They were the first Australian sports team to ever visit North Korea, they were also the first side to pose nude for a calendar and they're the first Australian team – male or female – to reach the quarter finals of a FIFA World Cup, not once but three times. This team is the Matildas. Their journey to global success hasn't been easy. Like women's football around the world, male football associations denied their existence for decades.
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Matildas documentary lays bare team's struggles and successes - ABC News
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The Matilda Effect: how our female footballers have taken centre stage - ABC listen
Role models: how the Matildas have 'turbocharged' girls' football in Australia, Women's World Cup 2023
Book event: The Matilda Effect with Fiona Crawford and Grace Gill
It's really exciting': Matildas stars hopeful World Cup legacy will spur on A-League Women's season - ABC News
Matildas fall to Canada 5-0 in first meeting between two sides since Women's World Cup - ABC News
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