Wellington Phoenix are top of the A-League Women table for the first time after leapfrogging Melbourne City with a 1-0 win over Perth Glory.
Anna Harrington
Perth Glory have missed an opportunity to keep pace with the top six in the A-League Women’s finals race after going down 1-0 to newly-minted ladder-leaders Wellington Phoenix.
Ben Smith
Tricky winger Daniel Arzani is expected to play his first game since returning to Melbourne City against Western Sydney, who are about to sign Jacob Farrell.
Anna Harrington and Joanna Guelas
Auckland FC has snapped up a leading goalkeeper from the NPL NSW competition just a day before facing Sydney FC in a heavyweight A-League battle.
Marco Monteverde
Sydney FC teenager Akol Akon went back to school this week after announcing himself as a breakout star of the A-League against the club that let him walk.
George Clarke
Sydney FC coach Ufuk Talay has warned his team faces a desperate Auckland side struggling to match last season’s premiership form.
Perth Glory jack-of-all-trades Nat Tathem said she tried not to compensate anything in her game when she made her return from a torn ACL after 10 months out.
Jaiden Kucharski might be the A-League’s best super-sub given his remarkable record of scoring late winners off the bench - but the young forward has his eye on a spot in Perth Glory’s starting 11.
With a 30-year friendship adding extra spice to a brewing cross-Tasman rivalry, Sydney FC are desperate to finally defeat Auckland FC for the first time.
Joanna Guelas
Winger Sharn Freier has a confirmed ACL injury which will require surgery, ruling her out of making an immediate return for the national side.
Sebastian Tan
A training ground concussion has transformed into a career-defining moment for a 21-year-old who now controls Melbourne Victory’s goalkeeping future.
Manchester City have proven far too strong for Newcastle to set up a blockbuster clash in the English League Cup final against high-flying Arsenal.
James Robson
Perth Glory coach Stephen Peters says his side are travelling a day earlier than usual to face Wellington Phoenix out of necessity as they look to keep pace with one of the A-League Women high-flyers.
The ALW premiership race is wide open after Western Sydney upset leaders Melbourne City to send Sydney FC, who lost to Brisbane, to the foot of the table.
Anna Harrington and Nicholas Zorbas
Perth Glory coach Adam Griffiths has challenged his side’s midfield group to take the vacant jersey left by the departed Rhys Bozinovski by the scruff of the neck.
A month of finetuning his Chinese side in an intense camp should set Australian coach Ante Milicic in good stead to claim the country's 10th Asian Cup.
Perth Glory football director Stan Lazaridis says he has a heavy heart after Rhys Bozinovski secured a move to the Netherlands.
Justin Chadwick
Perth Glory have bade a fond farewell to midfielder Rhys Bozinovski after Dutch Eredivisie side Heracles Almelo side snapped up the 21-year-old for an understood to be a six-figure fee.
A goal deep in stoppage time has helped Arsenal beat visiting Chelsea and seal their place in the English League Cup final.
Steve Douglas
Morocco are appealing a ruling by African soccer's governing body that resulted in huge fines and match bans in the wake of the Africa Cup of Nations decider.
Staff Writers
ParaMatilda Katelyn Smith still has to pinch herself when she thinks about the crowning achievement of her career; if she is lucky, she might have an individual honour to go along with it soon enough.
Ante Juric has stepped down as Sydney FC boss with immediate effect, leaving a legacy that includes six major trophies across an eight-year span.
The Professional Footballers Association is set to announce the first comprehensive protocol to prevent CTE in British soccer players.
Jimmy Golen
Annalise Rasmussen is nearing a maiden Matildas call-up after earning a move to Juventus following a stellar season for the Central Coast Mariners.
