Brisbane

Sunday 4 February 2018

 

 

Brisbane Roar FC have claimed their third Westfield W-League Premiership following a thrilling final match day of the Westfield W-League 2017/18 season.

 

With Sydney FC kicking off their derby match against the Western Sydney Wanderers FC thirty minutes beforehand, Brisbane Roar FC knew going into their fixture against Canberra United that a win or a draw would guarantee them top spot on the ladder and the Premiers Plate. A Sydney FC win and Brisbane Roar FC loss would have handed the Premiers Plate to the Sky Blues.

 

Sydney FC applied the pressure early scoring three goals in the first half of courtesy of Chloe Logarzo, Caitlin Foord and Caitlin Cooper. Remy Siemson added Sydney FC’s fourth shortly after the start of the second half, but Brisbane Roar FC were up to the challenge scoring twice in their first stanza through Hayley Raso and Emily Gielnik. Sydney FC conceded a late goal, but got the three valuable points to keep them in contention. All they could do at full-time was pray for a late Canberra United fightback.

 

Unfortunately for Sydney FC, their prayers went unanswered. Abbey Lloyd scored Brisbane Roar’s third in the72nd minute goal, but Elise Thorsnes replied two minutes later with a goal to give Canberra United a slight glimmer of hope. Lloyd then doubled her tally in the 90th minute to seal a memorable 4-1 victory. Shortly after the full time whistle Brisbane Roar FC were presented with the Westfield W-League Premiers Plate by Greg O’Rourke, Head of Hyundai A-League and Westfield W-League.

 

Sydney FC will now take their white hot form into next weekend’s Westfield W-League 2018 Semi Finals when they face the Newcastle Jets at Leichhardt Oval (Saturday, 10 February 2018) with Brisbane Roar FC hosting last season’s Champions Melbourne City FC at Perry Park the following day (Sunday 11 February 2018).

 

The winners of the two Semi Finals will meet in the Westfield W-League 2018 Grand Final on Sunday 18 February to determine this season’s champions.

 

Both Westfield W-League Semi-Finals will be broadcast live on Fox Sports 501 with SBS VICELAND broadcasting the Brisbane Roar FC v Melbourne City FC match live and the Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets match streamed via SBS – The World Game website (theworldgame.sbs.com.au) and App.

 

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Westfield W-League 2018 Finals Series – Week 1 Schedule

 

Date:                Saturday, 10 February 2018

Fixture:             Sydney FC (2) v Newcastle Jets (3)

Venue:              Leichhardt Oval, Leichhardt, NSW

Kick-off Time:    4:45pm (local/AEDT)

 

Date:                Sunday, 11 February 2018

Fixture:              Brisbane Roar FC (1) v Melbourne City FC (4)

Venue:               Perry Park, Bowen Hills, QLD

Kick-off Time:   3:00pm (local) 4:00pm (AEDT)

Sydney

Thursday 30 November 2017

 

Australian football star Sam Kerr has been named as the best female player in Asia at the annual Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Awards held in Bangkok, Thailand overnight.

 

Kerr was chosen as AFC’s Women’s Player of the Year ahead of DPR Korea forward Sung Hyang Sim, and Japanese defender Saki Kumagai. 
 

Speaking after receiving the award, Kerr was typically modest about her achievements: "This is the third time Australia have won the award and I think we are going in the right direction with women's football in Australia,” she said. “I am very proud to fly the flag for Australia. Individual awards are not important.

 

"It's been a good year for the clubs and the Matildas and my top memory on a personal level is breaking the record, and the award in the US which I will probably remember forever.

 

"My team mates are everything, like I said, without them it wouldn't be possible. My two clubs are my everything and hopefully in the future I will have success also with the national team."

 

The West Australian has set a new record in 2017 by scoring in her last six matches for the Westfield Matildas. Sam plays her club football in Australia for Perth Glory in the Westfield W-League and in the United States where she was the top goal scorer for Sky Blue FC in the National Women’s Soccer League this season.

 

Sydney

Thursday 23 November 2017

 

 

The accolades keep coming for football superstar Sam Kerr, with the Westfield Matildas ace last night named as Western Australia’s 2018 Young Australian of the Year moments after she scored two stunning goals in Australia’s 3-0 international friendly win over China PR in Melbourne.

 

Kerr, who resides in Fremantle and plays for Perth Glory in the Westfield W-League, will now represent Western Australia at the 2018 Australian of the Year awards ceremony in Canberra on January 25, 2018.

 

Recognition as WA’s Young Australian of the Year adds yet another honour to Kerr’s list of recent accomplishments, with the 24-year-old having enjoyed a record-breaking year at both club and international level.

