Matildas 2008 'B' Matches

Matildas 'B' Internationals for 2008

Written by Thomas Esamie.

As part of the Matildas tour of the USA this match against the Railhawks was organised in between the 2 games agianst the US national side. I'm not sure it was ever played given the weather conditions of the first US match might have made the ground difficult to play on. This was a Friendly match.

Played : July 6 Venue : WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, USA

Carolina Railhawks

Goals : x - x Australia

Goals :

Referee :
Attendance :
Coaches : Tom Sermanni (Australia), Jay Howell (Carolina Railhawks)

Australian squad

Prior to the match, both teams agreed to play a novel match format consisting of four, thirty minute quarters, with full interchange and penalty shoot-outs at the end of the second and fourth quarters. Due to these modifications this fixture was not considered to be an A-international. China won both shootouts 4-3 and 4-2 respectively. This was a Friendly match.

Played : July 6 Venue : Tianjin Olympic Stadium, China

China

Goal : Han Duan 45 1 - 2 Australia
1st quarter : Melissa Barbieri, Brooke Spence, Clare Polkinghorne, Kate McShea, Karla Reuter, Amy Chapman, Amber Neilson, Lauren Colthorpe, Joanne Burgess, Kyah Simon, Caitlin Munoz
2nd quarter : Melissa Barbieri, Brooke Spence, Clare Polkinghorne, Lauren Colthorpe, Ellen Beaumont, Servet Uzunlar, Renee Rollason, Amy Chapman, Caitlin Munoz, Leena Khamis, Victoria Balomenos
3rd quarter : Lydia Williams, Renee Rollason, Brooke Spence, Kate McShea, Ellen Beaumont, Kyah Simon, Servet Uzunlar, Amber Neilson, Caitlin Munoz, Leena Khamis, Victoria Balomenos
4th quarter : Lydia Williams, Brooke Spence, Clare Polkinghorne, Karla Reuter, Lauren Colthorpe, Renee Rollason, Ellen Beaumont, Servet Uzunlar, Leena Khamis, Amy Chapman, Victoria Balomenos

Goals : Uzunlar 102, Neilson 110

Referee :
Attendance :
Coaches : Tom Sermanni (Australia), Shang Ruihua (China)

Australian squad

Australia's U20 team played a series of matches against their Chinese counterparts but one of the matches was not the U20's side, but it wasn't the Matildas either. It was called the "Promising Matildas" which, in the absence of advice to the contrary, was a youthful Matildas side in the tradition of the PM's XI for Cricketing tours.
Worse still it isn't clear who scored the 2 goals and who scored the one though most suggestions are it was Australia who prevailed.
You can see why this ended up in the "B" archive.
This was a Friendly match.

Played : September 27 Venue : Canberra

Australia
(starting lineup) Ella Mastrantonio, Brooke Spence, Amy Chapman, Renee Rollason, Tameka Butt, Servet Uzunlar, Lauren Colthorpe, Lydia Williams, Leena Khamis, Elise Kellond-Knight, Kim Carroll
Goals : Colthorpe pk, ?? ?? 2 - 1 China U20
(starting lineup) Pang Fengyue, Wang Lingling, Ruan Xiaoqing, Li Dangyang, Ma Zixiang, Zhang Rui, Zhang Yue, Ma Jun, Weng Xinzhi, Gu Yasha, Lon Jiahui
Goals : Lon Jiahui

Referee : Gar Van der Burgt (Australia)
Attendance :
Coaches : Alistair Edwards (Australia), (China)

As part of the Matildas tour of the USA this match against the Railhawks was organised in between the 2 games agianst the US national side. I'm not sure it was ever played given the weather conditions of the first US match might have made the ground difficult to play on. This was a Friendly match.
Played : July 6				Venue : WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, USA
Carolina Railhawks Goals :	x	-	x	Australia Goals :
Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Tom Sermanni (Australia), Jay Howell (Carolina Railhawks)
Australian squad

Prior to the match, both teams agreed to play a novel match format consisting of four, thirty minute quarters, with full interchange and penalty shoot-outs at the end of the second and fourth quarters. Due to these modifications this fixture was not considered to be an A-international. China won both shootouts 4-3 and 4-2 respectively. This was a Friendly match.
Played : July 6				Venue : Tianjin Olympic Stadium, China
China Goal : Han Duan 45	1	-	2	Australia 1st quarter : Melissa Barbieri, Brooke Spence, Clare Polkinghorne, Kate McShea, Karla Reuter, Amy Chapman, Amber Neilson, Lauren Colthorpe, Joanne Burgess, Kyah Simon, Caitlin Munoz 2nd quarter : Melissa Barbieri, Brooke Spence, Clare Polkinghorne, Lauren Colthorpe, Ellen Beaumont, Servet Uzunlar, Renee Rollason, Amy Chapman, Caitlin Munoz, Leena Khamis, Victoria Balomenos 3rd quarter : Lydia Williams, Renee Rollason, Brooke Spence, Kate McShea, Ellen Beaumont, Kyah Simon, Servet Uzunlar, Amber Neilson, Caitlin Munoz, Leena Khamis, Victoria Balomenos 4th quarter : Lydia Williams, Brooke Spence, Clare Polkinghorne, Karla Reuter, Lauren Colthorpe, Renee Rollason, Ellen Beaumont, Servet Uzunlar, Leena Khamis, Amy Chapman, Victoria Balomenos Goals : Uzunlar 102, Neilson 110
Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Tom Sermanni (Australia), Shang Ruihua (China)
Australian squad

Australia's U20 team played a series of matches against their Chinese counterparts but one of the matches was not the U20's side, but it wasn't the Matildas either. It was called the "Promising Matildas" which, in the absence of advice to the contrary, was a youthful Matildas side in the tradition of the PM's XI for Cricketing tours. Worse still it isn't clear who scored the 2 goals and who scored the one though most suggestions are it was Australia who prevailed. You can see why this ended up in the "B" archive. This was a Friendly match.
Played : September 27				Venue : Canberra
Australia (starting lineup) Ella Mastrantonio, Brooke Spence, Amy Chapman, Renee Rollason, Tameka Butt, Servet Uzunlar, Lauren Colthorpe, Lydia Williams, Leena Khamis, Elise Kellond-Knight, Kim Carroll Goals : Colthorpe pk, ?? ??	2	-	1	China U20 (starting lineup) Pang Fengyue, Wang Lingling, Ruan Xiaoqing, Li Dangyang, Ma Zixiang, Zhang Rui, Zhang Yue, Ma Jun, Weng Xinzhi, Gu Yasha, Lon Jiahui Goals : Lon Jiahui
Referee : Gar Van der Burgt (Australia) Attendance : Coaches : Alistair Edwards (Australia), (China)