Last Minute Heartbreak for Glory v Mariners

Perth Glory were less than 1 minute away from a well deserved victory at home against the Central Coast Mariners today before substitute Sasho Petrovski scored a last gasp equaliser to give the Mariners a share of the points in a thrilling 2-2 draw.

Jamie Harnwell was back at the heart of the defence for the Glory with Nikolai Topor-Stanley whilst Eugene Dadi was upfront with Nikita Rukavytsya.

Central Coast Mariners needed a win to get back into the top four after the Phoenix’s surprise win against the Victory last night whilst Glory were looking to get the three points to keep in touch with the mid table clubs.

The Glory started the game much the better of the two sides, however, despite lots of possession lacked any real penetration in the early exchanges.

Midway through the half Central Coast Mariners started to come back into the game as they exploited the weakness on Perth’s left side with Adrian Trinidad and Dino Djulbic both playing out of position at left midfield and left fullback respectively.

Adrian Caceras had the first chance for the Mariners as he found space around the Perth penalty spot dragging his shot wide of the target. Within a minute Caceras found space in a similar position with his effort this time coming off the upright.

On 27 minutes the Mariners took the lead through a freekick from the edge of the box. Jamie Harnwell had conceded the foul as he handled a ball that bounced above his head.

Mariner’s free kick specialist Mile Jedinak struck the ball around the wall and wide of the Glory keeper Tando Velaphi who will feel that he should have done better.

The Mariners took that lead to the half time break. Perth’s first half performance was average although in defence of the home side they had worked hard without much reward.

Coach David Mitchell’s team talk must have been a screamer as the Glory emerged from the break a much improved side.

It was the Mariners though who were first to threaten after the interval as on 48 minutes they might have extended their lead as a fortuitous deflection off Dylan Macallister looped onto the Glory’s crossbar.

Glory got their just reward for their additional effort on 54 minutes as Adrian Trinidad deflected a Mariners pass into the path of Nikita Rukavytsya. Rukavytsya’s pace was far too much for the square Mariners defence as he went on to place the ball wide of Vukovic in the Mariner’s goal for a 1-1 scoreline.

On 62 minutes Glory went ahead through one of the goals of the season. Crisp interpassing between Rukavytsya, Dadi and Trinidad resulted in Rukavytsya gaining another clear view of goal and, once again, the youngster made no mistake placing the ball wide of Vukovic.

On 68 minutes a superb piece of play from Trinidad wide on the left resulted in a shot that cannoned off the Mariners upright and across the goalmouth and wide.

On 71 minutes Rukavytsya should have completed his hat trick however he was thwarted on the goal line by a brave desperation save from Vukovic.

Mariners defender Nigel Boogaard was shown a straight red card on 89 minutes for a crude tackle from behind leaving the visitors to finish the game with 10 men.

That should have been the end of proceedings with the Glory closing out the game, however, on 92 minutes the Glory were made to pay for their inexperience as Sasha Petrovski who had only come on as a substitute on 81 minutes latched onto a wayward strike from Dylan Macallister to slide the ball wide of Velaphi for an undeserved equaliser.

No doubt Glory are improving week in and week out under Mitchell and will definitely continue to do so as the season progresses, however, hope of a top four spot must now be fading fast.

Long term injury layoffs to experienced campaigners Haydyn Foxe and Amaral have hurt the side a lot this season and that will likely be the reason Glory fail once again to secure an ALeague playoff position come the new year.

SOCIAL LADIES SOCCER

If you are interested in playing Ladies Social Soccer, call Sylvia Jenkins on 0427 477 961 to express your interest.

Pre-Season training will commence Mid to Late February 2009.

No experience required, if you are willing to give it a go and would like to make new lifelong friendships then give Sylvia a call.

Premier Ladies Team Trials

 

Changes to the Womens League Structure by Football West means that in 2009 Premier Clubs are required to field both a premier team and premier reserves team.

Trials for both are currently underway, if you are interested in trying out for these teams please contact Alistair Rhodes on 0417 185 971.

Alistair Rhodes is the newly appointed Premier Coach.  Alistair brings with him a wealth of experience and knowledge having coached many boys and mens teams at the highest levels and we are extremely lucky and excited to have Alistair on board with the Ladies teams.

WCSC Junior Scholarship Program 2009

Purpose

Wanneroo City Soccer Club (WCSC) will select players for its junior 1st teams without regard for the financial means of the player’s family.

WCSC recognises that some players’ families may not be able to afford the fees and expenses associated with playing competitive soccer due to financial hardship or other circumstances. Therefore, scholarship assistance may be available to such players on the basis of financial need. Funding for scholarships will be limited to the amount reserved by WCSC for this purpose.

