Several key players of the Australian women's national soccer team, the Matildas, have suffered injuries ahead of their friendly match against Mexico. The team is now facing a shortage of players and may need to test out new options.
First the injuries came for Chloe Logarzo, Lydia Williams, and Charlie Rule, and we did not speak out because they hadn't played for the Matildas in a while anyway.
This feeling is not new for long-time Matildas fans. Squad depth has been a point of anxiety for several years, with Football Australia admitting as much in itsshowing Australia had, at that time, one of the shallowest national team squads in international women's football, with a much larger jump for fringe or emerging players into the core side than many other comparable national teams.
Increasingly, more governing bodies are wanting to squeeze more competitions into this calendar, such as UEFA introducing the Women's Nations League, or the AFC re-starting its Women's Club Championship last year. Increasingly, top players and coaches from across the women's game are speaking out about the unsatisfactory nature of the current schedule, which FIFA introduced unilaterally and with little consultation of the players who would be most affected by it.
"When FIFA, UEFA, all the main people, do the scheduling, it should always be rest first. As a professional athlete, to be able to perform all year round, you have to have four weeks off at the end of the season and six weeks pre-season, to be at no detriment to your health. And even then, not all players are guaranteed significant minutes across a tournament in which chemistry and combinations on the field are crucial for success.
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