Written by Peter Georgaras, Steve Darby, Andre Kruger and Thomas Esamie .
| This marked the year the Australian womens team would go to a World Cup. The bulk of the matches before that little campaign were warm up games but since the information I have is limited this will have to make do. | ||||
| Played : January | Venue : unknown | |||
| Australia Wheeler, Pentecost, Gegenhuber, Forman, Salisbury, Tann, Bartlett, Murray, Hughes, Casagrande, Oakley |
0 | - | 5 | United States of America (lineup unknown) Goals : unknown |
| Referee : unknown Attendance : guess what...unknown Coaches : Tom Sermanni (Australia), (USA) | ||||
| Played : January | Venue : unknown | |||
| Australia Wheeler, Oakley, Gegenhuber, Forman, Salisbury, Tann, Bartlett, Murray, Hughes, Casagrande, Watson Goal : Hughes |
1 | - | 4 | United States of America (lineup unknown) Goals : unknown |
| Referee : unknown Attendance : unknown Coaches : Tom Sermanni (Australia), (USA) | ||||
| Angela Iannotta and Kim Revell came on as substitutes to score their goals, sadly I have no data on who they cam on for nor when. Just incase you were wondering. | ||||
| Played : March 17 | Venue : unknown | |||
| Australia C Nichols, Oakley, Lembryk, Forman, Salisbury, Tann, Bartlett, Murray, Dunne, Pentecost, Jansen Goals : Oakley, Tann, Iannotta, Revell |
4 | - | 0 | New Zealand (lineup unknown) |
| Referee : unknown Attendance : unknown Coaches : Tom Sermanni (Australia), (New Zealand) | ||||
| Played : March 19 | Venue : unknown | |||
| Australia Lofthouse, Cooper, McMurtrie, Starr, Salisbury, Tann, Prouton, Murray, Hughes, Casagrande, Lembryk Goals : Tann, Claydon |
2 | - | 0 | New Zealand (lineup unknown) |
| Referee : unknown Attendance : unknown Coaches : Tom Sermanni (Australia), (New Zealand) | ||||
| Australia were invited to participate in the Uberlandia International Trophy held in Brazil. One source, which I have used, states exact dates in May and the other simply that the games were in April. | ||||
| Played : May 3 | Venue : Uberlande, Brazil | |||
| Australia Lofthouse, Watson, Gegenhuber, Oakley, Salisbury, Tann, Iannotta, Murray, Hughes, Claydon, Jansen Goals : Watson x2, Salisbury, Iannotta, Hughes x2, Claydon |
7 | - | 0 | Argentina lineup unknown |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Tom Sermanni (Australia), (Argentina) | ||||
| Played : May 5 | Venue : Uberlande, Brazil | |||
| Brazil (lineup unknown) Goals : unknown |
3 | - | 0 | Australia Wheeler, Cooper, Gegenhuber, Forman, Salisbury, Tann, Pentecost, Murray, Hughes, Watson, Lembryk |
| Referee : unknown Attendance : unknown Coaches : Tom Sermanni (Australia), (Brazil) | ||||
| Played : May 7 | Venue : Uberlande, Brazil | |||
| Brazil lineup unknown Goals : unknown |
2 | - | 3 | Australia Wheeler, Cooper, Gegenhuber, Oakley, Salisbury, Tann, McMurtrie, Murray, Hughes, Casagrande, Lembryk Goals : Casagrande, Lembryk, Watson |
| Referee : unknown Attendance : unknown Coaches : Tom Sermanni (Australia), (Brazil) | ||||
| Australia then went north in search of games. | ||||
| Played : May 11 | Venue : Vancouver | |||
| Canada (lineup unknown) Goals : unknown |
3 | - | 0 | Australia Wheeler, Cooper, Gegenhuber, Forman, Salisbury, Tann, Bartlett, Murray, Hughes, Casagrande, Lembryk |
| Referee : unknown Attendance : unknown Coaches : Tom Sermanni (Australia), (Canada) | ||||
| This game marked the Matildas 100th ever match. | ||||
| Played : May 13 | Venue : Vancouver | |||
| Canada (lineup unknown) |
0 | - | 3 | Australia C Nichols, Pentecost, Gegenhuber, Forman, Salisbury, Tann, Oakley, Murray, Hughes, Casagrande, Jansen Goals : Forman, Salisbury, Iannotta |
| Referee : unknown Attendance : unknown Coaches : Tom Sermanni (Australia), (Canada) | ||||
| Played : May 17 | Venue : Kilmarnock | |||
| Scotland |
0 | - | 0 | Australia Wheeler, Cooper, Gegenhuber, Wainwright, Salisbury, Tann, McMurtrie, Watson, Hughes, Casagrande, Lembryk |
| Referee : unknown Attendance : unknown Coaches : Tom Sermanni (Australia), (Scotland) | ||||
| This was the final warm up game prior to the World Cup which more or less was the time the team were named the Matildas. Also by now the team knew they had drawn Denmark, China and the USA in their group. This warm up against the host country was a fair indicator of what was going to happen. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : May 27 | Venue : Helsingborg | |||
| Sweden (lineup unknown) Goals : unknown |
