Australia's youth national team kicks off the FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup against hosts Colombia on Sunday morning, followed by Mexico and Cameroon.
Since their last Under-20 FIFA Women's World Cup campaign in Costa Rica in 2022, where they didn't make it past the group stage, a lot has happened to Australia 's Young Matildas .
As the senior Matildas begin their own generational transition, several of the players who will be taking part in this month's U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia will be the ones who will inherit the jerseys and numbers that their idols will leave behind. Despite her age, Thomas-Chinnama already has over 40 senior club appearances with Melbourne City, with whom she won the most recent A-League Women Premiership. Now joining Perth Glory for a new adventure, the defender has a game style reminiscent of French legend Wendie Renard: calm, composed, and commanding in both boxes.
With high-intensity games spread just three days apart in Colombia, the 18-year-old's shapeshifting qualities could be a particular asset as injury or fatigue begin to take their toll on a young squad that's played little football, either for club or country, in the past six months., who comes to Colombia for her second consecutive tournament.
Hollman, whose older brother also plays in the A-League Men, is a classic holding midfielder: calm, balanced, composed on the ball, and able to control the tempo of games almost single-handedly.
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