It's looking like a good year of #Football for the Central Coast Mariners :cm: in Australia.

The A-League draw has come out for the defending champs, plus there is some international cup action as part of the #AFCcup.

Our opponents in the group stage of the AFC Cup are:

→Bali United (Indonesia)
→Terengganu FC (Malaysia)
→Stallion Laguna (Philippines)

It is also the inaugural season for the women's team - which is very exciting too.

#CCMFC #BeOurMate #MastodonFC #AleagueMen #ALeagueWomen

Thinking about making groups for A-League Men and Women. Thinking @aleague for the men just because it will cause the least friction but for the women I’m think it should be @thedub but I figure let’s vote. #aleague #ALeagueW #ALeagueM #aleagueswomen #aleaguesmen #aleaguewomen #aleaguemen #sokkahdon #mastodonfc #matildas

Right how many of you mob are gonna go and watch your #ALeagueWomen team this season? #FIFAWWC #WomensWorldCup

Not me scrolling through my Insta stories and getting super, super hype about #BarclaysWSL and #ALeagueWomen after looking at endless posts and reels.

(Also #NWSL stuff will be popping off SOON because verrrry few players still in the #WWC2023 play for NWSL teams*, excepting a few Swedes & ... one? Aussie? Or is that all over?**)

*Statement not fact-checked.

**This is not great for the NWSL! We gotta switch some sh*t up! NO SALARY CAP!!! FREE AGENCY!! No RANDOM TRADES!

@wwc

If Ten/Paramount don’t sign Ashleigh Sykes on for the next A-League Women’s season as an analyst I will truly doubt their commitment. She has been so good in the Optus World Cup coverage #aleague #aleaguewomen

After #CANvAUS last night I saw one of the hosts of #TheFarPost #podcast and went up to say hi (only after hearing them say on the pod that they love to meet fans). Was very cool to have a brief chat, been listening to the pod since it started. Huge fan. A must-listen for #soccer #football fans, particularly #ALeagueWomen.

Watching #CANvAUS now.

I'm emotional for all of the #CANXNT players I follow, but also for all of the Tillies I follow, and once again, watching #NWSL and #ALeagueWomen and #BarclaysWSL and #UWCL footy over the years has made me a fan of SO many of these players.

Whewww. & imagine Hayley Raso and Linda Caicedo playing together at Real Madrid this year!! Dang. #WWC2023 @wwc

PS Bev Priestman still wins best dressed at the WWC. 🔥🔥🔥

i suppose I shouldn’t be surprised to realise how many Filipina players play in the #ALeagueWomen #FIFAWWC

#WellingtonPhoenix young player of the year Milly Clegg has joined #WesternSydneyWanderers for the coming season #COYN #nix #WSW #ALeagueWomen #MastodonFC

Sydney FC romp to A-League Women title with grand final win over Western United https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/apr/30/sydney-fc-romp-to-a-league-women-title-with-grand-final-win-over-western-united #ALeaguewomen #football. Sadly, for a neutral supporter, a pretty one-sided match. Western United were terribly vulnerable at set-pieces.

"A-League Women elimination semi-final delivered drama, but few were in attendance"

The game could have been played at a ground more accessible to fans, teams should have had far more publicity about the game, there could have been shuttle buses linking to the CBD or local transport, terrestrial TV availability... so many options.

Instead, they got an attendance of under 800 people. For an absolute banger of a game.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-16/a-league-women-delivers-drama-but-not-a-crowd/102227818

#football #MelbDerby #MCYvMVC #soccer #ALeagueWomen

Chaos league continues to chaos #MCYvMVC #MelbDerby #melbournevictory #aleaguewomen

The #ALeagueMen and #ALeagueWomen are screwed without media exposure. “On Sunday, Joey Lynch tweeted that he was the only journalist in attendance covering Melbourne Victory against Perth Glory at AAMI Park.
One journalist, covering the biggest (football) club in the country!”

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/04/11/to-suggest-the-football-media-incited-fans-to-riot-is-not-only-wrong-its/

The “Sydney” Morning Herald there, two stories about Wrexham on their football page, no coverage of the #ALeagueMen or #ALeagueWomen since last week. https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer

The disrespect shown to #ALeagueWomen is clear with the amount of water on the pitch for #sydvnew

Staj’s kid coming on for Sydney. Imagine one day she ends up playing with some of the women who ran her dad out of his Matildas job? #SYDvPER #ALeagueWomen

Haley’s struggled to get involved but that was a great finish from another Cortnee Assist. #SYDvPER #ALeagueWomen

Australian Football Commentators are quite the special breed #SYDvPER #ALeagueWomen

Ah Jada, wtf were you doing there‽ #SYDvPER #ALeagueWomen

Cortnee Vine isn’t taking any of your bullshit #SYDvPER #ALeagueWomen