Chrissy Walters: Our latest Matildas

And the "Dubbo Dasher" Ashleigh Sykes is called up too, well that's nearly Canberra...at a short dash.

Great to see a player from Regional New South Wales make the breakthrough and good to see another Canberran in the full squad.

Amy Chapman and Lydia Williams are the other Canberra United players in the squad.

Full release below.

Westfield Matildas coach, Tom Sermanni, has named 18 players for the upcoming ASEAN Women’s Football Championships to be held in Ho Chi Minh City, from 9-21 October.

The squad includes experienced campaigners as well as some of the up-and-coming younger players who recently participated in the international friendly matches against China.

"What is pleasing about the squad is that it highlights just how much talent we have in women's football in Australia," said Sermanni.

"This tournament gives the next generation of players coming through for the Matildas the opportunity to gain some valuable international match experience, as well as step up to the next level."

Sermanni said that it was an exciting time for women's football in Australia with the Westfield W-League set to kick-off soon after the end of the ASEAN Championship on Friday 24 October.

The Westfield Matildas will meet Thailand, the Philippines and Singapore in their group matches. They depart for Vietnam on Monday.

Westfield Matildas Squad


NameHome CityPosition
Victoria BALOMENOSAdelaideForward
Melissa BARBIERIMelbourneGoalkeeper
Tameka BUTTGold CoastMidfielder
Kim CARROLLBrisbaneDefender
Amy CHAPMANCanberraMidfielder
Lauren COLTHORPEBrisbaneMidfielder
Lyndsay GLOHESydneyDefender
Elise KELLOND-KNIGHTBrisbaneMidfielder
Leena KHAMISSydneyForward
Ella MASTRANTONIOPerthMidfielder
Clare POLKINGHORNEBrisbaneDefender
Renee ROLLASONSydneyMidfielder
Brooke SPENCEBrisbaneDefender
Ashleigh SYKESDubboForward
Jenna TRISTRAMBrisbaneForward
Yesim Servet UZUNLARSydneyMidfielder
Christine WALTERSCanberraDefender
Lydia WILLIAMSCanberraGoalkeeper




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Match Details

ASEAN Women’s Football Championships 2008

9 October
Thailand v Westfield Matildas,
Than Long Sports Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Local kick off - 3.30pm (7.30pm AEDT)

11 October
Philippines v Westfield Matildas
Than Long Sports Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Local kick off time 5.45pm (9.45pm AEDT)

13 October
Singapore v Westfield Matildas
Than Long Sports Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Local kick off time 5.45pm (9.45pm AEDT)

18 October
Semi finals
Than Long Sports Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Local kick off time 3.30pm and 5.45pm (7.30pm and 9.45pm AEDT)

20 October
3/4 playoff
Than Long Sports Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Local kick off time 3.30pm (7.30pm AEDT)

Final
Than Long Sports Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Local kick off time 5.45pm (9.45pm AEDT)

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Canberrans star in Young Matildas wins

Chrissy Walters played for the Young Matildas, most of whom are Under 18 against a China Under 20 side about to play at the World Cup.

China are a powerhouse in women's football but Australia won 2-1 on Saturday with a standout performance from Canberran Bronywn Studman, according to Coach Alen Stajic and 2-0 tonight.

Full report below. The team now head to Malaysia next month for the pre-Asia Cup Qualifiers.

Ante Juric will step into coach Sydney FC W-League side when Sydney's Head Coach Alen Stajic is away with the Young Matildas.


Westfield Young Matildas have successfully defeated China U20, 2-0, during the international friendly match in Canberra today.

The Westfield ‘Promising Matildas’ defeated China U20 2-1 on Thursday, while the Westfield Young Matildas also defeated their Chinese counterparts, 2-1, in Canberra on Saturday as well as this afternoon.

In today’s match, Tameka Butt opened the scoring in the 15 minute while Samantha Kerr secured the Young Matildas’ second goal in the 76th minute.

“This is another pleasing result, but possibly the most pleasing aspect is that there is still room for improvement,” said Westfield Young Matildas Coach, Alen Stajcic.

“Our defence held well when under pressure and the effort in both games was fantastic.

“For a lot of players these games were their first internationals.

This experience lays a good foundation, both technically and tactically,” said Stajcic

Many of the Westfield Young Matildas players will be in contention to participate in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U19 Championships to be held in Kuala Lumpur in October/November.

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Match Details

29 September 2008
AIS, Canberra

Australia U20, 2 (Tameka Butt 15’, Samantha Kerr 76’) - China U20, 0
Referee Chris Young

Westfield Young Matildas line-up. Samantha WOOD, Emily VAN EGMOND, Marianna TABAIN, Teresa POLIAS, Tameka BUTT, Angela FIMMANO, Alesha CLIFFORD, Kyah SIMON, Casey DUMONT (gk), Christine WALTERS, Elise KELLOND-KNIGHT.

Substitutes. Sian MCLAREN (gk), Ashleigh SYKES, Nicole SYKES, Samantha KERR, Linda O'NEILL, Sophie HOGBEN, Ella MASTRANTONIO, Karina ROWETH, Samantha SPACKMAN, Jessica SEAMAN, Ruth BLACKBURN, Nikki DIETER (gk), Rachel QUIGLEY.

China U20 starting line-up. Xiaohui CHI, Linglung WANG, Xiaoging RUAN, Dongyang LI, Wei ZLUI, Rui ZHANG, Wenjia XU, Jun MA, Xinzhi WENG, Yasha GU, Jiahui LOU.

Substitutes. Fengyue PANG, Xiulan ZENG, Shukun LIU, Liu LI, Zixiang MA, Shanghon QU, Yue ZHOWG, Peng HAN, Yahui YU.

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