SOCCER

WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE

TOM HAYES

MOE’S Teagan Micah is now among the elite of Australian women’s footballers, joining a cohort of 12 Aussies to play in England’s Women’s Super League.

In doing so, she has become just the 29th Aussie in the league’s history to take the WSL pitch.

Micah signed for Liverpool in July this year, making appearances in the cup competitions every now and again.

However, due to a groin injury of first-choice goalkeeper, Rachael Laws, Micah was promoted to the starting 11 to make her WSL debut.

She took to the pitch in Liverpool’s eighth game of the season, as they hosted Brighton and Hove Albion at Prenton Park.

The Reds had just come off the back of a 5-1 thumping from Chelsea and fellow-Australian Sam Kerr, who comfortably sit atop the league, leaving Liverpool in sixth.

Micah was straight into the action against the Seagulls, forced to make three acrobatic saves while the score remained at nil-all in the first half.

Liverpool then struck twice in 16 minutes before halftime to hold a 2-nil lead at the break.

The second half was all Liverpool too, as they added another two goals to complete a 4-0 thumping.

Micah was forced to make those three early saves, which could have changed the outcome dramatically if she’d seen them into the back of the net.

Micah was given at 7.8 Fotmob match rating, with a 100 per cent save rate, 80 per cent passing rate and a clean sheet on WSL debut.

Micah hopes that now she can dig it at WSL level, which could lead to her to getting more chances for the Matildas.

“I just played for Liverpool and that’s giving me massive confidence coming into these games, it’s a big opportunity against a top-10 nation,” Micah told Optus Sport ahead of their two friendlies against Canada starting last Wednesday (December 6).

Micah started in both games for Australia, stepping in for first-choice goalkeeper and West Ham women’s captain, Mackenzie Arnold, due to injury.

The Matildas unfortunately went down on both occasions, first 5-nil, then 1-nil, in what were the last Matildas games of 2023.

Micah most recently started for Liverpool against Bristol City on December 10, playing in a 1-all draw with the then-bottom-of-the-league side.