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England's second goal may haunt Ellie Carpenter, whose failure to clear an innocuous long ball opened the door for Lauren Hemp to swoop. Distraught midfielder Katrina Gorry worried the Matildas had let the nation down after building them up on their first run to a World Cup semi-finals. "The joyride is over, but the glow will long remain," sports columnist Greg Baum wrote in Melbourne's The Age newspaper. Since being awarded the right to host the tournament with New Zealand three years ago, Australian soccer officials have promised repeatedly that the World Cup would leave a strong legacy for the game. Long-term, it remains to be seen whether the World Cup has moved the needle for a sport in Australia that has modest professional leagues and struggles to retain talent.
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A "spent" Steph Catley told reporters that the Matildas "put their heart, their soul, their body – everything into playing for this team in a game like that." Catley, who captained the team in superstar Sam Kerr's absence, added: "We've been in situations where we've been in extra-time plenty of times in our career at major tournaments... And I think, by now, we're in that perfect maturity level where we have that spark of youth that are almost too young to realize the gravity of the situation, but then we've got that maturity in the team where we've done it before and we know what it takes." Looking ahead to the rest of the World Cup, Catley said the team is taking it "one step at a time."
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As one of the co-hosts, this year’s Women’s World Cup was supposed to be the culmination of all this change; a celebration of Australia’s most beloved team. A shaky 1-0 win against Ireland kicked off the Matildas’ tournament before disaster struck once more and they succumbed to a shock 3-2 defeat against Nigeria. That 2015 run marked the Matildas’ best World Cup performance to date, after appearing in every edition since 1995. The assembled 75,784 fans represented a record crowd for a women’s soccer match in the country and the highest attendance at a Women’s World Cup for 24 years, according to FIFA. “It’s definitely transcended the traditional women’s community and so that’s really exciting.”Australia has played its part in making this the biggest Women’s World Cup in history.
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Arsenal beat Chelsea to lift Women's League Cup
  + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
[1/5] Soccer Football - FA Women's League Cup - Final - Chelsea v Arsenal - Selhurst Park, London, Britain - March 5, 2023 Arsenal players lift the trophy after winning the FA Women's League Cup final Action Images via Reuters/Matthew ChildsLONDON, March 5 (Reuters) - Arsenal fought back from a goal down to beat Chelsea 3-1 in the FA Women's League Cup final on Sunday and claim the trophy for a record-extending sixth time. Chelsea, who were the losing finalists for a second straight year, struck first with Sam Kerr's close-range header beating goalkeeper Manuela Zinsberger in the second minute. The game slowed down after a breathless first half and, though Chelsea enjoyed large spells of possession, Arsenal held on to secure their first trophy since 2019. The teams now shift their focus back to the Women's Super League, where defending champions Chelsea are third in the standings with 31 points from 12 games, while fourth-placed Arsenal are five points behind them. Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; editing by Clare FallonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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