Australia doesn't know the names of these sporting heroes. But today, we should learn.

This morning, we’re celebrating one particularly talented group of Australian women.

Lydia Williams

Larissa Crummer

Ashleigh Sykes

Clare Polkinghorne

Laure Alleway

Servet Uzunlar

Steph Catley

Elise Kellond-Knight

Caitlin Foord

Emily van Egmond

Lisa de Canna

Leena Khamis

Tameka Butt

Alanna Kennedy

Teresa Polias

Hayley Raso

Kyah Simon

Melissa Barbieri

Katrina Gorry

Samantha Kerr

Mackenzie Arnold

Nicola  Bolger

Michelle Heyman

Our national women’s national soccer team, The Matildas, had an exhilarating win over Brazil this morning.

That means they’ve secured a place in the FIFA Women’s World Cup quarter-finals — and it’s a massive historic moment that we couldn’t be more excited about.

In case you missed it, The Westfield Matildas are one of Australia’s best sporting teams — but most Australians wouldn’t know that.

In fact most Australians wouldn’t recognise a single name on that list.

And it’s about time we changed that.

The team has been playing like superstars at the World Cup in Canada all week — but never has a match of theirs been so celebrated as this morning’s 1-0 win over Brazil, which marks the first first finals victory in a World Cup tournament.

As the ABC reports, the team has qualified for the Cup quarter-finals twice before, this morning’s game was their first knockout victory.

Australia’s coach Alen Stajcic celebrated the result as a “massively historic moment”.

“We’re a dangerous team, one of the most dangerous teams at the World Cup, if not the most dangerous team in going forward,” he said of The Matildas.

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He especially praised striker Kyah Simon — who scored the winning goal.

“Kyah Simon is a great player and she showed it by being there at the right time at the right place,” Stajcic said of the 23-year-old fromwestern Sydney.

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“She certainly had to work hard to get there. it wasn’t an easy tap in where the ball fell to her feet, she actually had to work hard, read the play and a magic moment like that gets us through.”

The win was an early birthday present for Simon, an Indigenous Australian who turns 24 on June 25.

In a world where women’s sport is consistently undervalued — and where women are consistently valued for their sex appeal rather than their talent — it’s more than heartening to see The Matildas’ win making headlines across the globe this morning.

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The Matildas are now preparing for a quarter-final game against either Japan or the Netherlands, who face each other tomorrow local time.

We couldn’t be more excited.

Keep killing it, girls.

Some social media reactions to the awesome win:

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