 

Football Federation Australia (FFA) Chairman, Steven Lowy AM, today congratulated Kerr on her latest award, and explained that the Glory gun could add more silverware to her growing collection next week in Bangkok.

 

“On behalf of Australia’s football family, I would like to congratulate Sam Kerr for being named Western Australia’s 2018 Young Australian of the Year,” said Lowy.

 

“Sam’s brilliant performances on the pitch in 2017, combined with her humble approach off it, means that she is truly deserving of every honour that comes her way.

 

“Sam could become the third Australian player in the last four years to win the AFC Women’s Footballer of the Year Award when the annual AFC (Asian Football Confederation) Awards are held in Thailand next week,” concluded Lowy.

 

FFA’s Head of Women’s, Football Development, and Community Football, Emma Highwood, said Kerr and the Westfield Matildas are currently inspiring young girls and boys around the country to be involved with football.

 

“The Westfield Matildas claimed their sixth straight win in international competition in front of nearly 11,000 fans at AAMI Park on Wednesday night,” said Highwood.

 

“While Sam Kerr was central to the action, the efforts of the whole team on the field during the match and following the game to acknowledge the crowd ensured that supporters went home happy.

 

“The Westfield Matildas will play China PR again this Sunday, and we’re sure that another healthy crowd will venture to GMHBA Stadium in Geelong to support one of Australia’s most exciting and engaging national teams,” concluded Highwood.

 

Tickets for Sunday’s international friendly between the Westfield Matildas and China PR at GMBHA Stadium in Geelong can be purchased at www.matildas.footballaustralia.com.au/tickets.

 

Kick-off on Sunday is at 4.30pm (AEDT) and the match will be broadcast LIVE on both FOX SPORTS and SBS VICELAND.

SYDNEY

23 October 2017

 

 

The Westfield W-League’s 10th season has been launched in Sydney today – and it’s shaping up to be the best yet.

 

Australia’s trailblazing elite women’s football league features some of the world’s best players, more double-headers with the Hyundai A-League and extended broadcast coverage amid unprecedented interest in women’s football.

 

The Westfield W-League begins this Friday at 5.20pm at Allianz Stadium where Sydney FC take on Brisbane Roar FC; a clash that will include 10 current Westfield Matildas.

 

Football Federation Australia Chief Executive Officer David Gallop believes that the Westfield W-League gives fans the chance to see some of the world’s best women players in their own backyard.

 

“Sam Kerr has created headlines around the world with her goal scoring this year,” Gallop said. “She was player of the year in the Westfield W-League last season and has followed that up with a bag full of goals for the Matildas and the Golden Boot in the United States where she has also just been named Most Valuable Player in the National Women’s Soccer League.

 

“With Sam turning out for Perth Glory and plenty of her Matildas teammates at other Westfield W-League clubs, fans will be seeing world class action week in and week out.”

 

The Head of the Westfield W-League and Hyundai A-League, Greg O’Rourke, said the clubs and the players, through Professional Footballers Australia, had worked hard during the off season to finalise a new agreement which provides significantly better pay and employment conditions for Westfield W-League players.

 

“Football is the world’s biggest sport and women’s football is the fastest growing area of the sport here in Australia,” O’Rourke said. “We want to create a professional pathway in our game that will attract the best female athletes.”

 

O’Rourke said the number of Westfield W-League games on FOX SPORTS would increase from 17 last season to 27 this season.  He also confirmed that two games a week would be simulcast on SBS Viceland, meaning the Westfield W-League could be seen on free-to-air television around Australia.

 

“Westfield W-League fans are getting more on television and they are getting more when they come to the ground with more double headers with the Hyundai A-League.  With 25 double headers, one ticket gets you the best women’s football and the best men’s football.”

Sydney

Monday 11 September 2017

 

 

The tenth season of the Westfield W-League will kick-off with a bang with three of the four opening round matches broadcast on FOX SPORTS including a Grand Final rematch between Perth Glory and Melbourne City FC at nib Stadium.

 

Brimming with Westfield Matildas and international playing talent, bolstered by the announcement of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement and buoyed by an enhanced TV Broadcast deal, the tenth edition of the Westfield W-League is shaping up as one the most exciting and competitive to date.

 

Round 1 of the Westfield W-League 2017/18 Season will see Sydney FC host Brisbane Roar FC in the opening match on Friday 27 October at Allianz Stadium with Perth Glory meeting Melbourne City FC later that evening in a must-see Grand Final rematch. Melbourne Victory take on Canberra United on Saturday afternoon at Epping Stadium and the Newcastle Jets will be up against the Western Sydney Wanderers FC at McDonald Jones Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

 

The Westfield W-League 2018 Finals Series will be played on Sunday 11 February with the Westfield W-League 2018 Grand Final scheduled for Sunday 18 February.

