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The Advertiser
an hour ago
- Health
- The Advertiser
New coach to give lifeline to forgotten Matilda
Finally on the clock, new Matildas boss Joe Montemurro wants to bring back Vine Time. Two years ago, winger Cortnee Vine catapulted to stardom when she scored the winning spot-kick in the Matildas' epic penalty shootout win over France at the Women's World Cup. Back then, Vine, 27, was also lighting up A-League Women with Sydney FC. But between taking a mental health break, injuries and a difficult start to life in the NWSL with North Carolina Courage, she hasn't played for the Matildas since the Paris Olympics. Montemurro plans to reach out to Vine, along with other players in the wider Matildas selection frame. "Cortnee's definitely on the radar," he told AAP. "And we'll get to the heart of getting her back in the fray and hopefully we can build her into the Asian Cup also." Montemurro watched on in Canberra on Monday night as an array of other attackers made their own cases ahead of the Asian Cup. Comeback kid Amy Sayer scored a well-taken brace against Argentina and can play attacking midfield and both centrally and on the wing. Kahli Johnson notched a goal and an assist across her first two games while ALW golden boot Holly McNamara is also highly rated. "It's interesting that everyone's talking about the next cycle and the ageing squad, but to me it doesn't look too bad with the four names you've just mentioned (Johnson, Sayer, McNamara and Vine)," he said. "It's exciting times and they're all playing at good levels and I still think the A-League has a really important place to play in the sustainability and development. "So for me, the timing's really, really good. "We just have to now solidify the individual development of players and to make sure that they're making right decisions, to make sure that we have enough players for the future." Montemurro has been helped by Tom Sermanni testing and developing more players during his stint as interim coach. "It's actually made my job a little bit easier in terms of profiling players and understanding what level some of the players are at and then thinking about how we can marry the two," he said. Players have long been encouraged to test themselves overseas. While the likes of Caitlin Foord and Kyra Cooney-Cross have gone to new levels by playing in England, others have struggled. Vine has notched just 58 minutes across three appearances this NWSL season. "Playing is the baseline and obviously the more scenarios, the more situations you're exposed to at club football, the better you're going to be equipped for it," Montemurro said. "All players have to think about where they can find a good environment, whether it's a good training environment or a good environment that gives them the opportunity to be exposed to many football scenarios as possible." Finally on the clock, new Matildas boss Joe Montemurro wants to bring back Vine Time. Two years ago, winger Cortnee Vine catapulted to stardom when she scored the winning spot-kick in the Matildas' epic penalty shootout win over France at the Women's World Cup. Back then, Vine, 27, was also lighting up A-League Women with Sydney FC. But between taking a mental health break, injuries and a difficult start to life in the NWSL with North Carolina Courage, she hasn't played for the Matildas since the Paris Olympics. Montemurro plans to reach out to Vine, along with other players in the wider Matildas selection frame. "Cortnee's definitely on the radar," he told AAP. "And we'll get to the heart of getting her back in the fray and hopefully we can build her into the Asian Cup also." Montemurro watched on in Canberra on Monday night as an array of other attackers made their own cases ahead of the Asian Cup. Comeback kid Amy Sayer scored a well-taken brace against Argentina and can play attacking midfield and both centrally and on the wing. Kahli Johnson notched a goal and an assist across her first two games while ALW golden boot Holly McNamara is also highly rated. "It's interesting that everyone's talking about the next cycle and the ageing squad, but to me it doesn't look too bad with the four names you've just mentioned (Johnson, Sayer, McNamara and Vine)," he said. "It's exciting times and they're all playing at good levels and I still think the A-League has a really important place to play in the sustainability and development. "So for me, the timing's really, really good. "We just have to now solidify the individual development of players and to make sure that they're making right decisions, to make sure that we have enough players for the future." Montemurro has been helped by Tom Sermanni testing and developing more players during his stint as interim coach. "It's actually made my job a little bit easier in terms of profiling players and understanding what level some of the players are at and then thinking about how we can marry the two," he said. Players have long been encouraged to test themselves overseas. While the likes of Caitlin Foord and Kyra Cooney-Cross have gone to new levels by playing in England, others have struggled. Vine has notched just 58 minutes across three appearances this NWSL season. "Playing is the baseline and obviously the more scenarios, the more situations you're exposed to at club football, the better you're going to be equipped for it," Montemurro said. "All players have to think about where they can find a good environment, whether it's a good training environment or a good environment that gives them the opportunity to be exposed to many football