for Brøndby and Gianni Stensness played the full match in Viking's 2-1 win.
Daniel Arzani featured for Ferencváros, while Garang Kuol completed 90 minutes for Sparta Prague — only his third full game since December.
Hayley Raso scored for Eintracht Frankfurt in an 8-0 Champions League qualifying win before featuring again in their 2-0 victory over Malmö, with Courtney Nevin and Amy Sayer starting for the Swedish side.
Izzy Gomez, Remy Siemsen and Bryleeh Henry all started for Rosengård, while Yaya Dukuly featured in Slovenia.
USA & NWSL
Archie Goodwin scored for Charlotte FC, Alex Bonetig played 90 minutes for Portland Timbers and Sam Kerr played the full game as Gotham FC beat San Diego Wave 1-0 to remain top of the NWSL.
Japan & Asia
Mitch Duke and Tete Yengi both scored as Machida thrashed their opponents 5-1.
Dan Hall started for JEF United Chiba in a 3-0 defeat, while John Aloisi's Chengdu Rongcheng remain top of China despite a 1-0 loss.
Australia Cup
Melbourne Victory survived a dramatic shootout against Western Sydney Wanderers.
Harry Sawyer opened the scoring in extra time before Nicolas Milanovic's stunning free-kick levelled the game. Jack Duncan then became the hero, saving penalties from Dylan Scicluna, Awan Lual and Alex Gersbach to send Victory into the quarter-finals.
Brisbane Roar 2-4 Sydney FC
Sydney FC are also through to the Australia Cup quarter-finals after a six-goal thriller against Brisbane Roar.
The Sky Blues raced to a 3-0 lead through Takahiro Sekine, Ben Garuccio and Tiago Quintal before Jordan Lauton pulled one back just before half-time. An Alex Popovic own goal made it 3-2, but Gabriel Popovic sealed Sydney's 4-2 win in stoppage time after an Al Hassan Toure assist.
Australian Football News
The APL and PFA collective bargaining agreement process continues.
New ownership news for the Central Coast Mariners women.
Brisbane Roar appoint 27-year-old Jonathan Clemente, the youngest-ever coach in the Ninja A-League.
We also discuss the latest Australian National Championship developments.
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