Matildas star Samantha Kerr has added another chapter to her growing list of accolades, taking home the ESPY award for Best International Women's Soccer Player on Wednesday.

For the Australia international, who divides her club time between Perth Glory in Australia's W-League and the NWSL's Chicago Red Stars, the award capped off a stellar 12 months in which she was also named the AFC Women's Footballer of the Year.

The striker has continued her strong form into the new NWSL season, becoming the...

The Matildas have added one more player to their Tournament of Nations squad -- a 15-year-old wildcard who coach Alen Stajcic rates as the most talented prospect he's seen in women's football.

Fresh from scoring 10 goals in six games for the Young Matildas at the AFF Women's Championship, striker Mary Fowler will join the Australian set-up in America ahead of their friendly clashes with Brazil, the United States and Japan.

The Cairns product has emerged from almost total obscurity to thrust herself...

The Matildas are set to blood a 16-year-old bolter when they defend their Tournament of Nations crown in the United States -- one of their last formal warm-ups before next year's Women's World Cup.

Amy Sayer is the only uncapped player in coach Alen Stajcic's 20-strong squad for the tournament, which pits Australia against three of the world's leading women's soccer nations in Brazil, the United States and Japan.

Midfielder Sayer is coming off an impressive debut W-League season with Canberra United...

Australian national team superstar Sam Kerr achieved a big milestone when she returned to haunt her former team with a hat trick of goals as Chicago Red Stars beat the hapless Sky Blue FC 3-1 on Saturday.

The 24-year-old's second goal made her the first player to notch 50 career goals in the US National Women's Soccer League and the third made her the first to net three hat tricks.

Her latest three-goal haul came a year to the day after she had scored a hat trick for the Sky Blues on the same ground,...

The former CEO of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, Judith Griggs, is set to lead the working group tasked with resolving Football Federation Australia's governance gridlock.

AAP sources say London-based lawyer Griggs is in line to become the independent chair of the FFA congress review working group.

The eight-member panel has settled on Adelaide-born Griggs as their preferred candidate, with FIFA's review committee in the process of conducting an eligibility check.

It's expected the world...