 

A clear highlight of the Westfield W-League 2017/18 Season draw is the first ever Sydney Derby Double-Header on Saturday 9 December at ANZ Stadium with the Westfield W-League match kicking off at 5:00pm before the same Hyundai A-League match kicks-off at 7:50pm.

 

In total, twenty-seven (27) Westfield W-League matches will be seen live this season on FOX SPORTS which is ten more than the seventeen (17) matches broadcast last season.

 

FFA Head of Hyundai A-League & Westfield W-League, Greg O’Rourke, was proud to release the 10^th edition of the Westfield W-League Season draw.

 

“The competition has come a long way since the inaugural season which began in 2008.

 

“During the off-season, we have worked very closely with the clubs, venues and FOX SPORTS to produce what I believe is the best Westfield W-League draw to date.

 

“There are twenty-five (25) Westfield W-League/Hyundai A-League double headers through-out the season which gives fans the opportunity to see more football.

 

“In addition, the kick-off times during the Summer months have been fixed at later times for player and spectator comfort.

 

“The biggest enhancement is the twenty-seven (27) Westfield W-League matches which will be seen on FOX SPORTS.  I would to take this opportunity to thank Patrick Delany as his team at FOX SPORTS for increasing their commitment to broadcasting Women’s Football and we look forward to watching more hours of the Westfield W-League season than ever before,” concluded O’Rourke.

 

 

 

Key features of the Westfield W-League 2017/18 Season draw

 

• Westfield W-League 2017/18 Season will be played over 14 Rounds (54 matches) followed by the Westfield W-League 2018 Finals Series (3 matches)
• Twenty (25) Westfield W-League/Hyundai A-League Double-Header matches (which includes 3 matches scheduled after Hyundai A-League matches)
• Majority of matches scheduled to avoid clashes with Hyundai A-League fixtures (i.e. avoiding market clashes or when the club’s Hyundai A-League team has been scheduled to play)
• Improved kick-off times during peak summer months with majority of matches across the entirety of the Season Draw scheduled to kick-off no earlier than 4pm (local)
• Twenty-seven (27) matches to be seen on FOX SPORTS (including all three Westfield W-League 2018 Finals Series matches) up from 17 (2016/17 season)
• Three (3) broadcast fixtures in Round 1 – including Grand Final re-match between Perth Glory and Melbourne City FC @ nib Stadium on opening match day and Sydney FC v Brisbane Roar FC @ Allianz Stadium
• Majority of Sunday broadcast matches scheduled to kick-off at 4:30 pm (local) during peak summer months, leading in to 7pm kick-offs for Hyundai A-League fixtures (10 of the 12 Sunday broadcast fixtures Westfield W-League / Hyundai A-League Double-Header matches)
• Each club will host at least two home broadcast matches during the Westfield W-League 2017/18 Season
• Alternate market fixtures to expand the reach of the Westfield W-League in selected areas:
  • Round 6 - Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory @ Cromer Park, Cromer, NSW
  • Round 12 - Perth Glory v Canberra United @ Hay Park, Bunbury, WA
  • Round 14 - Sydney FC v Western Sydney Wanderers FC @ Seymour Shaw Park, Miranda, NSW
• Westfield W-League 2018 Finals Series scheduled as stand-alone matches which coincides with Hyundai A-League Split Round 20
• The Westfield W-League 2018 Semi Finals will be played on Sunday 11 February with the Westfield W-League 2018 Grand Final scheduled for Sunday 18 February.

 

For all membership, ticketing, news and match information including exclusive behind-the-scenes content on the Westfield W-League visit www.w-league.com.au.

FFA Media Release: Westfield W-League 2016/17 Round 3 Review

 

SYDNEY 

21 November 2016

 

Newcastle Jets boast a slim lead at the top of the Westfield W-League on goal difference thanks to a hard-fought 1-0 win over Perth Glory.

 

A lone Jen Hoy penalty was enough to separate the sides in front of a 3,650-strong crowd, leaving Newcastle on six points after three rounds.

 

Sydney FC joined the Jets at the top thanks to a 2-1 win at Melbourne Victory.

 

Champions Melbourne City were relegated to third on goal difference, though they now have a game in hand on the pair after not playing over the weekend.

 

Canberra United edged a 1-0 win over old rivals Brisbane Roar on the back of Ashleigh Sykes’ lone effort.

 

Meanwhile, Western Sydney Wanderers collected their first win of the season with a 2-1 home triumph over Adelaide United. 

 

Next weekend’s action is highlighted by the Melbourne derby, with the match to be broadcast live on Fox Sports/ABC TV on Sunday.

