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Caitlin Cooper (footballer)
Caitlin Cooper (born 12 February 1988) is an Australian soccer player, who plays for the Western Sydney Wanderers in the Australian W-League. She has previously played for Central Coast Mariners, Canberra United and Sydney FC. Club career Central Coast Mariners, 2008–2010 Cooper was the inaugural captain for the Mariners and she made her debut against Melbourne Victory on Saturday, 25 October 2008. Canberra United, 2010–2013 In three season at Canberra United, Cooper appeared in 34 games and scored 3 goals. In the 2011–12 season Canberra won the Premiership and the W-League Championship. Western Sydney Wanderers, 2013–2017 Cooper joined the Western Sydney Wanderers ahead of the 2013–14 season. She made 40 appearances for the club over 4 seasons. Sydney FC, 2017–2018 Cooper joined Sydney FC ahead of the 2017–18 season. Sydney FC made it all the way to the 2018 Grand Final, where they lost to Melbourne City 2–0. Western Sydney Wanderers, 2018–present Coop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Sydney Wanderers FC W-League
Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club is an Australian women's football club based in the western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 2012, it is the affiliated women's team of the A-League team Western Sydney Wanderers. The team currently competes in the A-League Women, the top tier of women's football in Australia. History The announcement of the creation of Western Sydney Wanderers FC on 4 April 2012 by the then FFA CEO Ben Buckley was soon followed by the announcement of an associated women's team which would compete in the W-League. On 5 July 2012, Stephen Roche was announced the inaugural head coach for the team. On 17 July 2014, Norm Boardman was appointed head coach for the team. On 20 May 2016, Richard Byrne was appointed head coach, with Leah Blayney appointed assistant coach and Davide Del Giovine goalkeeping coach. In October 2017, former Western Sydney Wanderers player Catherine Cannuli and Ryan Doidge joined Byrne as his assistant coache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 W-League Grand Final
The 2018 W-League grand final was the final match of the 2017–18 W-League season and deciding the champions of women's football in Australia for the season. The match took place at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia on 18 February 2018 and was played by Sydney FC and reigning league champions Melbourne City. The match was won by Melbourne City 0–2, who recorded their third consecutive league championship. At the time, the attendance of 6,025 was a record for W-League grand finals. Teams Route to the final Match details Match statistics See also * List of W-League champions Notes References {{2017–18 in Australian soccer Grand final Primarily in Australian sports, a grand final (sometimes colloquially abbreviated to "grannie") is a game that decides a sports league's premiership (or championship) winning team, i.e. the conclusive game of a finals (or play-off) series. Sy ... Soccer in Sydney A-League Women Grand Finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tournament Of Nations
The Tournament of Nations was a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's soccer in non-World Cup and non-Olympic years hosted by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) in several American cities. The inaugural tournament was held in 2017. The 2021 edition would have been a pre-Olympics tournament due to the rescheduling of the Tokyo Olympics. On May 6, 2021, however, the USSF announced that it would no longer hold Tournament of Nations because recent changes in international windows by FIFA made a round-robin tournament unfeasible. Format The tournament had been an invitational event, allowing four nations to compete against one another. The tournament was conducted via a round-robin system, with the nation finishing at the top of the table being declared the tournament champions. The format was the same as the other women's invitational event run by the USSF, the SheBelieves Cup. Results General statistics Top goalscorers See also * FIFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 4th edition of the AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine which women's national teams from Asia qualify for the Olympic football tournament. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil as the AFC representatives. On 7 March 2016, with one round of matches remaining to be played, Australia and China were confirmed qualification to the Olympics. Teams A total of 18 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying stage. The format is as follows: *First round: The highest-ranked seven teams based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings at the time of the draw received byes. Teams ranked in the top five – Japan, Australia, North Korea, China PR, and South Korea – received byes to the final round, while teams ranked sixth and seventh – Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
For Summer Olympics women's football tournaments, Asian Football Confederation (AFC) holds Asian qualifying tournaments since 2004 tournament. From 2004 tournament to 2024, top two teams are to qualify (excluding the berth for the hosts if the Olympic is held in an Asian country). History Women's football is introduced to Olympics since 1996, but until 2000 the participating teams were determined by the results of preceding FIFA Women's World Cup. Since 2004, continental confederations (including AFC) are to hold qualifying tournaments. Format Formats differ by the tournaments. See the pages of each qualifying tournaments for details. Results ''Flags for the qualifying tournaments indicate the hosts of the final rounds; indicates the final round was held in various places.'' See also * Summer Olympics women's football tournaments References External linksWomen's Olympic Games the-AFC.com {{AFC competitions Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011–12 W-League
