- Matildas face USWNT in Sydney on Saturday
- Kick-off time at Stadium Australia today is 3pm AEDT
- Any thoughts? Email or tweet @JPHowcroft
Hello everybody and welcome to live coverage of Australia’s friendly against the USA from Sydney. Kick-off is 3.00pm.
“This isolated game is kind of once in a lifetime opportunity to handle the game similar to a World Cup feeling,” Matildas coach Tony Gustavsson said about the clash against the side five years with as an assistant coach. And although it’s a twice in a lifetime opportunity (with the second half of the double-header in Newcastle on Tuesday) there is no escaping the fact that these powerful nations are meeting as part of their preparations for the 2023 World Cup.