scenarios as possible." Finally on the clock, new Matildas boss Joe Montemurro wants to bring back Vine Time. Two years ago, winger Cortnee Vine catapulted to stardom when she scored the winning spot-kick in the Matildas' epic penalty shootout win over France at the Women's World Cup. Back then, Vine, 27, was also lighting up A-League Women with Sydney FC. But between taking a mental health break, injuries and a difficult start to life in the NWSL with North Carolina Courage, she hasn't played for the Matildas since the Paris Olympics. Montemurro plans to reach out to Vine, along with other players in the wider Matildas selection frame. "Cortnee's definitely on the radar," he told AAP. "And we'll get to the heart of getting her back in the fray and hopefully we can build her into the Asian Cup also." Montemurro watched on in Canberra on Monday night as an array of other attackers made their own cases ahead of the Asian Cup. Comeback kid Amy Sayer scored a well-taken brace against Argentina and can play attacking midfield and both centrally and on the wing. Kahli Johnson notched a goal and an assist across her first two games while ALW golden boot Holly McNamara is also highly rated. "It's interesting that everyone's talking about the next cycle and the ageing squad, but to me it doesn't look too bad with the four names you've just mentioned (Johnson, Sayer, McNamara and Vine)," he said. "It's exciting times and they're all playing at good levels and I still think the A-League has a really important place to play in the sustainability and development. "So for me, the timing's really, really good. "We just have to now solidify the individual development of players and to make sure that they're making right decisions, to make sure that we have enough players for the future." Montemurro has been helped by Tom Sermanni testing and developing more players during his stint as interim coach. "It's actually made my job a little bit easier in terms of profiling players and understanding what level some of the players are at and then thinking about how we can marry the two," he said. Players have long been encouraged to test themselves overseas. While the likes of Caitlin Foord and Kyra Cooney-Cross have gone to new levels by playing in England, others have struggled. Vine has notched just 58 minutes across three appearances this NWSL season. "Playing is the baseline and obviously the more scenarios, the more situations you're exposed to at club football, the better you're going to be equipped for it," Montemurro said. "All players have to think about where they can find a good environment, whether it's a good training environment or a good environment that gives them the opportunity to be exposed to many football scenarios as possible."
West Australian
an hour ago
- Health
- West Australian
New coach to give lifeline to forgotten Matilda
Finally on the clock, new Matildas boss Joe Montemurro wants to bring back Vine Time. Two years ago, winger Cortnee Vine catapulted to stardom when she scored the winning spot-kick in the Matildas' epic penalty shootout win over France at the Women's World Cup. Back then, Vine, 27, was also lighting up A-League Women with Sydney FC. But between taking a mental health break, injuries and a difficult start to life in the NWSL with North Carolina Courage, she hasn't played for the Matildas since the Paris Olympics. Montemurro plans to reach out to Vine, along with other players in the wider Matildas selection frame. "Cortnee's definitely on the radar," he told AAP. "And we'll get to the heart of getting her back in the fray and hopefully we can build her into the Asian Cup also." Montemurro watched on in Canberra on Monday night as an array of other attackers made their own cases ahead of the Asian Cup. Comeback kid Amy Sayer scored a well-taken brace against Argentina and can play attacking midfield and both centrally and on the wing. Kahli Johnson notched a goal and an assist across her first two games while ALW golden boot Holly McNamara is also highly rated. "It's interesting that everyone's talking about the next cycle and the ageing squad, but to me it doesn't look too bad with the four names you've just mentioned (Johnson, Sayer, McNamara and Vine)," he said. "It's exciting times and they're all playing at good levels and I still think the A-League has a really important place to play in the sustainability and development. "So for me, the timing's really, really good. "We just have to now solidify the individual development of players and to make sure that they're making right decisions, to make sure that we have enough players for the future." Montemurro has been helped by Tom Sermanni testing and developing more players during his stint as interim coach. "It's actually made my job a little bit easier in terms of profiling players and understanding what level some of the players are at and then thinking about how we can marry the two," he said. Players have long been encouraged to test themselves overseas. While the likes of Caitlin Foord and Kyra Cooney-Cross have gone to new levels by playing in England, others have struggled. Vine has notched just 58 minutes across three appearances this NWSL season. "Playing is the baseline and obviously the more scenarios, the more situations you're exposed to at club football, the better you're going to be equipped for it," Montemurro said. "All players have to think about where they can find a good environment, whether it's a good training environment or a good environment that gives them the opportunity to be exposed to many football scenarios as possible."
