Four Victorians called up to Commbank Young Matildas Training Camp

Congratulations to the 30 players, including four Victorians; Alana Murphy, Paige Zois, Caitlin Karic and Naomi Chinnama, who have been called up to the CommBank Young Matildas training camp.

The training camp will take place in Sydney from 10-16 May 2022 and serve as preparation for the FIFA U20 World Cup Costa Rica 2022™, which is set to take place in August this year.

Of the 30 young up and coming stars, three will take part in their first training camp at U-20 level, including Victorian midfielder Paige Zois.

This will be the second time the U-20 Women’s World Cup hopefuls will come together. A two-week training camp and international series against New Zealand last month finished with a win and a draw for the Aussies. Since that series the players have returned to club football in the state National Premier Leagues (NPL) competitions.

CommBank Matildas Head Coach Leah Blayney welcomed the return of the players into another national team camp as they continue to lay the foundations for their World Cup campaign.

“In building towards the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup™, we have put together a strategy that gradually allows for the players to expand their knowledge in a considered manner,” Blayney said.

“With this camp we will introduce the next set of concepts, reinforce the positives that came out of the review of the April internationals, while continuing to foster cohesion and understanding within the team.”

“In terms of squad selection, the door continues to remain open, and we will still have the purpose of rewarding impressive performances. We have added some new faces to this camp as acknowledgement of strong a A-Leagues Women season and bringing in those who are currently performing in their NPL environments across the country.”

“Over the coming months we will be closely monitoring how all eligible potential players are progressing to ensure that we capture all the players that can enhance us in August.”

Later this week Blayney and the CommBank Young Matildas’ group stage opponents will be revealed when the Official Draw takes place in the early hours of the morning on Friday, 6 May at the Teatro Nacional in San Jose, Costa Rica.

COMMBANK YOUNG MATILDAS SQUAD | TRAINING CAMP | 10 – 16 MAY 2022