2023 Women's World Cup, A-Leagues reform, and Football For Good: New Year's Resolutions for the Australian game

The start of a new year always prompts reflections and meditations on the past 12 months. Football is one of the most important sports in Australia. There is the 2023 Women's World Cup, A-Leagues reform and Football For Good: New Year's Resolutions for the Australian game.

The Socceroos won the World Cup in Qatar. They beat Tunisia and Denmark to reach the last 16. Head coach Graham Arnold was selected by L'Equipe as the coach of the tournament. The scenes back in Australia of tens of thousands of fans gathered in public squares to watch the Socceroo's exploits. The World cup was a vindication for Arnold. It was also a reminder of how galvanising the national teams can be.

The ParaMatildas team took part in the inaugural Cerebral Palsy Women's World Cup in Salou, Spain. They finished second to USA in a thrilling final. Katelyn Smith, who scored the equaliser in that final, won the Golden Glove for the most outstanding goalkeeper. Georgia Beikoff took out the golden boot with 13 goals.

Aussie footballers are impressing overseas. Aussie coaches are also producing some of the best players. Ange Postecoglou won the Scottish Premiership title in his first season in charge of Celtic. Joe Montemurro won a record five consecutive Serie A titles with Juventus in Italy. Kevin Muscat led Yokohama F. Marinos to the Japanese first division title.

150 Melbourne Victory fans stormed the field during the A-League Men Melbourne derby, attacking the goalkeeper and the referee. Football Australia handed out several bans to some of the fans, police pressed charges and Victory were slapped with sanctions. The fall-out has been swift. It created negative headlines around Australia and around the world. It was the boilover moment of longer bubbling fan anger.

The Matildas lost in the quarter-finals of the 2022 Women's Asian Cup to South Korea. It was the lowest ebb in coach Tony Gustavsson's tenure. The team won four consecutive matches in their final two windows of 2022. It is the biggest World Cup year of them all. There is a Women’s World cup in 2323. Football For Good is one of their New Year's resolutions.

The former National Soccer League club was sanctioned by Football Australia in the aftermath. FA has to decide how to incorporate NPL clubs with particular cultural and historical roots into a national competition that strives for mainstream appeal.

2023 Women's World Cup, A-Leagues reform, and Football For Good are the New Year's Resolutions for the Australian game.

2023 Women's World Cup is taking place in Australia. Football Australia has a legacy plan for the tournament. It aims to create funding streams for high-performance, facilities, leadership, grassroots participation and international engagement. The plan is also aimed at promoting the game in the domestic leagues. FIFA have promised that this tournament will be "the biggest and best yet" with 32 teams competing for first time ever.

The A-Leagues needs to restore the faith of its fans in the game. The league needs a better governance model and more transparency. A new season of the ALW will kick off after the Women's World Cup. The A League needs the support of all the players. It needs more representation of fans on the boards and in regular forums. There are also new opportunities for the league to recruit new players from the World cup. This is the New Year's resolution for Football For Good.

2023 Women's World Cup will be the next major FIFA event. It will take place in Australia and New Zealand. There are many social and political issues that the tournament can address. The spotlight is now on the Women’s World cup and its participants to use their platform to achieve good. The tournament's motto is "Beyond Greatness" and the motto "Football for Good" is the new year's resolution for the Australian game. They want to strive to be good and achieve goodness. For more information on this topic, visit Football for good's website.