Caitlin Foord and Sharn Freier found the back of the net in pre-season friendlies, while Jacynta Galabadaarachchi made her debut for U.S. Sassuolo Calcio.
Read our review of the Matildas Abroad action below.
United States
The North Carolina Courage had to settle for a point when they took on the bottom-of-the-table Chicago Stars. A hat-trick from Chicago's Ludmila saw the teams finish the tie at 3-3. Cortnee Vine was an unused substitute in the game.
Kaitlyn Torpey and Mackenzie Arnold's Portland Thorns went down 2-0 to ladder-leaders Kansas City Current. A goal in the opening minute to Ellie Wheeler saw Kansas take a 1-0 advantage heading into the break. Temwa Chawinga added to her goal tally for the season, scoring in the second half to seal the 2-0 win. Arnold started in goals for the Thorns, while Torpey was an unused substitute in the game.
Alanna Kennedy's Angel City grabbed a late victory over fourth-place Orlando Pride to keep their finals hopes alive. Alyssa Thompson scored a 87th-minute match-winner to seal the victory. Kennedy missed the game against her former side with an excused absence.
Morgan Aquino's DC Power FC kicked off their USL Super League season with a 3-1 win over the newcomers, Sporting JAX. A brace to Gianna Gourley and a goal to Jaydah Bedoya ensured DC took all three points in their opening game. Aquino started in goals for Power.
Sweden
Kristianstads DFF suffered a 1-0 loss to Hammarby that saw the side drop into fifth place and slip away from the top three. Julie Blakstad's goal in the 10th minute was enough to separate the sides. Amy Sayer and Remy Siemsen both started, with Sayer playing the full game and Siemsen coming off in the 74th minute.
Jada Whyman's AIK were unable to bounce back from their 2-0 defeat last weekend, going down 1-0 to Djurgården. Both sides had chances to open the scoring, with Whyman doing well on a number of occasions to keep out Djurgården's attack. The game looked destined to end a 0-0 stalemate; however, a penalty in the 83rd minute, that Therese Sessy Åsland dispatched past Whyman, saw Djurgården leave with all three points.
Courtney Nevin's Malmö recorded a dominant 5-2 win over 12th-place Brommapojkarna, which helps them keep neck-and-neck with Hammarby in first place, just one point separating them. Nevin played the whole match in Malmö's win.
Finishing up in Sweden, Daniela Galic's Vittsjö GIK went down 3-0 to 13th-placed Linköping FC. Galic played the full game, but was unable to help Vittsjö find the back of the net.
Canada
Calgary Wild FC went down 2-0 to Montreal Roses, in a defeat that will take a blow to the Wild's chances of playing finals football in the inaugural season. Kahli Johnson did not feature in the matchday squad.
England
Katrina Gorry's West Ham United recorded a 3-0 win over Liverpool in their pre-season friendly.
Caitlin Foord, Steph Catley, Kyra Cooney-Cross, Charli Grant and Clare Hunt all featured as Tottenham Hotspur ran away 4-3 winners over Arsenal in a pre-season friendly match. Catley, Cooney-Cross, Grant and Hunt all started for their respective sides, while Foord came off the bench to score, assisted by Catley.
Germany
Sharn Freier had a memorable first game in green for Wolfsburg, scoring in Wolfsburg's 3-2 victory over Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a pre-season friendly. Freier came off the bench in the 76th minute, scoring the match-winner in the 80th minute.
Italy
Jessika Nash and Jacynta Galabadaarachchi's U.S. Sassuolo Calcio kicked off their Serie A Women’s Cup campaign with a 2-0 win over AC Milan. Both Aussies started the match, with this game marking Galabadaarachchi's debut for the team.
Wini Heatley's AS Roma also kicked off their Serie A Women's Cup campaign with a victory, beating the newly promoted side, Ternana, 4-2. Heatley was an unused substitute in the win.
Alex Chidiac's FC Como suffered a 2-0 defeat to Fiorentina in their opening game of the Serie A Women’s Cup. Chidiac did not feature in the matchday squad for Como.