VICTORIA (11 April 2026) – Australia’s top young female football talent were locked in on day two of the CommBank Emerging Matildas Championships in Victoria, and they got a big reality check from an international legend of the sport and Australia’s Junior Matildas coach.
As the best under 15 and under 16 players in the country went into battle at the Home of the Matildas, they were being closely watched by Australia’s U17 coach Michael Cooper. Also keeping an eye on the array of talent was USA football royalty April Heinrichs. Heinrichs was the captain of the US team that won the first Women’s World Cup in 1991 and 12 years later coached the team to third at the 2003 tournament.
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