Fresh information had proved a "deterioration" within the Matildas camp which meant Alen Stajcic had to be sacked as coach, Football Federation Australia chief David Gallop said.

But an evasive Gallop again dodged specifics of why Stajcic was suddenly axed five months before the women's World Cup.

On Monday, Gallop met twice with stunned Matildas players and staff but couldn't provide them detailed reasons for the sacking.

Stajcic's axing divided the Matildas but players didn't push for him to...

Former Matilda Heather Garriock has lauded Alen Stajcic's work in putting Australian women's football on the world map after the national team boss was sacked on Saturday.

The FFA fired the former Sydney FC manager just five months out from this year's World Cup in France after an internal review.

Garriock, who has played for Stajcic and coached alongside him, said the 45-year-old deserved better treatment for his work with the Matildas since 2014.

"He asked players to give everything of themselves...

Matildas linchpin Emily van Egmond has been put on ice for the remainder of the W-League season after an ankle injury. The Newcastle captain rolled and sprained her ankle on Wednesday at training, suffering ligament damage.

The injury is terrible news for the eighth-placed Jets ahead of Saturday's must-win match against Sam Kerr's visiting Perth. And it's not great either for the national team with June's World Cup on the horizon.

The midfielder is predicted to be out for six weeks. That suggested...