Picking the six best goalkeepers is the easiest part of this. It's been made firmly clear that our best three goalies (and likely the three that go to the Asian Cup) are Mackenzie Arnold (our former first-choice keeper), Teagan Micah (our current first-choice keeper) and Jada Whyman (who kept seven clean sheets in the 2025 Damallsvenskan season, coming third in the Golden Glove rankings). But if one gets injured, we need three backups.


Of the three I've chosen, one plays overseas, that being DC Power's Morgan Aquino, while the other two are playing in the A-League Women. One of them is of course Brisbane Roar's Chloe Lincoln, who has established herself as our fourth choice and even has three caps to her name at 20 years old. But my next choice, the "wildcard choice" (as it's the hardest to choose from, having considered many players), will be one familiar to the A-League fans, but not so much for the Eurosnobs or national team-only fans.


Courtney Newbon, the 25-year-old between the sticks for Melbourne Victory, is the reigning Golden Boot winner in the A-League, having kept 11 clean sheets in the 2024–25 regular season for Victory. This season, she's already kept two and is equal first in the rankings. But yet the Tasmanian has never been capped or even called up for Australia on any level (nor has any Tasmanian been called up for the Matildas in many years now).

Note: Matildas caps as of 2 December 2025, age as of 1 March 2026.