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'Anything is possible': Home World Cup in 2023 worth more than revenue

Isobel Cootes
Updated October 23 2021 - 12:33pm, first published 4:09pm
Canberra player Karly Roestbakken (pictured) and Matildas defender Alanna Kennedy know how important it is for Australia to host the 2023 World Cup. Picture: Elesa Kuntz
Canberra player Karly Roestbakken (pictured) and Matildas defender Alanna Kennedy know how important it is for Australia to host the 2023 World Cup. Picture: Elesa Kuntz

Alanna Kennedy grew up knowing more about the United States national team, a team more than 12,000 kilometres away from her Sydney home, than she did about the Matildas - a team she would go on to play for.

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Isobel Cootes

Isobel Cootes

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Sports reporter at The Canberra Times. A Novocastrian with a passion for football (or soccer as they call it in the capital) via The Examiner and The Port Lincoln Times.

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