Supplied by AWSA and transcribed by Thomas Esamie
| Home Team | v | Away Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round One (played November 3) | ||||
| Adelaide Sensation
Trimboli, Vozzo, Burgess, May, Winn, Madden (Harrison 82), Salisbury, Stocco, Walsh (Tsacos 53), Augimeri, Papageorgiou (De Vanna 61) |
0 | - | 1 | Canberra Eclipse
Hartley, Starr, Wainwright, Borucinski, Taylor, Munoz (Rawson 60), P Hepperlin, Karp, Wilson, Thomson (Kunz 70), David Goal : Sacha Wainwright 19 |
| Canberra Eclipse's new coach Clive Mackillop came away with a
satisfying 1-0 away victory over Adelaide Sensation in his first ever WNSL match. His side
dominated the first half during which the only goal of the game was scored. Defender Sacha
Wainwright sent over a lofted ball from wide on the left which deceived goalkeeper Leanne
Trimboli and drifted just inside the far post. Caitlin Munoz caused the Adelaide defence
constant headaches and was unlucky not to add to the visitors' lead.
Sensation came out much stronger after the break and the attack see-sawed from end to end. Adelaide's efforts were thwarted by an impenetrable Canberra defence, Lia Augimeri closest when her shot hit the crossbar. Canberra were up against an in-form Trimboli whose flying saves stopped cracking strikes from Munoz and Tal Karp. WA draft Lisa De Vanna made her WNSL debut coming on in the second half for the home side and made an instant impression. | ||||
| Queensland Sting
Nichols, Bartlett (Canham 63), Reuter (Cusack 77), Grant, McShea, Tramacchi, Hohnke (Blackwell 65), Ferguson, Nolan, Thomas, Harch (Mitchell 86) Goal : Elissia Canham 87 |
1 | - | 0 | Victoria Vision
Barbieri, Bisby, McEvoy, Wright, Minstrell, Smith (Angelucci 59), Romano (Groenewald 67), Digiammarco, Saville, Terek (Pacella 84), Kuralay |
| Defending champions Queensland Sting snatched a late 1-0 win
over Victoria Vision, Elissia Canham the goalscorer with just four minutes remaining. Both
sides struggled in the blustery conditions and overall it was a lacklustre affair. An
evenly fought first half saw both sides with chances, but nothing clear cut.
Queensland emerged the stronger going with the wind in the second interval but squandered too many good openings, and Victoria's defence held up well. Queensland overall looked below par, missing key midfielders to direct the play. Vision's best chance was fingertipped over by the keeper midway through the second half. Sting finally found relief when a Lana Harch cross was well finished by Canham from 12 metres. | ||||
| NSW Sapphires
Kell (Pichon 76), Tann-Darby, Klessattel (Davison 60), Warrener (Ledbrook 69), Gilbert (Slatyer 64), Garriock, Peters, Rockall, Carney, Cavanagh (Cannuli 54), Golebiowski Goals : Alicia Cavanagh 3, 43, Kelly Golebiowski 25, Taryn Rockall 30, Lisa Warrener 54 |
5 | - | 1 | Northern NSW Pride
Carpenter (Betteridge 46), Ingles, Alley (Colthorpe), Stevens, Attwill, Amber Neilson, Wilson, McMinn, Dunne, Gill (Shepherd), Crawford Goal : Katie Gill 18 |
| Season favourites NSW Sapphires underlined their ability with
an emphatic 5-1 victory over young rivals Northern NSW Pride. Northern came back from
conceding an early goal to then draw level, but NSW's dominant midfield and sharp attack
produced three more goals to lead 4-1 at half-time. Alicia Cavanagh opened the Sapphires
account after 3 minutes, slotting past the keeper, before Pride equalised through a
breakaway well finished by Katie Gill. Kelly Golebiowski, Taryn Rockall, and Cavanagh then
found the net.
NSW added their fifth early in the second half through Lisa Warrener. NSW eased off the pedal and brought on all five substitutes and Northern soon tired. | ||||