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Wellington Phoenix add All Whites duo; still eyeing W-League debut this coming season

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New Zealand international James McGarry has been brought back to replace departed star Liberato Cacace. STUFF SPORTS

Two All Whites are set to line up for the Wellington Phoenix this summer – and they could yet be joined by a number of Football Ferns.

Midfielder Clayton Lewis and fullback James McGarry are understood to have agreed terms with the A-League club ahead of the 2020-21 season, which is set to start December 27.

The 2020-21 W-League season is set to start the same day – and the prospect of a Phoenix women’s team being involved has suddenly become very real after it appeared to be growing increasingly unlikely.

In September, the Guardian reported there would be no expansion in 2020-21 and when Football Federation Australia announced last Thursday that the coming season would consist of 57 matches – the same number as last season – that appeared to be fixed in stone.

New Zealand Football chief executive Andrew Pragnell was coy on the subject when speaking to Stuff the day after the FFA announcement, while a Phoenix spokesman said at the time they wouldn’t be commenting on the W-League – or anything else.

 

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