 

 

Western Sydney Wanderers 2 (Katie Stengel 60’, Paige Nielsen 85’)

Adelaide United 1 (Adriana Jones 62’)

Sunday 20 November 2016

Marconi Stadium, Sydney 

Kick-off: 3pm

 

Referee: Kelly Jones

 

Western Sydney Wanderers: Jada Whyman (gk), Caitlin Cooper (c), Kendall Fletcher, Erica Halloway, Katie Stengel, Paige Nielsen, Georgia Plessas, Rachel Lowe, Eliza Ammendolia (Chloe O’Brien 64’), Alexis Arlitt, Ellie Carpenter

 

Substitutes – Courtney Newbon (gk), Alix Roberts, Angelique Hristodoulou

 

Cautions – none

 

Adelaide United: Eliza Campbell (gk), Emily Hodgson, Monica, Stella Rigon (c) (Kelsey Zafiridis 54’), Sofia Huerta, Adriana Jones, Georgia Campagnale, Dragana Kljajic (Isabella Scalzi 60’), Danielle Colaprico, Katie Naughton, Alexandra Chidiac (Ally Ladas 79’)

                

Substitutes – Sarah Willacy (gk)

 

Cautions – none

 

 

Brisbane Roar 0

Canberra United 1 (Ashleigh Sykes 54’)

Sunday 20 November 2016

AJ Kelly Field, Brisbane

Kick-off: 4pm

 

Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

 

Brisbane Roar: Mackenzie Arnold (gk), Nina Frausing-Pedersen, Amy Chapman (Brooke Spence 77’), Clare Polkinghorne (c), Angela Beard, Katrina Gorry, Maili Forbes (Allira Toby 64’), Tameka Butt, Summer O’Brien, Emily Gielnik (Sunny Franco 46’), Madlyn Evans

 

Substitutes – Georgina Worth (gk)

 

Cautions – Katrina Gorry 37’, Summer O’Brien 46’

 

Canberra United: Trudy Burke (gk), Yukari Kinga, Jenna McCormick, Ellie Brush, Hayley Raso, Jasmyne Spencer (Grace Maher 46’), Michelle Heyman (c), Hannah Brewer, Ashleigh Sykes, Celeste Boureille, Stephanie Ochs (Nickoletta Flannery 89’),

 

Substitutes: Georgia Stewart (gk), Clare Hunt

 

Cautions: none

 

 

Melbourne Victory 1 (Natasha Dowie 83’)

Sydney FC 2 (Alanna Kennedy 18’, Remy Siemsen 36’)

Sunday 20 November 2016

Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne

Kick-off: 4pm

 

Referee: Rebecca Durcau

 

Melbourne Victory: Bianca Henninger (gk), Alexandra Natoli, Alexandra Cheal, Annabel Martin, Lia Privitelli (Laura Spiranovic 62’), Ayesha Norrie, Natasha Dowie, Christine Nairn, Melindaj Barbieri, Adriano Taranto (Rachel Alonso 71’), Samantha Johnson

 

Substitutes – Bethany Mason-Jones (gk), Gulcan Koca

 

Cautions – Alexandra Cheal 15’, Samantha Johnson 18’, Natasha Dowie 81’

 

Sydney FC: Sham Khamis (gk), Teresa Polias (c), Remy Siemsen (Olivia Price 84’), Liz Ralston, Servet Uzunlar (Natalie Tobin 14’), Nicola Bolger, Caitlin Foord, Georgia Yeoman-Dale, Alanna Kennedy, Kyah Simon, Leena Khamis

 

Substitutes – Sarah Easthope (gk), Princess Ibini

 

Cautions – None

 

 

Newcastle Jets 1 (Jen Hoy 48’ pen)

Perth Glory 0

Sunday 20 November 2016

McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle

Kick-off: 2.30pm

 

Referee: Lara Lee

 

Newcastle Jets: Kelsey Wys (gk), Sophie Nenadovic, Elizabeth O’Reilly, Megan Oyster, Arin Gilliland, Cassidy Davis, Gema Simon (c), Emma Stanbury, Jen Hoy, Jenna Kingsley, Clare Wheeler

 

Substitutes – Claire Coelho (gk), Rhali Dobson, Grace McIntyre, Brooke Miller

 

Cautions – none

 

Perth Glory: Melissa Maizels (gk), Sarah Carroll, Kim Carroll, Alyssa Mautz, Patricia Charalambous, Nicole Stanton, Rosie Sutton, Vanessa DiBernardo, Jaymee Gibbons, Sam Kerr, Arianna Romero

 

Substitutes – Gabrielle Dal Busco (gk), Shawm Billam, Caitlin Doeglas, Natasha Rigby

 

Cautions – Nicole Stanton 71’

 

 

Melbourne City – BYE