Matildas golden generation given last shot at silverware but next wave are key to Asian Cup hopes | Samantha Lewis

Australia veterans led by Sam Kerr have rare second chance to lift a trophy on home soil as well as responsibility to pass down a torch that is still alight When Joe Montemurro called Remy Siemsen to tell her she had been named in the Matildas squad for the Women’s Asian Cup, she was so relieved she almost fell off her chair. Mary Fowler, racing against time to return to fitness after an ACL tear, cried at the news. Amy Sayer, one of Australia’s breakout stars of the past year, was in disbelief, checking and double-checking that it was really happening. Alex Chidiac, whose national team career has started and stopped under multiple coaches, cried too. Continue reading...

By Samantha Lewis