Record memberships and crowds followed the Matildas effect but with one club’s future unclear the women’s game remains at a crossroads
Rachel Lowe, Julia Grosso and Catherine Zimmerman are raring to go as the race for the A-League Women’s championship kicks off this weekend.Rachel Lowe, Julia Grosso and Catherine Zimmerman are raring to go as the race for the A-League Women’s championship kicks off this weekend.
The 2023/24 season has delivered the second straight year three teams from Victoria have finished in the top four, lending merit to claims of Melbourne being the country’s footballing capital.and as a 15-year-old Western Sydney Wanderers debutant, says Melbourne’s pedigree as a football city, and the passion of the local fans, was impossible to ignore.
“It’s frustrating when the World Cup was such a success, and we had big crowds and lots of media attention, but then it doesn’t necessarily translate into the A-League,” she says.Crowds have averaged more than 2,100 a match this season, according to Austadiums.com. The figure is up almost 800 on the previous campaign, but it’s a long way from the draw of the Matildas and their run of 13 consecutive home sellouts.
Although they suffered three losses in March, Western United held on to third position following their grand final appearance last year, delivering impressive back-to-back achievements over their first two seasons in the competition. “Winning 4-0 against Sydney is not an easy thing to do, and we’re really using that as kind of momentum building for the finals,” she says.
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