Olympics: The Matildas' 18-player squad for the Paris Games was unveiled on Tuesday including key forward Mary Fowler and veteran striker Michelle Heyman.
Matildas Olympics squad unveiled | 02:05The Matildas are at war with each other after 15 players were sensationally wiped from history this week.
Her captaincy of the first Australian national women’s football team in an international against New Zealand in 1979 is now no longer recognised as a moment of history. The backflip by Football Australia also erases the 15 members of the original team from 1979. Despite this, the team represented Australia at an international Asian tournament against New Zealand, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore in Hong Kong.But that’s not how Dolan and her teammates see it.
FA is yet to explain the exact reason for its change of heart, having rejected the same argument last year.Pat O’Connor, who captained the 1975 team, has been among those leading the fight to have the touring squad win national team status.
The criteria included whether the 1975 team played against other recognised national teams, and their uniform and insignia.
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