2017–18 Canberra United FC (W-League) season

Canberra United FC
2017–18 season
Manager	Heather Garriock
Stadium	McKellar Park
W-League	5th
Top goalscorer	Elise Thorsnes (6 goals)
Highest home attendance	1,464 vs. Western Sydney Wanderers; 14 January 2018
Lowest home attendance	1,003 vs. Sydney FC; 12 November 2017
Average home league attendance	1,127
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Canberra United FC season was the club's tenth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football. The team played home games at McKellar Park. The club was managed by Heather Garriock.

Players

Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Haley Kopmeyer (on loan from Seattle Reign FC)
3	DF	AUS	Clare Hunt
4	DF	USA	Toni Pressley (on loan from Orlando Pride)
5	MF	AUS	Brianna Oliverio
6	MF	AUS	Caitlin Munoz
7	FW	AUS	Nickoletta Flannery
8	MF	AUS	Liana Danaskos
10	MF	AUS	Grace Maher
11	FW	NOR	Elise Thorsnes (on loan from Avaldsnes IL)
12	MF	AUS	Bethany Gordon
14	MF	AUS	Ashleigh Sykes (Co-Captain)
15	DF	AUS	Sarah Morgan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	AUS	Karly Roestbakken
17	FW	AUS	Maddy Whittall
18	MF	AUS	Taren King
19	FW	AUS	Aoife Colvill
20	MF	AUS	Amy Sayer
21	DF	AUS	Ellie Carpenter
22	MF	AUS	Jasmine Maguire
23	FW	AUS	Michelle Heyman (Co-Captain)
24	DF	USA	Kendall Fletcher (Guest player)
34	DF	ENG	Laura Bassett
35	GK	AUS	Isobel Davy
36	MF	AUS	Georgia Boric

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	FW	Grace MacIntyre		Newcastle Jets	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[1]
21	DF	Ellie Carpenter	17	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[2]
1	GK	Haley Kopmeyer	27	Seattle Reign FC	Loan	Pre-season	Free	^[3]^[4]
34	DF	Laura Bassett	34	Unattached	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[5]
8	MF	Liana Danaskos		Newcastle Jets	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[6]
5	MF	Georgia Plessas		Sydney University	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[7]
20	GK	Amy Sayer		Sydney University	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[7]
24	DF	Kendall Fletcher	32	Unattached	Guest player	Pre-season	Free	^[8]^[9]
4	DF	Toni Pressley	27	Orlando Pride	Loan	Pre-season	Free	^[9]
19	MF	Aoife Colvill		Canberra United Academy	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[10]
36	MF	Bethany Gordon		Sydney University	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[10]
18	MF	Taren King		Sydney University	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[10]
15	DF	Sarah Morgon		Canberra United Academy	Transfer	Pre=season	Free	^[10]
6	MF	Caitlin Munoz	34	Unattached	Transfer	Pre-season	Free
17	FW	Maddy Whittall		Belconnen United	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[10]

Transfers out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
1	GK	Trudy Burke	26	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season	Free
7	DF	Ellie Brush	29	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[11]^[12]
18	MF	Kahlia Hogg	23	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season	Free
12	DF	Hannah Brewer	24	Newcastle Jets	Transfer	Pre-season	Free
2	DF	Yukari Kinga	33	Melbourne City	Transfer	Pre-season	Free
19	FW	Aoife Colvill	16	Canberra United Academy	Transfer	Pre-season	Free
15	DF	Sarah Morgan	16	Canberra United Academy	Transfer	Pre-season	Free
9	FW	Jasmyne Spencer	27	Orlando Pride	Loan return	Pre-season	Free
22	DF	Stephanie Ochs	27	Houston Dash	Loan return	Pre-season	Free
14	MF	Ashleigh Sykes	26	Retired	Retired	End-season	Free	^[13]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes

Managerial staff

Current as of 30 January 2017 ^[14]

Position	Name
Chairperson	Kate Lundy
Chief executive officer	Phil Brown
Head coach	Heather Garriock
Assistant coach	Njegosh Popovich
Physiotherapist	Julian Russell-Jones
Team doctor	Dr. Wilson Lo
Team manager	Antoni Jagarinec