The 2011–12 W-League season was the fourth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ... competition. The season consisted of twelve rounds, giving each team a total of ten games, followed by a finals series. Clubs W-League teams for the 2011–12 season: Regular season League table Regular season Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10 Round 11 Round 12 Finals series Semi-finals Final Regular season statistics Leading goalscorers Own goals See also * 2011–12 Adelaide United W-League season * 2011–12 Brisbane Roar W-League season * 2011–12 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's association football championship contested by 24 women's national teams representing member associations of FIFA. It took place between 7 June and 7 July 2019, with 52 matches staged in nine cities in France, which was awarded the right to host the event in March 2015, the first time the country hosted the tournament. The tournament was the first Women's World Cup to use the video assistant referee (VAR) system. This was the second and last edition with 24 teams before expanding to 32 teams for the 2023 tournament in Australia and New Zealand. The United States entered the competition as defending champions after winning the 2015 edition in Canada and successfully defended their title with a 2–0 victory over the Netherlands in the final. In doing so, they secured their record fourth title and became the second nation, after Germany, to have successfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup
The 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup was the 19th edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament in Asia competed by the women's national teams in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was originally scheduled to be held in Jordan between 7 and 22 April 2018, but later was changed to 6 to 20 April 2018. The tournament served as the final stage of Asian qualification for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the top five teams qualifying for the World Cup in France. Japan defeated Australia 1–0 in the final to win their second consecutive title. In the third-place match the same day, China PR defeated Thailand 3–1. Qualification The draw for the qualifiers was held on 21 January 2017. The top three finishers of the last AFC Women's Cup qualified automatically and did not have to enter qualifying, while Jordan also qualified automatically as hosts but decided to also participate in the qualifying competition. The matches were played fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Women's National Soccer Team
The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) represents the United States in international women's Association football, soccer. The team is the most successful in international women's soccer, winning four FIFA Women's World Cup, Women's World Cup titles (1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, 1991, 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, 1999, 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2015, and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2019), four Football at the Summer Olympics, Olympic gold medals (Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 1996, Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2004, Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2008, and Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2012), and nine CONCACAF Women's Championship, CONCACAF Gold Cups. It medaled in every World Cup and Olympic tournament in women's soccer from 1991 to 2015, before being knocked out in the quarterfinal of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team is governed by Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Tournament Of Nations
The 2017 Tournament of Nations was the inaugural Tournament of Nations, an international women's football tournament, consisting of a series of friendly games. It was held in the United States, from July 27 to August 3, 2017, and featured four teams. Format The tournament featured the national teams of Australia, Brazil, Japan, and the hosts, the United States, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing every other once. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss. Current FIFA Ranking is important, as it is one of the tie-breaking criteria. Venues Three cities along the west coast served as the venues for the tournament. Squads Matches All times are local PDT ( UTC−7). Goalscorers 26 goals were scored in 6 matches, for an average of goals per matches. ;4 goals * Sam Kerr ;2 goals * Lisa De Vanna * Caitlin Foord * Andressa * Camila * Yuka Momiki * Megan Rapinoe ;1 goal * Tameka Butt * Emily van Egmond * Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Community Media
Australian Community Media (ACM) is a media company in Australia responsible for over 160 regional publications. Its mastheads include the ''Canberra Times'', ''Newcastle Herald'', '' The Examiner'', ''The Border Mail'', '' The Courier'' and the ''Illawarra Mercury'' along with more than one hundred community-based websites across Australia and numerous agricultural publications including '' The Land'' and ''Queensland Country Life''. The entity was formerly owned by Fairfax Media prior to its merger with Nine Entertainment in 2018. In April 2019, Nine sold the business to former chief executive of real estate platform Domain Antony Catalano and billionaire Alex Waislitz. History ACM's origins can be traced back to '' The Land'', founded in Sydney in 1911. In subsequent decades, ''The Land'' acquired various other community newspapers. In September 1970, John Fairfax acquired a 25% shareholding. In 1981 the company was renamed Rural Press. In 1985, John Fairfax increased its s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illawarra Mercury
The ''Illawarra Mercury'' is a daily newspaper serving the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It has been published since 1855, making it one of Australia's oldest newspapers and the second oldest regional newspaper in New South Wales.Illawarra Mercury (2005). Illawarra Mercury celebrating 150 years : 1855-2005'. Illawarra Mercury, Wollongong, N.S.W. p. 9-11. It has been published daily since December 1949, and has had no local daily competition since the 1960s. It has strong links to the Illawarra community. Under editor Peter Cullen, the ''Mercury'' was jocularly known as ''The Mockery'' among Illawarra residents for its poor copy editing, resulting in frequent typographical errors. As a result, it became a running gag on the ABC's '' Media Watch'' in the period when Stuart Littlemore hosted the programme. The ''Mercury'' is published in the standard Australian tabloid format, with each page having an approximate size of A3. The ''Mercury'' has had several Walk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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