2024 A-Leagues All Stars Women game

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2024 A-Leagues All Star Women game
Marvel Stadium from an aerial perspective. Feb 2019.jpg
The event took place at Docklands Stadium
Event 2023–24 A-League Women
A-Leagues All Stars Women Arsenal
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of New Zealand.svg Flag of England.svg
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Date24 May 2024
Venue Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia
Referee Casey Reibelt
Attendance42,120

The 2024 A-Leagues All Stars Women game was an exhibition soccer match that was played on 24 May 2024, featuring an all-star team of the A-League Women against Women's Super League club Arsenal at Docklands Stadium in Melbourne, Australia as part of Global Football Week Melbourne. It was the first edition of the A-Leagues All Stars Women game and the fourth of the A-Leagues All Stars Game.

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Background

In March 2024, the Australian Professional Leagues (APL) announced three fixtures that would include the A-Leagues All Stars Game at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne as part of Global Football Week Melbourne. [1] The inaugural A-Leagues All Stars Women team will play against Women's Super League club Arsenal, and is set to take place on 24 May 2024 after the men's game who will play Premier League club Newcastle United. [2] It will be the first time the Arsenal women side has played in Australia. [3] Newcastle would also play Tottenham Hotspur at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in a friendly two days before the All Stars game. [4] The official kit partner was announced to be Kappa. [5] The game will be televised in Australia on 10 Bold and Paramount+. [6]

Squads

The A-League All Stars Women squad will consist of 19 players, with a mandatory two goalkeepers, and be selected by coaching staff. [7] Alex Chidiac and Hannah Wilkinson were announced on 23 April 2024 as the first two players to be selected in the squad as voted by fans. [8] [9] On 26 April, Joe Montemurro was announced as head coach, [10] with Kat Smith and Emily Husband as assistant coaches, [11] and Melissa Maizels appointed as goalkeeping coach. [12]

The All Stars Women squad was announced on 9 May. [13] Of the 19 players selected, five were part of the Australian squad in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, [14] and four from Sydney FC that won the Grand Final on 4 May. [15] Arsenal announced their 19-player squad on 20 May with Australian internationals Steph Catley, Kyra Cooney-Cross and Caitlin Foord included. [16] [17] The referee for the match was Casey Reibelt. Emma Kocbek and Maggie Price were named as assistant referees with Georgia Ghirardello as the fourth official. [18]

A-Leagues All Stars Women squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Lydia Williams (Melbourne Victory)
2 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Danika Matos (Western Sydney Wanderers)
4 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Grace Maher (Western United)
5 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Michaela Foster (Wellington Phoenix)
6 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Rebekah Stott (Melbourne City, captain)
7 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Sophie Harding (Western Sydney Wanderers)
8 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Elise Kellond-Knight (Melbourne Victory)
9 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Rhianna Pollicina (Melbourne City)
10 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Alex Chidiac (Melbourne Victory)
11 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Cortnee Vine (Sydney FC)
No.Pos.NationPlayer
13 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Tameka Yallop (Brisbane Roar)
15 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Mackenzie Hawkesby (Sydney FC)
16 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Hannah Wilkinson (Melbourne City)
17 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Kyah Simon (Central Coast Mariners)
18 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kayla Morrison (Melbourne Victory)
20 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Princess Ibini (Sydney FC)
22 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Alana Cerne (Western United)
23 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Michelle Heyman (Canberra United, vice-captain)
99 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jada Whyman (Sydney FC)

Arsenal squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emily Fox
7 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Steph Catley
10 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Kim Little (captain)
12 MF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Frida Maanum
15 DF Flag of Ireland.svg  IRL Katie McCabe
19 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Caitlin Foord
21 MF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Victoria Pelova
22 MF Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Kathrine Møller Kühl
23 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Alessia Russo
24 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Cloé Lacasse
No.Pos.NationPlayer
29 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Teyah Goldie
32 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Kyra Cooney-Cross
40 GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Naomi Williams
53 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Vivienne Lia
56 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Freya Godfrey
60 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Laila Harbert
61 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Maddy Earl
62 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Katie Reid
86 GK Flag of France.svg  FRA Sarah Bouhaddi


Criticism

After the announcement of Montemurro, Lisa De Vanna criticised the decision to select a coach not employed in the A-League Women, suggesting that it is an "insult to all the coaches who have put in the effort and remained loyal" in Australia. [19] Former Central Coast Mariners player Daniel McBreen supported this notion, stating that an A-League Women coach should have been "honoured" with the role. [20]

Match

Details

A-Leagues All Stars Women Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of New Zealand.svg 0–1 Flag of England.svg Arsenal
Report
  • Russo Soccerball shade.svg40'
Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 42,120
Referee: Casey Reibelt

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