Squad statistics

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					W-League
N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Haley Kopmeyer	12	0	0	0	0	12+0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Clare Hunt	7	0	1	0	0	6+1	0	1	0	0
4	DF		Toni Pressley	12	2	0	0	0	12+0	2	0	0	0
5	MF		Brianna Oliverio	3	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Caitlin Munoz	7	0	1	0	0	2+5	0	1	0	0
7	FW		Nickoletta Flannery	5	0	0	0	0	2+3	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Liana Danaskos	10	0	1	0	0	4+6	0	1	0	0
10	MF		Grace Maher	11	2	0	0	0	8+3	2	0	0	0
11	FW		Elise Thorsnes	9	6	1	0	0	9+0	6	1	0	0
12	GK		Bethany Gordon	2	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Lauren Keir	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Ashleigh Sykes	10	4	0	0	0	10+0	4	0	0	0
15	DF		Sarah Morgan	1	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Karly Roestbakken	10	1	1	0	0	8+2	1	1	0	0
17	FW		Maddy Whittall	7	0	1	0	0	3+4	0	1	0	0
18	MF		Taren King	8	0	1	0	0	7+1	0	1	0	0
19	FW		Aofie Colvill	6	0	1	0	0	3+3	0	1	0	0
20	MF		Amy Sayer	10	1	1	0	0	7+3	1	1	0	0
21	DF		Ellie Carpenter	10	2	2	0	0	10+0	2	2	0	0
22	MF		Jasmine Maguire	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
23	FW		Michelle Heyman	11	5	0	0	0	11+0	5	0	0	0
24	DF		Kendall Fletcher	2	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
34	DF		Laura Bassett	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
35	GK		Isobel Davy	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
36	MF		Georgia Boric	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
Players no longer at the club:
5	MF		Georgia Plessas	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0

Source: au.women.soccerway.com
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Competitions

W-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brisbane Roar	12	9	1	2	21	12	+9	28	Qualification to Finals series
2	Sydney FC	12	8	1	3	26	16	+10	25
3	Newcastle Jets	12	6	2	4	26	21	+5	20
4	Melbourne City (C)	12	6	2	4	20	15	+5	20
5	Canberra United	12	5	1	6	24	27	−3	16
6	Perth Glory	12	4	2	6	25	27	−2	14
7	Melbourne Victory	12	3	2	7	15	19	−4	11
8	Western Sydney Wanderers	12	3	2	7	13	21	−8	11
9	Adelaide United	12	3	1	8	15	27	−12	10

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
12	5	1	6	24	27	−3	16	4	0	2	15	11	+4	1	1	4	9	16	−7

Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	A	B	H	A	H	H	H	A	B	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	✖	W	W	W	L	L	L	✖	W	W	D	L	L
Position	6	7	6	3	2	3	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5

Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

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28 October 2017 1	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Canberra United	Melbourne
16:30 AEDT	McNabb 6' Dowie 63'	Report	Heyman 25'	Stadium: Epping Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

12 November 2017 3	Canberra United	3–2	Sydney FC	Canberra
16:30 AEDT	Heyman 13', 85' Pressley 78'	Report	Cooper 45+2' (pen.) Ledbrook 70' (pen.)	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,003 Referee: Casey Reibelt

19 November 2017 4	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Canberra United	Newcastle
16:30 AEDT	van Egmond 8' (pen.)	Report	Sykes 48' Pressley 65'	Stadium: No. 2 Sportsground Attendance: 1,030 Referee: Maddison Kennedy

25 November 2017 5	Canberra United	3–2	Perth Glory	Canberra
16:00 AEDT	Maher 18' Sayer 57' Bassett 70'	Report	Hill 45' Moreno 87'	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,004 Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

3 December 2017 6	Canberra United	0–1	Brisbane Roar	Canberra
16:30 AEDT		Report	Butt 67'	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,126 Referee: Katie Patterson

10 December 2017 7	Melbourne City	2–1	Canberra United	Melbourne
16:30 AEDT	Fishlock 20', 80'	Report	Heyman 23'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 2,504 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

15 December 2017 8	Sydney FC	3–0	Canberra United	Sydney
17:20 AEDT	De Vanna 30', 42' Pressley 48' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 2,958 Referee: Casey Reibelt

