“My mom was a single parent raising me and my nan was there to help her a lot along the way. I've been surrounded by women, and everything I've seen and learnt has been from women.

"Seeing my mom do the things that a mother and father would do is very inspiring for me."

Foord is also inspired by so many amazing women athletes as well and sees that the journey hasn’t finished, and the current Matildas must also play their part.

“It goes back to all those all those girls who played back in the day when they didn't have this," she said.

"I'm sure they're looking at what we get now and they're probably very, very happy for us, but at the same time, they would have loved to have that around in their game.

“That's why I say we never take any of it for granted. We know what it used to be like, and we want to leave the game in a better place than we left it.

“When we're sitting back looking like they are, we want to see instead of 10,000 fans, we want to see 25,000. It's the growth of the game. It doesn't start from the team. It's from generations ago."

Foord’s journey has already been many years in the making, starting with her debut for the Matildas in 2011 at age 16, to becoming the youngest ever Australian to play at a World Cup. Eight years later, the versatile striker has already seen positive change in the game.

“For me personally, and a lot of the other girls in the team, we've been in this wave from when I was first in the team having maybe 100 people in the game to having thousands now.

“For us, we appreciate the fans as much as they appreciate us. They make our game here in Australia and that's why you see us want to give back so much to them. They're making this journey enjoyable for us as well.

“To have people there and actually looking up to us, it's crazy. It still is very cool every game to see so many people there. Now seeing girls with our jerseys on, that's insane to me.

"I used to run around with someone's jersey on. Now to see someone in mine. It's cool, and I just want to give the time to them that they have given to come and watch us."

While there are no guarantees for any player to make the World Cup squad, one would expect Foord to feature, and for there to be plenty of fans wearing her jersey.