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‘A significant step forward’: A-League Women to expand by two teams

Alex Chidiac of Melbourne Victory holds aloft the A-League Women’s championship trophy earlier this year.
Alex Chidiac of Melbourne Victory holds aloft the A-League Women’s championship trophy earlier this year. Photograph: Matt Blyth/Getty Images

The A-League Women’s competition will expand from 10 teams to 12 over the course of the next two years with the number of rounds extended from 14 to 22 to bring the game in Australia on a par with the rest of the world.

Western United will enter the fray in the 2022-23 season, followed by the Central Coast Mariners a year later, subject to FA board approval. It means that by the start of the 2023-24 season, there will be a full home-and-away schedule consisting of 132 games.

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