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Kyah Simon included in Matildas' preliminary WWC squad

Kyah Simon's been named in the Matildas' provisional 29-player squad for the home Women's World Cup. (Darren Pateman/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Veteran striker Kyah Simon will get the chance to make a late and once unlikely run at the Women's World Cup on home soil after being named in the Matildas' provisional extended squad.

Simon appeared almost certain to miss a second consecutive World Cup through injury after tearing her anterior cruciate ligament when playing for Tottenham in October and failing to play a competitive game since.

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