Matildas pair Sam Kerr and Mary Fowler nominated for top Asian football awards

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After their star turns at the Women’s World Cup on home soil, Sam Kerr and protege Mary Fowler are now in line to take out the continent’s top football honours.

Given their success as the Matildas finished fourth at the global showpiece in August, skipper Kerr and fellow striker Fowler have been nominated as the Asian Football Confederation’s best women’s and youth player respectively. Kerr headlines a three-player list that also includes Zhang Linyan from China and Japan’s Saki Kumagai.

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