CommBank Young Matildas head coach Leah Blayney will today kick off the new U-20 Women鈥檚 National Team cycle with a six-day training camp in Blacktown, Sydney.
Blayney has assembled a 31-player squad featuring returning players who participated in August鈥檚 FIFA U-20 Women鈥檚 World Cup Costa Rica 2022鈩, members of the 2022 AFF U-18 Women鈥檚 championship-winning side and some fresh faces in the new national team set-up.
鈥淚t is tremendously exciting to start a new cycle with the CommBank Young Matildas,鈥 said Blayney. 鈥淭he performances of the players at last month鈥檚 FIFA U-20 Women鈥檚 World Cup鈩 demonstrated just how much talent there is in Australian women鈥檚 football, and I can鈥檛 wait to start harnessing the next cohort.鈥
鈥淏eing our first camp of this cycle, we鈥檙e bringing together some of the players we have identified in various spaces over the last 12-18 months. It has been an extensive search with players coming from NPL competitions across the country, 2021/2022 Liberty A-League Women鈥檚 environments, school football championships and those who have previously performed well during national team call-ups.鈥濃
鈥淭his really is a further talent identification opportunity for us and where we can lay some groundwork for what players require in their home environments to ensure when they enter the national team, they are in a position to perform at their best.鈥
Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are age-eligible for the biennial FIFA U-20 Women鈥檚 World Cup鈩 with the next edition held in 2024. The first training camp features 10 players in 2004, 11 in 2005 and 10 in 2006.
September鈥檚 initial squad compromises of players from seven different Member Federations with 13 players currently committed to A-League Women鈥檚 sides for the 2022/23 season.
COMMBANK YOUNG MATILDAS SQUAD | TRAINING CAMP | 25 鈥 30 SEPT 2022
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Club鈥/ Member Federation |
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Ella ABDUL MASSIH |
Midfielder |
Western Sydney Wanderers FC / Football NSW |
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Claire ADAMS |
Forward |
Newcastle Jets FC / Northern NSW Football |
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Josie ALLAN |
Forward |
Newcastle Jets FC / Northern NSW Football |
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Alexia APOSTOLAKIS |
Defender |
Western Sydney Wanderers / Football NSW |
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Tegan BERTOLISSIO |
Defender |
Football NSW Institute / Football NSW |
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Ava BRIEDIS |
Midfielder |
Melbourne Victory FC / Football Victoria |
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Georgia CASSIDY鈥 |
Midfielder |
Football West NTC / Football West |
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Amy CHESSARI |
Midfielder |
Football NSW Institute / Football NSW |
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Naomi CHINNAMA |
Defender |
Melbourne City FC / Football Victoria |
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Claudia CICCO鈥 |
Defender |
APIA Leichhardt FC / Football NSW |
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Sasha COOREY |
Midfielder |
SA NTC / Football South Australia |
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Heidi DENNIS鈥 |
Defender |
Football Queensland-QAS / Football Queensland |
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Jynaya DOS SANTOS鈥 |
Forward |
Sydney FC / Football NSW |
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Gemma FERRIS鈥 |
Defender |
Football NSW Institute / Football NSW |
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Tahlia FRANCO |
Goalkeeper |
Football NSW Institute / Football NSW |
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Daniela GALIC鈥 |
Midfielder |
Football NSW Institute / Football NSW |
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Sasha GROVE |
Forward |
Canberra United FC / Capital Football |
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Kahli JOHNSON |
Forward |
Western United / Football NSW |
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Caitlin KARIC |
Forward |
FV Emerging Matildas / Football Victoria |
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Zoe KARIPIDIS |
Defender |
Newcastle Jets FC / Northern NSW Football |
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Zara KRUGER |
Midfielder |
Lions FC / Football Queensland |
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Tanika LALA |
Forward |
Football West NTC / Football West |
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Maya LOBO |
Defender |
Football NSW Institute / Football NSW |
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Chloe LINCOLN |
Goalkeeper |
Canberra United FC / Capital Football |
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Tijan MCKENNA |
Midfielder |
Heidelberg United FC / Football West |
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Emilia MURRAY |
Forward |
Adelaide United FC / Football South Australia |
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Silver-Bell MORRIS |
Defender |
Western United FC / Football Victoria |
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Ella O鈥橤RADY |
Forward |
Football Queensland-QAS / Football Queensland |
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Sienna SAVESKA |
Midfielder |
Football NSW Institute / Football NSW |
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Peta TRIMIS |
Defender |
Football NSW Institute / Football NSW |
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Grace WILSON |
Goalkeeper |
SA NTC / Football South Australia |
