Written by Thomas Esamie.
| Newly appointed (announcement made December 22, 2012 and appointment taken up in the new year having left the PSV Womens side) coach Hesterine de Reus takes her charges out for a spin almost exactly a year after her predecessor did against the same opponent but a different venue. This was a closed door match, only open to authorised media. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : June 13 | Venue : AIS Athletics Track, Bruce, Canberra | |||
| Australia Brianna Davey, Teigen Allen, Clare Polkinghorne, Servet Uzunlar, Elise Kellond-Knight, Emily Van Egmond, Tameka Butt (Katrina Gorry 73), Alanna Kennedy, Amy Chapman (Samantha Kerr 57), Stephanie Catley, Michelle Heyman (Emily Gielnik 46) Goals : Heyman 41 |
1 | - | 0 | New Zealand Jenny Bindon, Ria Percival (Holly Patterson 78), Anna Green, Katie Hoyle, Abby Erceg, Amber Hearn, Sarah Gregorius (Hannah Wilkinson 55), Betsy Hassett, Rebekah Stott, Katie Bowen (Annalie Longo 46), Helen Collins (Rosie White 71) |
| Referee : Kate Jacewicz Attendance : Coaches : Hesterine de Reus (Australia), Tony Readings (New Zealand) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by Capital Football | |||
| This match on the other hand you could attend. After the match finished 1-1 the Centenary Cup winner was decided by penalties which Australia won 4-2. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : June 16 | Venue : McKellar Park, Belconnen, Canberra | |||
| Australia Brianna Davey, Teigen Allen, Clare Polkinghorne, Servet Uzunlar, Elise Kellond-Knight, Emily Van Egmond, Tameka Butt (Katrina Gorry 72), Alanna Kennedy (Kim Carroll 83), Stephanie Catley, Samantha Kerr, Michelle Heyman (Emily Gielnik 86) Goal : Polkinghorne 11 |
1 4pk |
- | 1 2pk |
New Zealand Erin Nayler, Ria Percival, Katie Hoyle, Abby Erceg, Ali Riley, Amber Hearn, Sarah Gregorius (Rosie White 74), Betsy Hassett, Rebekah Stott, Annalie Longo (Kirsty Yallop 66), Hannah Wilkinson Goal : Gregorius 38 |
| Referee : Qin Liang Attendance : 2248 Coaches : Hesterine de Reus (Australia), Tony Readings (New Zealand) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by Capital Football | |||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : June 29 | Venue : TATA Steel Stadion, Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands | |||
| The Netherlands Sari van Veenendaal, Dyanne Bito (Mirte Roelvink 86), Daphne Koster, Mandy van den Berg, Claudia van den Heiligenberg (Siri Worm 86), Anouk Hoogendijk, Kirsten van de Ven, Sherida Spitse, Manon Melis, Danielle van de Donk (Desiree van Lunteren 80), Lieke Martens (Renee Slegers 65) Goals : Martens 12, 58, Spitse 83 |
3 | - | 1 | Australia Brianna Davey, Teigen Allen, Clare Polkinghorne, Emily van Egmond, Lisa de Vanna, Tameka Butt, Alanna Kennedy (Kim Carroll 46), Stephanie Catley (Elise Kellond-Knight 46), Katrina Gorry, Samantha Kerr (Vedrana Popovic 76), Michelle Heyman Goal : Gorry 27 |
| Referee : Riem Hussein (Germany) Attendance : Coaches : Hesterine de Reus (Australia), Roger Reijners (Netherlands) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : July 6 | Venue : Jean Bouin Stadium, Angers, France | |||
| France Sarah Bouhaddi, Wendy Renard, Laura Georges (Ophelie Meilleroux 46), Sandrine Soubeyrand (Elise Bussaglia 61), Corine Franco (Julie Soyer 61), Eugenie le Sommer, Elodie Thomis, Jessica Houara, Gaetene Thiney, Marie Laure Delie, Camille Abily |
