SYDNEY, Australia — Nothing can compete with the Matildas. 

Meetings have been canceled. Other sporting events, rescheduled. Pubs are stocking up and viewing centers across the capital are setting up massive screens, preparing for the Matildas-obsessed masses. 

When the Australian women’s national team, the Matildas as they’re nicknamed here, takes to the pitch Wednesday night (6 a.m. Wednesday ET) for their first-ever World Cup semifinal against England, the country will come to a…