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Football Federation Australia has signalled for the first time it wants to bring in a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for W-League players.And the national womens football league could expand in size and length if theres the money to support it.W-League chiefs, player representatives - through Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) - and W-League clubs have established a new taskforce to find a pathway to professionalism.Unlike Socceroos, Matildas and A-League players, W-League players are without a formalised pay deal.FFA has admitted that many players have been playing for free in past competitions, with most clubs paying an average wage below $150 a week.PFA has long called for the institution of a league-wide CBA - which enshrines wage standards and conditions - and it appears to have won the fight.On the taskforces agenda are four areas - league structure and format, club infrastructure and player conditions - with agreed targets to be set in each.FFA chief executive David Gallop affirmed the sports commitment to female football while announcing the new working party in a statement on Saturday morning.Football has had a national womens league since we launched the Westfield W-League in 2008/9 and has enjoyed strong growth, he said,In fact, Gallop sold FFAs commitment short, given it ran the National Womens Soccer League from 1996-2004.The common goal of the FFA and the PFA is to lead the way by also establishing a CBA for the national league players. One of the tasks of the Working Party will be to set a realistic timeframe and basis for achieving this, Gallop said.The move sets up football to compete - both commercially and for talented athletes - with netball and AFL, which are establishing new national womens leagues in 2017, and cricket.Newly appointed W-League chief Greg ORourke suggested his primary concern was ensuring financial viability.The focus now is on building a league which is sustainable but more professional on many levels to ensure growth for clubs and players alike, he said.We need to ensure the platform allows us to move to more games for the players and fans with the addition of more rounds and potentially more teams.PFA boss John Didulica said he wanted to build a womens football competition of global significance that would improve the Matildas.Building the W-League into a sustainable professional competition will establish a platform for the hundreds of thousands of young girls currently playing football and ensure our ongoing international success, he said. 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These last few days have been a very good indicator of what were capable of and how we need to play the rest of the summer.Walker hit a two-run homer in the first and Travis dArnaud blooped a two-run single in the fourth, after Anthony Rizzo tied the score with a two-run homer in the top half. Zobrist homered off Erik Goeddel in the seventh.Addison Reed struck out Kris Bryant to end the seventh with the potential tying run on second, and then struck out the side in the eighth after Rizzos leadoff single. Jeurys Familia got three straight outs to convert his 44th consecutive save chance, including a major league-leading 28 this season, sending the Cubs to their ninth loss in 13 games.You can believe you can compete, but then when you go out and do it, it means a lot, the confidence that it sends throughout the clubhouse, Mets manager Terry Collins said. Theres no other way to do it except go out there and beat one of the real, real good teams three times. And weve done that and we want to finish it off.Arrieta (12-3) lost for the third time in six starts, giving up four runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. He had been 19-0 in 24 regular-season road starts since losing at St. Louis on May 7, 2015, the only pitcher since 1913 to win 19 consecutive road decisions. However, he lost Game 2 of last years NL Championship Series at Citi Field.Arrieta started his first eight batters with balls. Rookie Brandon Nimmo walked leading off, and Walker sent a 94 mph sinker off the facing of the secondd deck in right.dddddddddddd The home run was his 15th this year, one shy of his 2015 total.With the score 2-2 in the fourth and runners at first and second, dArnaud popped a ball into short center field, in the middle of a triangle formed by center fielder Jason Heyward, second baseman Javier Baez and shortstop Addison Russell. On a full run toward the outfield and with his back to home plate, Baez reached up with his right, bare hand, but the ball glanced off it and fell to the ground as two runs scored. Baez had just entered the game at second base.Colon (7-4) allowed two runs and four hits in six innings. DArnaud said Colon kept the mood light.Even today, hes getting us to laugh before his big start, he said.Before the game, Cubs manager Joe Maddon recalled writing Pancho on the lineup card when he was with the Angels instead of Colons name, a reference to Colons pet donkey when he was young in the Dominican Republic. Maddon said the way to beat the Colon was to take advantage of his few mistakes.There was just one, Rizzos homer into the center field batters eye.The key is just throw strikes, Colon said through a translator. A team like the Cubs, who are aggressive at home plate, you have to try to get ahead of the batters.WEB GEMMets first baseman James Loney made a nifty throw for a reverse force double play in the third inning. After fielding Zobrists bouncer over first, Loney leaned back in foul territory and threw to second, where shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera acted as if there was no play, appearing to fool Arrieta, who went into the base standing up and was tagged out.TRAINERS ROOMMets: OF Juan Lagares was activated from the 15-day DL after recovering from a sprained left thumb, entered as a pinch hitter in the sixth in his first big league appearance since June 14 and is set to start Sunday. ... RF Curtis Granderson, who has not played since Wednesday because of a right calf strain, was on deck to pinch hit in the eighth and could play Sunday.UP NEXTLHP Jon Lester (9-3) is to start Sunday for the Cubs and RHP Noah Syndergaard (8-3) for the Mets. ' ' '