0 | - | 2 | Australia Brianna Davey (Lydia Williams 46), Teigen Allen, Clare Polkinghorne, Elise Kellond-Knight, Emily van Egmond (Katrina Gorry 46), Lisa de Vanna (Amy Chapman 46), Tameka Butt, Alanna Kennedy, Stephanie Catley, Kyah Simon, Michelle Heyman (Servet Uzunlar 86) Goals : Butt 36, Gorry 70 |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Hesterine de Reus (Australia), Bruno Bini (France) | ||||
| Australian squad | ||||
| Anounced on September 17 in this match former Australian coach Tom Sermanni tries to extend the USA's record against Australia which stands at 22 wins, 2 draws and no losses. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : October 20 | Venue : Alamodome, San Antonio, USA | |||
| United States Hope Solo, Crystal Dunn, Whitney Engen (Rachel Buehler 57), Becky Sauerbrunn, Meghan Klingenberg, Heather O'Reilly, Carli Lloyd, Lauren Holiday (Morgan Brian 64), Sydney Leroux (Christen Press 57), Alex Morgan, Abby Wambach Goals : Holiday 6, Lloyd 14, Wambach 56, Press 90 |
4 | - | 0 | Australia Lydia Williams, Stephanie Catley, Clare Polkinghorne, Laura Alleway (Alanna Kennedy 76), Teigen Allen, Elise Kellond-Knight, Katrina Gorry, Tameka Butt, Lisa De Vanna, Kate Gill (Kyah Simon 76 (Emily Gielnik 79)), Michelle Heyman (Samantha Kerr 28) |
| Referee : Kari Seitz (USA) {Note this is her last offical match before retirement} Attendance : 19109 Coaches : Hesterine de Reus (Australia), Tom Sermanni (USA) | ||||
| Australian squad | ||||
| Announced September 18 these 2 matches against China serve as preparation for the Asian Cup in May 2014. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : November 24 | Venue : Wollongong Showground (WIN Stadium) | |||
| Australia Lydia Williams, Kim Carroll, Clare Polkinghorne, Laura Alleway, Elise Kellond-Knight, Tameka Butt (Collette McCallum 76), Lisa deVanna (Chloe Logarzo 68), Stephanie Catley, Katrina Gorry, Samantha Kerr, Michelle Heyman (Hayley Raso 82) Goals : Gorry 34, Butt 39 |
2 | - | 0 | China Fei Wang, Lingling Wang, Haiyan Wu, Yini Huang, Yanlu Xu (Jiahui Lou 65), Wei Pu, Xianglin Li (Ying Li 81), Li Yang (Shuang Wang 46), Lisi Wang (Xin Zhang 56), Shanshan Wang, Rui Zhang (Chen Wang 71) |
| Referee : Fusako Kajiyama (Japan) Attendance : Coaches : Hesterine de Reus (Australia), Wei Hao (China) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||
| Announced September 18 these 2 matches against China serve as preparation for the Asian Cup in May 2014. Days later the draw was made and Australia were grouped with Japan, Jordan and hosts Vietnam. Also noteworthy that while the referees report did not note the Chinese goal as a penalty you can clearly see from the report that it was. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : November 27 | Venue : Parramatta Stadium | |||
| Australia Lydia Williams, Kim Carroll, Clare Polkinghorne, Laura Alleway, Elise Kellond-Knight, Emily van Egmond, Lisa de Vanna, Tameka Butt (Hayley Raso 84), Stephanie Catley, Katrina Gorry (Collette McCallum 33), Michelle Heyman (Ashleigh Sykes 77) Goals : de Vanna 30, van Egmond 57 |
2 | - | 1 | China Yue Zhang, Haiyan Wu, Yini Huang (Shanshan Wang 74), Yanlu Xu (Peng Han 46), Shanshan Liu, Wei Pu, Xiangling Li, Li Yang (Ying Li 40), Lisi Wang (Qi Gao 38), Rui Zhang (Jiayue Li 78), Jiao Xue Goal : Ying Li 74pk |
| Referee : Nami Sato (Japan) Attendance : Coaches : Hesterine de Reus (Australia), M A Yongkang (China) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by FFA | |||