Joey Lynch is a Melbourne-based sports journalist and AYA cancer advocate. Primarily working on football, he has covered the Socceroos, Matildas and A-Leagues for ESPN for over a decade.

Sam Kerr remains sidelined as she recovers from an ACL injury. (Photo by Alex Pantling – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images) Kerr therefore would not be available for the Matildas as she hasn’t been ...