Perth Now
an hour ago
- Health
- Perth Now
New coach to give lifeline to forgotten Matilda
Finally on the clock, new Matildas boss Joe Montemurro wants to bring back Vine Time. Two years ago, winger Cortnee Vine catapulted to stardom when she scored the winning spot-kick in the Matildas' epic penalty shootout win over France at the Women's World Cup. Back then, Vine, 27, was also lighting up A-League Women with Sydney FC. But between taking a mental health break, injuries and a difficult start to life in the NWSL with North Carolina Courage, she hasn't played for the Matildas since the Paris Olympics. Montemurro plans to reach out to Vine, along with other players in the wider Matildas selection frame. "Cortnee's definitely on the radar," he told AAP. "And we'll get to the heart of getting her back in the fray and hopefully we can build her into the Asian Cup also." Montemurro watched on in Canberra on Monday night as an array of other attackers made their own cases ahead of the Asian Cup. Comeback kid Amy Sayer scored a well-taken brace against Argentina and can play attacking midfield and both centrally and on the wing. Kahli Johnson notched a goal and an assist across her first two games while ALW golden boot Holly McNamara is also highly rated. "It's interesting that everyone's talking about the next cycle and the ageing squad, but to me it doesn't look too bad with the four names you've just mentioned (Johnson, Sayer, McNamara and Vine)," he said. "It's exciting times and they're all playing at good levels and I still think the A-League has a really important place to play in the sustainability and development. "So for me, the timing's really, really good. "We just have to now solidify the individual development of players and to make sure that they're making right decisions, to make sure that we have enough players for the future." Montemurro has been helped by Tom Sermanni testing and developing more players during his stint as interim coach. "It's actually made my job a little bit easier in terms of profiling players and understanding what level some of the players are at and then thinking about how we can marry the two," he said. Players have long been encouraged to test themselves overseas. While the likes of Caitlin Foord and Kyra Cooney-Cross have gone to new levels by playing in England, others have struggled. Vine has notched just 58 minutes across three appearances this NWSL season. "Playing is the baseline and obviously the more scenarios, the more situations you're exposed to at club football, the better you're going to be equipped for it," Montemurro said. "All players have to think about where they can find a good environment, whether it's a good training environment or a good environment that gives them the opportunity to be exposed to many football scenarios as possible."
