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Ian Chadband

Van Egmond goal in vain as Super League dream crumbles

Emily van Egmond has scored for Birmingham but just missed out on promotion to the WSL. (Morgan Hancock/AAP PHOTOS)

Matildas' great Emily van Egmond has seen her dream of returning to England's Women's Super League shattered despite scoring for Birmingham City in a dramatic winner-takes-all, season-finale against London City Lionesses.

The globetrotting 158-time capped Australian international, who's been making a big impact in her 20th separate spell at a professional club in five different countries, was surprised to find herself after just three months at Birmingham plunged into a high profile second-tier Championship title decider on Sunday.

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