5 | - | 0 | Australia C Nichols, Cooper, Gegenhuber, Forman, Salisbury, Tann, McMurtrie, Murray, Casagrande, Pentecost, Iannotta |
| Referee : unknown Attendance : unknown Coaches : Tom Sermanni (Australia), (Sweden) | ||||
| Now that Australia got stuffed 5-0 is a matter of record. However there seems to be some disagreement as to who got sent off. The World Cup records suggest Michelle Watson, but the Australian records (and witnesses at the match) say Sonia Gegenhuber got the boot. I'm hoping the Australians know their players better than the World Cup officials. The other group match ended 3-3. This was a World Cup match. | ||||
| Played : June 6 | Venue : V�steras, Sweden | |||
| Australia Tracey Wheeler, Alison Forman, Anissa Tann-Darby, Sonia Gegenhuber (sent off 45), Sarah Cooper, Michelle Watson, Cheryl Salisbury (Angela Iannotta 57), Julie Murray, Jane Oakley, Lisa Casagrande (Lizzie Claydon 79), Sunni Hughes (Kim Lembryk 57) |
0 | - | 5 | Denmark Dorthe Larsen, Katrine Pederson (Axelsen 78), Kamma Flaeng, Lene Terp, Rikke Holm, Anne Nielsen, Annette Laursen (Bonde 65), Brigit Christensen, Helle Jensen, Gitte Krogh, Lene Madsen (Hansen 63) Goals : Krogh 12, 48, Nilsen 25, Jensen 37, Hansen 86 |
| Referee : Bente Skogvang (NOR) Linesmen : AH Osman J Mohammed (SDN), Tour Mamadou (MLI) Attendance : 1500 Coaches : Tom Sermanni (Australia), (Denmark) | ||||
| Australia managed something here that the Socceroos have never managed. Score in a World Cup Finals match. In the other game the USA beat Denmark 2-0. This was a World Cup match. | ||||
| Played : June 8 | Venue : V�steras, Sweden | |||
| Australia Tracey Wheeler, Jane Oakley, Cheryl Salisbury (Lizzie Claydon 77), Alison Forman, Sarah Cooper, Kim Lembryk (Lisa Casagrande 62), Anissa Tann-Darby, Julie Murray (Denie Pentecost 81), Michelle Watson, Sunni Hughes, Angela Iannotta Goals : Iannotta 25, Hughes 89 |
2 | - | 4 | China Honglian Zhong, Liping Wang, Yunjie Fan, Yang Zhou, Huilin Xie, Yufeng Chen (Wen 69), Ailing Liu, Lihong Zhao, Guihong Shi, Wan Sun, Quingxia Shui (Wei 27) Goals : Zhou 23, Shi 54, 78, Liu 93 |
| Referee : Maria Edilene Siqueira (BRA) Linesmen : Mamadou Tourt (MLI), Mohammed AH Osman (SDN) Attendance : 1500 Coaches : Tom Sermanni (Australia), (China) | ||||
| The adventure ended for the Aussies with another loss to the USA. One of these days...., oh and China beat Denmark 3-1. The Australian goal was scored by Lisa Casagrande though I have seen sources which list a Foudy own goal. This was a World Cup match. | ||||
| Played : June 10 | Venue : Helsingborg, Sweden | |||
| Australia Tracey Wheeler, Sarah Cooper, Alison Forman, Anissa Tann-Darby, Sonia Gegenhuber, Jane Oakley (Sacha Wainwright 82), Julie Murray, Cheryl Salisbury, Angela Iannota, Sunni Hughes, Lisa Casagrande (Lizzie Claydon 68) Goals : Casagrande 66 |
1 | - | 4 | United States of America Saskia Webber, Linda Hamilton, Carla Overbeck, Thori Staples, Holly Manthei (Gabarra 46), Joy Fawcett, Christine Lilly, Tisha Venturini, Tiffeny Milbrett (Keller 78), Mariel Hamm, Amanda Cromwell (Michelle Foudy 61) Goals : Casagrande 54, Fawcett 72, Overbeck 92, Keller 94 |
| Referee : Pirom Un-Prasert (THA) Linesmen : Corinne Langrange (FRA), Jeon Young Hyun (KOR) Attendance : 1105 Coaches : Tom Sermanni (Australia), (USA) | ||||
| Well you have to hand it to these girls, they certainly got about. After the disappointing World Cup, though could the draw have been any tougher?, they travelled to the USA to participate in the US Cup. | ||||
| Played : July 29 | Venue : USA | |||
| Australia C Nichols, Starr, Gegenhuber, Forman, Wainwright, Tann, Lembryk, Murray, Claydon, Casagrande, Pentecost |
0 | - | 2 | Norway (lineup unknown) Goals : unknown |
| Referee : unknown Attendance : unknown Coaches : Tom Sermanni (Australia), (Norway) | ||||
| Played : August 3 | Venue : USA | |||
| Australia C Nichols, McMurtrie, Gegenhuber, Forman, Wainwright, Tann, Lembryk, Murray, Starr, Casagrande, Watson Goals : Iannotta x2 |
2 | - | 4 | United States of America (lineup unknown) Goals : unknown |
| Referee : unknown Attendance : unknown Coaches : Tom Sermanni (Australia), (USA) | ||||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : August 5 | Venue : USA | |||
| Australia C Nichols, Lembryk, Gegenhuber, Forman, Wainwright, Tann, Alagich, Murray, Claydon, Casagrande, Watson Goals : Tann, Casagrande, Pentecost |
3 | - | 2 | Taiwan (lineup unknown) Goals : unknown |
| Referee : unknown Attendance : unknown Coaches : Tom Sermanni (Australia), (Taiwan) | ||||