The Age
6 hours ago
- Business
- The Age
‘I can smell success': Montemurro aims for Asian Cup glory with Matildas
'I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to tell you how important this is to me ... the opportunity it affords me personally in my career and as a person to bring the game to the next level,' he said. The mission to extract him from his contract at Lyon was delicate and protracted. Despite months of rumours linking him to the Matildas, which he also fuelled himself, Montemurro said he only signed his multi-year deal on Saturday, having secured his release over the weekend. FA overlooked him for Tony Gustavsson five years ago, and had another chance to sign him a year ago, when he was in the country to coach the A-League All Stars, but the federation hesitated; sources suggest they may have had to pay a hefty fee to Lyon to belatedly get him over the line, but better late than never. Interim chief executive Heather Garriock had a positive spin. 'I don't think it's a missed opportunity,' she said. 'Everything happens for a reason ... to have Joe with a French championship under his belt is only going to help the Matildas.' Montemurro wouldn't go as far as making an Ange Postecoglou-esque declaration that he would win a trophy in his second season, when invited. He declined to even put himself in the same 'category' as the Tottenham Hotspur boss, even though he is the only Australian coach with a comparable resume in European football. 'The only promise I make is that we will play an exciting brand of football and that the integrity and the level and the respect of the Matildas will always be at the top of my thinking,' he said. But he did offer the following: 'I can smell some success.' Montemurro rubbed his hands together with glee at a question about his philosophy, and his tactical plans for the Matildas. As he acknowledged, what he had to say was what most coaches offer in these circumstances: a promise to play proactive, attacking football. The difference is that he, unlike most, has the track record and knowledge base to actually pull it off. 'We want to control the game. We want to have the ball. We want to be able to control the game even when we don't have the ball,' he said. 'You'll see a team that will take risks. You'll see a team that's going to be brave. You'll see a team that's going to excite. I know no other way of playing football, and it's a matter of now instilling that identity. But the beauty of it is that I think we've got some traits as athletes in Australia that can really bring that to life and really bring that in a special way - an Australian way, hopefully.' Montemurro certainly has the tools, at least in the short term, to pull off something special at the Asian Cup, which kicks off on March 1 - a tournament he described as 'winnable'. Though his remit also includes a much-needed evolution of the playing group - a process he acknowledged that caretaker coach Tom Sermanni had already begun - there remains enough star power at his disposal to realistically aim for what would be the team's first silverware since 2010. He expressed hope that Mary Fowler might recover in time from her ACL injury to feature at the tournament, noting that she was in the right environment at Manchester City to give her the best possible chance. Loading As for Sam Kerr, who is yet to return from her own ACL tear, and the vexed question of whether she will be his captain, he played a straight bat. 'Let's get her fit and right and then we'll have those discussions from there,' he said. Montemurro was due to travel down to Canberra later on Monday, ahead of the Matildas' friendly against Argentina, to address the playing group for the first time pre-match. He will take charge of his first game later in June against Slovenia at Perth's HBF Park.
Straits Times
20 hours ago
- Sport
- Straits Times
Interim coach says Montemurro will take Matildas to new heights
Interim coach says Montemurro will take Matildas to new heights SYDNEY - Caretaker coach Tom Sermanni, who signed off his third spell in charge of the Matildas with a 4-1 win over Argentina on Monday, is convinced his replacement Joe Montemurro will take the team to new heights. The 70-year-old Scot, who first took charge of the Australia women's national team in 1994 before they had the nickname by which they are now known around the world, guided the side for the 151st time hours after Montemurro's appointment. "His coaching record is second to none, he is a proud Australian, I think he will take this team to a new level," Sermanni told broadcaster Paramount before the match in Canberra. Two goals from Amy Sayer and later strikes from Emily Van Egmond and substitute Michelle Heyman gave Australia a second win over Argentina in the space of four days to send Sermanni off in style. The Matildas were roared on by a sellout crowd of 25,125 at Canberra Stadium, a familiar sight over the last few years as the team has grown hugely in popularity. "The thing that stood out to me is every time we've played a game at home, and I've walked out onto the field and just looked at the crowd, it's just been phenomenal experience," the former coach of the United States women's team told reporters. "I've never witnessed a crowd that such as the Matildas crowd. With the Matildas, it's just unique. And I kind of pinch myself when I go out and stand in front of it before the game starts." Sermanni thought that he was bequeathing Montemurro a squad of players that, when fully fit, would be competitive with any side in the world. "People forget we were (very) close to getting the silver at the last World Cup and the Olympics before the last one," he said. "So the team is close. The experienced players are still very influential ... and we've got some good young players coming through." Chief among the injury concerns is Sam Kerr, who has not played for her country or club Chelsea since she suffered an ACL injury in January 2024. Montemurro told local media earlier on Monday that he had been informed on taking the job that Kerr had needed another medical "intervention" for an issue not related to her knee injury, but was now back up and running. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
