Everybody has their own football moment – when the realisation sets in that this sport really means something. For some, it may come at a young age, eyes glued to a World Cup TV screen; for others, it may be while standing on the terraces of a home-town club, or perhaps simply kicking a ball about on a Sunday morning in the park. Winning the right this week to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup shapes as another for many Australians and New Zealanders. With the joint bid in pole position to emerge victorious from Fifa’s council meeting after the withdrawal of Japan, football on both sides of the Tasman has never had a better chance to galvanise a fractured community. It is easy to forget that football is, at its core, about these moments. You can find them in your memory and pluck them out, turn them over in your hands: where you were, who you were with, the sounds and smells of the room or the terrace or the grass. They’re the moments you point to and say, “This is where it all started.” Matildas midfielder Emily van Egmond recalls her own moment: “I remember watching the 2007… Read full this story
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