7 January 2018 10	Canberra United	6–1	Adelaide United	Canberra
18:30 AEDT	Carpenter 4' Thorsnes 38', 47', 53' Sykes 44' Roestbakken 52'	Report	Mautz 11'	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

14 January 2018 11	Canberra United	2–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Canberra
16:30 AEDT	Heyman 76' Thorsnes 77'	Report		Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,464 Referee: Casey Reibelt

20 January 2018 12	Perth Glory	4–4	Canberra United	Bunbury
16:30 AWST	Kerr 13', 16', 43' Hill 22'	Report	Sykes 24', 34' Maher 45+3' Thorsnes 62'	Stadium: Hay Park Attendance: 1,369 Referee: Katie Patterson

28 January 2018 13	Canberra United	1–5	Newcastle Jets	Canberra
16:30 AEDT	Carpenter 42'	Report	van Egmond 13', 66' Stengel 23', 82', 90'	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,117 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

4 February 2018 14	Brisbane Roar	4–1	Canberra United	Brisbane
15:30 AEST	Raso 11' Gielnik 40' Lloyd 72', 90'	Report	Thorsnes 74'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 4,225 Referee: Lara Lee

References

^ Kerry, Craig (23 August 2017). "Newcastle W-League squad taking shape for new era under Jets owner". The Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^ Helmers, Caden (28 August 2017). "Matildas young gun Ellie Carpenter signs with Canberra United for W-League". The Canberra Times.
^ Tiernan, Eamonn (15 September 2017). "Canberra United sign American Haley Kopmeyer for 2017-18 W-League season". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
^ "Seattle Reign FC Goalkeeper Haley Kopmeyer on Loan to Canberra United FC". The Bold. 18 October 2017. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020.
^ "Laura Bassett: England defender joins Canberra United". BBC Sport. 20 September 2017.
^ "Liana Danaskos signs on in Green". Canberra United. 2 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b "United bolstered by Young Matildas contingent". Canberra United. 6 October 2017.
^ Tiernan, Eamonn (23 October 2017). "Canberra United missing half their team ahead of W-League season-opener". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b Dutton, Chris (25 October 2017). "Canberra United sign Orlando Pride defender Toni Pressley for W-League season". The Sydney Morning Herald.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Canberra United round out Westfield W-League squad". Canberra United. 26 October 2017.
^ Keenan, Mitchell (16 September 2017). "Foundation Canberra United captain Ellie Brush leaves W-League club on eve of season". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
^ "W-League champion Ellie Brush heads to Wanderers". The Women's Game. 24 September 2017.
^ "Ashleigh Sykes announces retirement from Football". Canberra United. 16 February 2018.
^ "Football Department". www.canberraunited.com.au. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

External links

Official Website

[1] Kerry, Craig (23 August 2017). "Newcastle W-League squad taking shape for new era under Jets owner". The Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2018.

[2] Helmers, Caden (28 August 2017). "Matildas young gun Ellie Carpenter signs with Canberra United for W-League". The Canberra Times.

[3] Tiernan, Eamonn (15 September 2017). "Canberra United sign American Haley Kopmeyer for 2017-18 W-League season". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.

[4] "Seattle Reign FC Goalkeeper Haley Kopmeyer on Loan to Canberra United FC". The Bold. 18 October 2017. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020.

[5] "Laura Bassett: England defender joins Canberra United". BBC Sport. 20 September 2017.

[6] "Liana Danaskos signs on in Green". Canberra United. 2 October 2017.

[CanberraYoungMatildas-7] "United bolstered by Young Matildas contingent". Canberra United. 6 October 2017.

[8] Tiernan, Eamonn (23 October 2017). "Canberra United missing half their team ahead of W-League season-opener". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.

[Pressley-9] Dutton, Chris (25 October 2017). "Canberra United sign Orlando Pride defender Toni Pressley for W-League season". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[GordonMorganColvillWhittall-10] "Canberra United round out Westfield W-League squad". Canberra United. 26 October 2017.

[11] Keenan, Mitchell (16 September 2017). "Foundation Canberra United captain Ellie Brush leaves W-League club on eve of season". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.

[12] "W-League champion Ellie Brush heads to Wanderers". The Women's Game. 24 September 2017.

[13] "Ashleigh Sykes announces retirement from Football". Canberra United. 16 February 2018.

[14] "Football Department". www.canberraunited.com.au. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

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