Football South Australia has announced the launch of the ‘Leave A Legacy’ website to coincide with the commemoration of 100 years for women’s football in the nation.
On Friday, September 24, the date marked 100 years since the first women’s football game was played in Brisbane at the Gabba in front of 10,000 spectators in 1921.
In 2020, we saw Australia and New Zealand announced as joint hosts for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023. This upcoming tournament is set to be the biggest Women’s World Cup to be held in history with 32 teams participating, with Adelaide being named as a host city to cater for this.
As a part of their legacy initiative, Football SA’s launch of the leavealegacy.com.au website has been developed to showcase the journey to the Women’s World Cup and the Legacy Plan that has been formulated to capitalise on this world event.
The hosting of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 provides football with the unique opportunity to drive profound change for girls and women. The tournament will be used as a platform to drive gender equity and long-term social change not only in football but across the whole sporting community.
Football SA endeavours to do this by unlocking infrastructure to ensure girls and women can participate in a safe and inclusive manner. Growth of participation across all age groups and abilities, whilst recognising the significant contributions that women do make in leading the game, is critical.
“The FIFA Women’s World Cup is one of the world’s biggest events and it provides football with a vehicle to grow the sport in South Australia and drive significant growth and equality across all areas of the game,” Football SA Chief Executive Officer Michael Carter said.
“The website has been established to inform and engage people in this once in a lifetime opportunity and importantly we want to hear from our stakeholders on the legacy that they want to see the World Cup leave for the sport.”
For more information, visit the Leave A Legacy site here.