A Hannah Wilkinson goal powers New Zealand to a shock win over former champions Norway, while a Steph Catley penalty gives a Sam Kerr-less Australia a winning start over Ireland. FIFAWWC
SYDNEY/AUCKLAND – Co-hosts Australia and New Zealand opened the ninth Women’s World Cup with wins and record crowds on Thursday, July 20, after a shooting near the Norwegian team hotel in Auckland that left three dead and six injured.
Authorities deployed extra police and security outside the stadium following the shooting in New Zealand’s largest city. Australia’s Matildas began their campaign with a scrappy 1-0 win against Ireland in front of a crowd of 75,784 fans at Stadium Australia in Sydney – a record attendance for a women’s soccer match in the country.
Tracey Taylor, a professor of sports management at RMIT University in Melbourne, said many members of grassroots football clubs expected the tournament to have a transformative effect for participation in women’s sport in Australia. “I think that Australians are really realizing just how big this event is,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a radio interview with state broadcaster ABC on Thursday.
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