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Matildas friendlies in April 2026

rebelliousfeminist974 said:
It could well be Emily van Egmond's last Matildas goal unless the selection policy remains as is and she continues to get Tillies caps and international goals.
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I think the bigger question is is she still good enough to score? Since neither of the Chaŵingas (Tabitha at Lyon and Temwa at KC Current) are in the squad (injured I assume) there’s only two players playing in Europe in Malawi’s squad: Faith Chinzimu (their 19-year-old winger at Häcken) and Rose Kadzere (a 19-year-old winger at Montpellier). In other words, Malawi have two exciting wonderkids and the Chaŵinga sisters while the rest are all playing in Africa. So it’s not like she’s scored against a great team.
 
JS96 said:
Why on earth in Van Egmond playing against Malawi? This is where the rawest should be put there regardless of opposition weakness.
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Look at our lineup lol. It’s mostly full-strength. We’re playing Sam Kerr against defenders playing in African leagues. We should have a lineup with Daniela Galić, Izzy Gomez, Leticia McKenna, Annalise Rasmussen, Tori Tumeth and Leia Varley.
 
HonestSpursFan said:
Since neither of the Chaŵingas (Tabitha at Lyon and Temwa at KC Current) are in the squad (injured I assume) there’s only two players playing in Europe in Malawi’s squad: Faith Chinzimu (their 19-year-old winger at Häcken) and Rose Kadzere (a 19-year-old winger at Montpellier). In other words, Malawi have two exciting wonderkids and the Chaŵinga sisters while the rest are all playing in Africa. So it’s not like she’s scored against a great team.
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I think likely Malawi are giving both Temwa and Tabitha Chawinga a rest for the FIFA Series matches since Temwa was in action with Kansas City Current last week in NWSL and Tabitha sustained an injury with OL Lyonnes in their UWCL quarterfinal second leg game, but still we wouldn't be relying on Emily van Egmond to score goals for us every match.
 
HonestSpursFan said:
Look at our lineup lol. It’s mostly full-strength. We’re playing Sam Kerr against defenders playing in African leagues. We should have a lineup with Daniela Galić, Izzy Gomez, Leticia McKenna, Annalise Rasmussen, Tori Tumeth and Leia Varley.
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Agree that we should be bringing in fringe players and not having a full-strength playing list for these matches against considerably lower-ranked sides, and Leticia McKenna should have started in midfield ahead of Emily van Egmond with Holly McNamara up front and either Chloe Lincoln or Morgan Aquino between the sticks instead of opting for the likes of Sam Kerr and Mackenzie Arnold.
 
HonestSpursFan said:
Look at our lineup lol. It’s mostly full-strength. We’re playing Sam Kerr against defenders playing in African leagues. We should have a lineup with Daniela Galić, Izzy Gomez, Leticia McKenna, Annalise Rasmussen, Tori Tumeth and Leia Varley.
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Do we want to try to break the American Samoa record or something?
 
JS96 said:
Do we want to try to break the American Samoa record or something?
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Ironically we actually played two friendlies against Taiwan in Victoria back in December 2024 with two different teams. In the Melbourne game we won 3–1 with a somewhat rotated team. In the Geelong game we won 6–0 with a very rotated team. Either exhaustion from Taiwan or the young girls play better together as a team (which is lovely to see!).
 
JS96 said:
Do we want to try to break the American Samoa record or something?
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It'd certainly be fitting for the Matildas to break the record set by the Socceroos against American Samoa twenty-five years ago to the day given the gulf in quality between us and Malawi, and the fact that we're fielding about as full-strength a playing list as it's possible to get from the 21-player travelling squad.
 
Two more changes for the Matildas. Amy Sayer and Alanna Kennedy come on in the 58th minute for Emily van Egmond and Clare Wheeler respectively, with Alanna Kennedy now taking the captain's armband.
 
I love that we’re smashing them but we’re learning nothing from this. If anything we’re underperforming.
 
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