Kyra Cooney-Cross, an Arsenal midfielder, expressed her admiration for playing with the club’s world-class players despite not receiving much playing time. She emphasized the importance of patience and learning from her more experienced teammates.Kyra Cooney-Cross, an Arsenal midfielder, expressed her admiration for playing with the club’s world-class players despite not receiving much playing time. She emphasized the importance of patience and learning from her more experienced teammates. Cooney-Cross praised players like Leah Williamson, Alessia Russo, and Steph Catley, acknowledging their leadership and skills. She stated that training with such high-caliber players has enhanced her development. Cooney-Cross is part of a formidable Arsenal Women’s team that will play their matches at the Emirates Stadium next season. She is also a member of the Australian Women’s team, known as the Matildas, and will represent her country at the Paris Olympics alongside her Arsenal teammates, Caitlin Foord and Steph Catley.
I’m not sure we’ll ever realize how great our Arsenal women’s squad is. We have a world-class team with players like Alessia Russo, Beth Mead and Leah Williamson, as well as a top coach in Jonas Eidevall, and we will be the first WSL club to call the club’s main stadium our home.
Arsenal are a fantastic team, so it’s no surprise that Kyra Cooney-Cross, speaking about her first season as a Gunner, marveled at how great it was to be at the club, even if she didn’t play much. Kyra explains that as a new Gunner you have to be patient and have fun while practicing with the club’s world-class players.
That’s what the Arsenal midfielder said “I didn’t get many minutes, but you just have to be patient.
Even when I’m not playing, I train every day with world-class players like Leah; she’s a great leader; Alessia; and of course Steph and Caitlin.
Cooney-Cross has had a fantastic start at Arsenal. Even though she wasn’t an instant hit, the more she stayed at the club, the more she became part of the team. By the end of the season, she had gradually but steadily consolidated her place in the starting eleven. The hope is that Matilda’s first team will continue to thrive at the Emirates Stadium next season, as we have hopefully seen, that is just the beginning; there is so much more to come.
Notably, Cooney-Cross will represent Australia Women at the Paris Olympics alongside her Gunner national team-mates Caitlin Foord and Steph Catley. Catley will captain the Matildas at the Olympics as Chelsea’s Sam Kerr continues to recover from a cruciate ligament injury.
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