Pink has been made an honorary member of the Matildas after being gifted a personalised jersey.
Matildas goalkeeper Lydia Williams introduced the pop megastar and her daughter, Willow, with two goalkeeper jerseys again stage at Pink’s Melbourne present on Saturday.
It’s a replicate of the identical purple Nike jersey worn by Williams and fellow Matildas goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold all through Australia’s residence World Cup marketing campaign.
Watch the video above.
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”Thank you, I will wear it proudly,” Pink mentioned as Williams handed her the shirt.
“Dude, with your name on it, how rad.”
The US singer and her daughter are the primary to get their arms on the now iconic jersey, which went on sale at the moment.
Just six months in the past, it was the one Matildas jersey followers have been unable to buy. Within hours of the discharge of the three goalkeeper jerseys they’ve offered out.
As the veteran keeper and the Who Knew star continued to speak, they shared a candy second.
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“You’re always on in the change room playlist so you’re part of the team basically,” Williams mentioned.
”I was goalie in field hockey,” Pink replied, a lot to William’s delight.
The Melbourne Victory FC keeper instructed the Sydney Morning Herald the singer had a real curiosity within the jersey and is an enormous advocate for ladies’s sport.
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“She loves Australia, and she loves Australians… When she realised it was about the World Cup and the first release of the jerseys, her excitement and genuine curiosity… She’s smiling big in the photo, so she’s definitely pumped about it,” Williams mentioned.
“She’s like the Taylor Swift of our generation. If Pink had that level of social media back then she would be the equivalent to that.”
The singer additionally took to her Instagram to publish a touching observe to Arnold.
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“Mackenzie Arnold sorry you couldn’t join us, but we’ll be cheering you on this week,” she wrote.
The Matildas jersey won’t be the one Aussie sports activities merchandise Pink and her household will tuck into their suitcases once they go away our shores.
The singer’s son, Jameson was noticed onstage through the tour sporting a Carlton AFL soccer jersey.
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