SAM KERR performed her method into the historical past books surpassing Tim Cahill to develop into the best scorer for Australia on the worldwide stage.
The Chelsea ahead’s second aim in opposition to Indonesia on this 12 months's Asia Cup took her tally to 51, exceeding Cahill’s report of fifty.
Kerr’s feat occurred through the Matildas’ 18-0 demolition of Indonesia within the group stage of the match at present happening in India.
The Blues heroine, 28, who captains Australia, was on the right track FIVE occasions, with 4 of her objectives coming in a first-half blitzing of their rivals.
The Chelsea star has now racked up 54 objectives in 105 video games for her nationwide facet.
The conflict on the Mumbai Soccer Area was the crew’s opening fixture on the match with the Tony Gustavsson’s facet trying to win the trophy for the second time of their historical past.
Earlier than the competition, Kerr, who was a runner-up within the 2021 Fifa World Participant Awards, described the concept of breaking Cahill’s report as ‘loopy’.
Final November the striker informed Australia Related: “Rising up watching him, I feel everybody in Australian soccer, in case you requested who's their favorite Australian footballer, they'd say Timmy.
“What he did for the Socceroos is wonderful and truthfully it should simply be actually surreal for me (to interrupt his report).
“It is such a loopy one for me as a result of Tim Cahill, to me, is simply on one other degree.”
And Cahill, who netted 56 objectives in 226 Premier League video games for Everton, took to social media to applaud Kerr's efforts.
In a publish shared through his Twitter account, the retired midfielder mentioned: "You're an inspiration globally and I am one in every of your greatest supporters and all the time right here for you on and off the park.
"Maintain breaking information and most significantly benefit from the journey."
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Kerr’s scoring milestone comes virtually 13 years on from her worldwide debut.
The Australia star made a substitute look at simply 15 in Australia’s pleasant loss to Italy.
The WSL Golden Boot winner would go on to internet her first senior aim for her nation within the 2010 Asia Cup last which they received on penalties defeating North Korea.
Kerr is one in every of a number of WSL stars at present enjoying on this 12 months’s contest which started on Thursday together with her crew up in opposition to the Philippines subsequent.
Manchester Metropolis’s Hayley Raso, Aston Villa’s Emily Gielnik and Arsenal’s Caitlin Foord and Steph Catley are among the many gamers included in Australia’s squad.
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