CommBank Matildas squad named for 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament | Football Australia
The CommBank Matildas final squad has been named for the Women's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024™ Asian Qualifiers Round 2 (Asian Qualifiers) to take place later this month in Perth, Western Australia.
Australia will start their path to Paris 2024 with Head Coach Tony Gustavsson naming a squad featuring many familiar faces for the training camp and three Asian Qualifiers matches.
Captain and hometown hero Sam Kerr and vice-captain Steph Catley headline the roster of 22 players who will travel to Perth to take on IR Iran (26 October), the Philippines (29 October) and Chinese Taipei (1 November) in Group A action.
Off the back of a historic FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ tournament, the squad features 21 members of the team that captured a nation and claimed fourth place at the global showpiece.
World Cup duo Aivi Luik and Kyah Simon are both unavailable as they return from injury, with U-23 Women’s National Team captain, Amy Sayer, rewarded for her recent strong form in Sweden and with the U-23 Program. Forward Charlize Rule will also travel to Perth with the 20-year-old returning to the senior national team environment for the first time since November 2021 in a train-on / development squad position.
Tony Gustavsson reflected on the return to the pitch for the national team following the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
“It’s hard to believe that by the time we take the field in Perth that it would have been over two months since that exhilarating and unifying month of football in Australia,” Gustavsson said.
“While we have had some time to reflect on the impact of this remarkable team on and off the pitch, the special trait of this group is that they are always looking to embrace the next challenge and that is now
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