This tournament alone has already generated hundreds of millions of dollars for the economy. Not to mention the outright positive social, mental and physical health ramifications of football inspiring a whole generation of kids to play sport.

less than zero return on investment

You could not be more wrong.

¡Vamos España!

Here’s an excellent article that explains it

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/sometimes-you-strike-it-lucky-how-a-25-cent-phone-poll-gave-the-matildas-their-name-20230517-p5d93q.html

Fantastic night watching the Tillies. Cheering them on all the way!

The tournament has been a resounding success, and hopefully inspires many more Australians to enjoy the beautiful game.

This is a football World Cup. This is as big as the Olympics the local media would have understood that if they weren’t so financially dependent on the other codes.

I agree, however I think it’s important to note that the tournament’s success is in spite of the vested interests of the local media in the other codes, and therefore lack of promotion, discussion and excitement generated amongst the population.

Damn it, I was fuming during the second half. Just make some subs, Tony!

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The Football Australia DMC 2023/24 can be found here.

Good to see him back in the league with the Mariners, even if it means it didn’t work for him in Germany this time.

A second stint here as a more mature player may help him springboard back into Europe later on anyway, so I’m interested to see how he goes.