Football Australia (FA) expect to have a full-time Matildas coach appointed by the middle of the year and are adamant there is enough time to have the stuttering national team firing by the 2026 Asian Cup.
And the Matildas great at the forefront of the search for Tony Gustavsson's permanent successor insists the lengthy delay is because FA aren't settling for anything less than a world-class candidate.
The same day FA celebrated a year to go until the Asian Cup, the Matildas slumped to a 2-1 loss to Colombia, their third defeat in a week under interim coach Tom Sermanni.
