Miette, 14, currently plays for Box Hill United U19s in the WNPL after previously playing for Glen Waverley SC, Knox City FC, Ashburton United and Junior NTC.

The teenager created the ABC series Kick and is now a narrator and producer for the program which documents the journeys of young females at junior level.

The series began as a just for fun project while at Ashburton as her father, Dean, was then the assistant coach and they filmed mock interviews.

“The interviews came out really good and some of the footage we took was good quality, but I didn’t have time to put it together,” Dean told The Women’s Game.

“Miette was already doing film subjects at school so she asked for the footage and spent a good four months on it.

“It then came out as a 14 minute documentary which she called  ‘Time to Shine’. It was the journey of why these girls play football and why they love it.

“What was interesting is that Steph Catley and John Aloisi were in it. We had these stars in this little footage which was great. Melissa Barbieri saw it and they started pushing it around.

“ABC then got a hold of it and they asked if they could do it as a mini-series. We had to chop up Miette’s work into five little episodes under her direction and then give it to ABC.

“Miette wanted to promote women’s football. Her beef was that women’s football wasn’t seen in the right light.

“When they see girls playing soccer, they’re happy and it’s all about having fun. She wanted to show that women and girls play football just as hard as boys.”

Miette in action this season. By Rach Bach

Kick is now into its third series documenting the journeys of Miette, Alana Jancevski (NTC), Nia Stamatopoulos (NTC), Jess Young (NTC) and Paige Zois (South Melbourne).

The program has featured the stories of teenagers Kyra Cooney-Cross and Sofia Sakalis before they played W-League.

Cooney-Cross is 16 and will be entering her second W-League season with Melbourne Victory after playing 12 games in 2017/18.

Miette said she also wanted to help her peers mature as well as encourage more females to play football.

“I was once at church and this lady came up to me with her daughter asking ‘are you Miette from Kick?’ and she told me I inspired her daughter to start playing soccer,” Miette said.

“It was a shock that just starting this show and getting all these people involved has influenced people to play the game.

“My dad films basically everything, so I’m used to having a camera or microphone in my face. It’s made it easier for me to talk and communicate in front of a camera because it’s always around and I don’t feel uncomfortable.

“It’s a big thing for professional players because after games they can get interviewed and there could easily be a camera there and someone there asking questions, so they have to be really confident in public.”

Dean said it was always his plan to document the journey of his daughter and her teammates regardless of whether it would be funded.

“I coached girls before Miette was born and the reason why I fell in love with the women’s game is because they reminded me about the way men played soccer in the 70s,” he said.

“The girls would have the shit pitch in the corner with all the divots and had hand-me-down tops with hardly any lighting.

“They turned up to every session with a smile and they gave 100%, whereas the boys always complained the facilities weren’t good enough, the shirts weren’t good enough and we felt the world owed us something.

“I thought the passion the girls showed is what football is all about. What the women show today is that they play because they love it, even knowing their future to a degree is capped.

“The opportunities are growing, but there aren’t as many as what the boys have, but they still play with that passion. I think the men are losing it because they’ve been getting paid and have conditions. They’re becoming a bit spoilt.”

Dean says Cooney-Cross has come a long way despite only being 16

Miette prefers playing as a striker or a winger and has netted eight goals for Box Hill this season.

The teen supports Arsenal, Real Madrid and Melbourne Victory and dreams of playing in the W-League and England one day.

“I started playing when I was four. When I first started walking, I started kicking the ball around,” she said.

“My dad introduced it to me, but I’m not playing soccer because of him. I started to watch games when I was young and I thought it was a really good sport and matches my athletic ability.

“Playing in U19s now, there’s pressure and people think I must be good for that level and if I don’t perform to the standard, people question why I’m there.

“I want to play for Australia and the Gunners one day. Looking at them now, they play such a good brand of football under Joe Montemurro.

“I’m also looking at studying sports psychology after high school.”

Kick series three is set to air on ABC Me in October.