Soccer-Australia bringing best-ever squad to home World Cup: Foord

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Women's World Cup - Group C - Australia v Brazil - Stade de La Mosson, Montpellier, France - June 13, 2019 Australia's Caitlin Foord celebrates scorining their first goal REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Women's World Cup co-hosts Australia have never had a stronger squad than the one set to compete for a first title in the global showpiece, forward Caitlin Foord said.

The 'Matildas', ranked 10th in the world, have yet to go beyond the quarter-finals of a World Cup but coach Tony Gustavsson's team head into the tournament with momentum after winning eight of their last nine matches.