2009 Canberra United W-League season

The 2009 season is Canberra United's second season of football (soccer) in Australia competing in the W-League 2009 season.

Canberra United FC

2009 season
Chairman	Kate Lundy
Manager	Ray Junna
W-League	4th
W-League Finals Series	Semi-Final

Fixtures

The 2009 season will be played over 10 rounds, followed by a finals series.[1] Canberra opened the season with a grand final rematch against Queensland Roar. Just four players that started the grand final nine months earlier remained for Canberra, and were outplayed by a Roar team that retained much of their championship winning squad for the second season.

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	CU Scorers	Stadium	Crowd
1	3 October 2009	Brisbane Roar	A	L 0–3	A. Sykes  89'	Ballymore Stadium	1,174[2]
2	10 October 2009	Sydney FC	H	L 1–2	Brush  89' Tseng Shu-o  39' Lin Chiung-ying  54'	Belconnen Soccer Centre	953[3]
3	17 October 2009	Perth Glory	A	D 2–2	---	Clipsal Stadium
4	24 October 2009	Melbourne Victory	H	W 2–0	---	Belconnen Soccer Centre
5	31 October 2009	Central Coast Mariners	A	D 1–1	---	Canberra Stadium
6	7 November 2009	Brisbane Roar	H	L 1–2	---	Belconnen Soccer Centre
7	14 November 2009	Perth Glory	H	W 4–0	---	Belconnen Soccer Centre
8	22 November 2009	Newcastle Jets	A	W 3–1	---	EnergyAustralia Stadium
9	28 November 2009	Melbourne Victory	A	L 0–1	---	Bob Jane Stadium
10	5 December 2009	Adelaide United	H	W 3–0	---	Deakin Football Stadium
SF	12 December 2009	tbd	N	---	---	tbd
F	19 December 2009	tbd	N	---	---	tbd

• In the Round 5 match, Central Coast are the nominated home team, with the W-League match to be played as a curtain raiser to a men's A-League match.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC (C)	10	7	2	1	25	10	+15	23	Qualification to Finals series
2	Central Coast Mariners	10	7	1	2	24	7	+17	22
3	Brisbane Roar	10	6	3	1	24	7	+17	21
4	Canberra United	10	4	2	4	17	12	+5	14
5	Melbourne Victory	10	4	2	4	9	10	−1	14
6	Perth Glory	10	4	1	5	11	22	−11	13
7	Adelaide United	10	0	3	7	7	31	−24	3
8	Newcastle Jets	10	0	2	8	7	25	−18	2

Source: au.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Players

Players confirmed for 2009 season:[4][5][6]

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  AUS Lydia Williams (co-captain) 2 DF  AUS Rebecca Kiting 3 DF  AUS Bronwyn Studman 4 DF  TPE Lin Chiung-ying 5 MF  AUS Kahlia Hogg 6 FW  AUS Ellie Raymond 7 DF  AUS Ellie Brush (co-captain) 8 MF  AUS Emily van Egmond 9 DF  AUS Grace Gill-McGrath 10 FW  TPE Tseng Shu-o

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 MF  AUS Cian Maciejewski 12 DF  AUS Snez Veljanovska 14 FW  AUS Ashleigh Sykes 15 MF  AUS Nicole Sykes 16 DF  AUS Ellyse Perry 17 DF  AUS Christine Walters 18 MF  AUS Sally Shipard 19 MF  AUS Jennifer Bisset 20 GK  AUS Jocelyn Mara

In

• Kahlia Hogg (ACTAS)[7]
• Ellie Raymond (ACTAS)[7]
• Emily van Egmond (Newcastle Jets)[8]
• Lin Chiung-ying (National Taiwan College of Physical Education)
• Tseng Shu-o (National Taiwan Normal University)
• Ellyse Perry (Central Coast Mariners)
• Sally Shipard (unattached)
• Jocelyn Mara (Belconnen United FC)

Out

• Caitlin Munoz – Assistant Coach (non-playing; knee operation)[9][10]
• Amy Chapman (released / knee operation)[9]
• Kara Mowbray (Melbourne Victory)
• Sasha McDonnell (Brisbane Roar)
• Maja Blasch (released)
• Rhian Davies (released)
• Thea Slatyer (released)
• Lucy Allan (released)
• Hayley Crawford (released)

Leading scorers

The leading goal scorers from the regular season.

Total	Pos	Player		Goals per Round
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	1		Ellie Brush		1

A goal was scored from a penalty kick

Squad statistics

Last updated 10 October 2009

No.	Pos.	Name	W-League		W-League Finals		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Lydia Williams	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
2	DF	Rebecca Kiting	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Bronwyn Studman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Lin Chiung-ying	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
5	MF	Kahlia Hogg	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
6	FW	Ellie Raymond	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
7	DF	Ellie Brush	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0
8	MF	Emily van Egmond	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
9	DF	Grace Gill-McGrath	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
10	FW	Tseng Shu-o	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
11	MF	Cian Maciejewski	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
12	DF	Snez Veljanovska	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	FW	Ashleigh Sykes	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
15	MF	Nicole Sykes	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	DF	Ellyse Perry	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
17	DF	Christine Walters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Sally Shipard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Jennifer Bisset	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
20	GK	Jocelyn Mara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

1. "Westfield W-League – 2009 Season Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2010.  (43.4 KiB) Football Federation Australia, 31 July 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
2. Emphatic start for Roar Women Archived 19 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Brisbane Roar, 3 October 2009
3. "Sydney hang on for points against Canberra United". Canberra United. 10 October 2009. Archived from the original on 11 March 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
4. "http://www.canberraunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=wleague_team Archived 28 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine" Canberra Team Profiles
5. ""Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 March 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)" Perry joins United for 2009
6. "http://www.canberraunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=29609 Archived 11 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine" Matildas star returns to football with Canberra United
7. "Canberra United retain local players for season two". Canberra United. 11 August 2009. Archived from the original on 11 March 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
8. "Midfield boost with Van Egmond coup". Canberra United. 27 August 2009. Archived from the original on 11 March 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
9. Gottas,C (23 July 2009). "Internationals trial for Canberra United". A-League.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 March 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
10. Gottaas, C (27 August 2009). "Munoz joins coaching ranks for 2009 season". Canberra United. Archived from the original on 11 March 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2009.