Ahead of the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, we here at For The Win are previewing some key teams to watch in this tournament. Next up is the Argentina women’s national team. You can see the full list of team previews and read about the USWNT here.
The spotlight is on the Matildas in this World Cup.
Australia is co-hosting the tournament for the first time ever – along with New Zealand– and expectations for the squad have never been higher. The team is powered by one of the best scorers in the game today, Chelsea star Sam Kerr, and the group is coming off an impressive fourth-place finish at the Olympics in 2021. That was the Matildas’ first major tournament under head coach Tony Gustavsson, who was hired in 2020. Gustavsson was an assistant coach for the U.S. when the Americans won World Cups in 2015 and 2019.
The Matildas have advanced out of the group stage in their previous four World Cup appearances. They’ll be expected to at least do that again while playing on home soil, but it won’t be easy.
Let’s take a closer look at the Australian national team.
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