Victorian women soccer starts

Some big rivalry's will be renewed this weekend...no not in the AFL but in the Victorian Womens Premier league, which starts on Sunday.

I am excited about 2011 - its a world cup year and the WPL competition has taken a youth leap this year with two talent development and a number of other teams opting for renewal.

The grand final rematch between Box Hill and Heidelberg is the block buster of the round and will be a good test to see which team fared better in the off season.

Box Hill is stacked with talent including a number of W-League players, but Heidelberg, the perrenial bridemaid should be hungary for success.

Everytime Heidelberg have beaten or drawn with Inter they have played agressively from the whistle and their forward have taken every chance to nail home goals.

The other two rivals which are new to the premier league is Doncaster Rovers and Bundoora United. The have moved up in the same leagues together and battled for top position in Division One of the womens competition last year.

It wouldn't be an exageration to call this a grudge match as both teams are going to need all the points they can get and keen to start thier inaugral season in the top league with a win.

The Ashburton and VCL Country will test both teams.

Ashburton by their own admission have undergone a renewal process and will feature a lot of young players while the country team will be playing only thier second match together are probably still trying to gel as a team.

Casey Comets is another team which has been re-vamped over the summer with a new coach and personnel and South Melbourne under the guise of former socceroo Alan Davidson improved as the season went on last year.

Sandringham could be the sleeping giant this year as they have a massive junior program and an experienced coach in Shaune Parton.

They have also recruited former WPL coach of the year, Deb Nichols, who parted ways with Casey Comets and led Casey to finals, Not only that she was known to play in goals for the club they were short on keepers.

Altona on the otherhand struggled last year and would have been relegated but for Bendigo withdrawing.

Can Box Hill and Heidelberg maintain thier dominance in a competition with a sawg of young and hungary girls?

Lets find out - you can find the fixture here