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This season for the Australian has not been as straightforward as some of the past campaigns. Filled with missed chances, and plenty of critics questioning her ability in front of the net, Kerr’s first few months of the season did not go exactly as she may have planned. It only took one in her final match of 2022 to find the back of the net. CFC was waiting for a moment of magic like that from its 29-year-old attacker all season, and when the ball found its way past goalkeeper, Sarah Bouhaddi, it was difficult not to reminisce about her display to finish the season in May against Manchester United.

Her xG was just 0.1 against the French side, but in Kerr’s last opportunity of the year to show the world the amount of talent she still has left in her, the Australian delivered in a way only she knew how. Despite the fact that Kerr already has double-digit goals to her name, this campaign has felt different from the ones of the past. She has accumulated her lowest goals per 90 minutes of any season during her CFC career of over four contests, but given the way Kerr concluded 2022 with a goal and an assist to her running mate, Lauren James, there is the hope of a second half of the season riddled with world-class finishes.