Eligibility

• Any player who was NOT registered with the WCSC or Wanneroo City Junior Soccer Club during the
  previous two years, 2007 and 2008, and:-
• Who is selected to be a member of a WCSC Junior 1st team in either the Development Squad, U11s, U12s, U13s, U13s Girls, U14s, U15s or U16s, and:-
• Whose family feels that it cannot afford the fees and expenses associated with playing junior soccer

Application

The player or his or her family may apply by completing the WCSC scholarship application Form. Upon receipt of the written request, the WCSC will request from the family the information minimally required to make a determination of the family’s financial need. Such information may include verification of the family’s eligibility for other financial assistance programs, unemployment or welfare assistance.

If the family does not qualify for or cannot provide verification of eligibility for such programs, the WCSC may request additional information, including income tax returns or pay slips.

Any information received by the WCSC will remain confidential and not shared with anyone other than the Scholarship Committee and members of the WCSC Executive Committee as needed to review eligibility.

To be eligible all applications must be received prior to the commencement of the 1st day of trials being Monday October 27, 2008.

Award Determination

All award determinations will be made by a five person Scholarship Committee comprising the Club President, Director of Junior Coaching and three members of the Junior Working Committee (JWC) or someone so designated by the JWC to serve on the Scholarship Committee.

This committee will meet as needed and will maintain the confidentiality of all discussions of personal and household financial information. The committee may not include a relative or potential coach of the subject player or any other person that may have a conflict of interest in determining eligibility.

Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of the criteria listed under the heading of “Eligibility”.

A player’s family, regardless of financial circumstances, shall make a once only financial contribution of $75 payment for player’s fees as a way of demonstrating a commitment to the club, and securing their position if their respective 1st team.

Scholarships are awarded for a single 12 month period corresponding to WCSC’s team formation calendar. A player’s scholarship allocation will only be for the 2009 season.

Send an email to wcsc@club-footballwa.com.au to request a scholarship application form .

Wleague: Jets Too Good for Glory

The finals hopes of the Perth Glory Women’s team took another body blow after a 1-4 loss to the Newcastle Jets at Wanderers Stadium on Saturday.

In a sign of just how tight the league is, the Jets jumped from seventh to third after their victory, however that fact won’t be any consolation to the Glory, who are still trailing the rest of the league in eighth position.

It was the perfect start to the match for the Glory who took the lead after only six minutes on the clock when Marianna Tabain got her side on the board.

The dream start soon turned sour for the Glory however when Kirstyn Pearce equalised on 17 minutes and then in a devastating ten minute spell, the Jets scored twice more with strikes to Katie Gill and Nicole Jones, to make the score 1-3 at the break.

Amber Nielson made it four for the Jets 14 minutes before half time to wrap up the three points.

Full match details not available at time of release.

Newcastle Jets                         4 (Kirstyn Pearce 17’, Katie Gill 24’, Nicole Jones 27’, Amber Neilson 76’)

Perth Glory                              1 (Marianna Tabain 6’)

Wanderers Oval, Newcastle

Sunday 23 November 2008

Referee:  Kate Jacewicz

Assistant Referees:  Liz Shorter, Penny Nash

Fourth Official:  Kirralee Gardener

 Newcastle Jets line-up:  1.Alison LOGUE (gk), 6.Amber NEILSON, 7.Gema SIMON, 10.Joanne PETERS, 11.Stacey DAY, 12.Katie GILL, 14.Nicole JONES, 15.Emily VAN EGMOND (3.Samantha WOOD 45’ (9.Rhali DOBSON 78’)), 16.Kirstyn PEARCE (4.Elizabeth SHARPE 80’), 18.Rebecca SMITH, 19.Sanna FROSTEVALL

 

Substitutes not used:  Nil

 Yellow cards:  Katie Gill 37’, Stacey Day 37’, Kirstyn Pearce 54’, Amber Neilson 70’, Sanna Frostevall 87’

 Red Cards:  Nil

Perth Glory line-up:  20.Maya DIEDERICHSEN (gk), 2.Stacey LEARMONT, 3.Carys HAWKINS, 4.Sam KERR, 5.Shannon MAY (13.Elisa D’OVIDIO 61’), 8.Tanya OXTOBY (c), 10.Ella MASTRANTONIO, 11.Lisa DE VANNA (7.Ciara CONWAY 34’), 14.Collette McCALLUM, 17.Marianna TABAIN, 19.Emily DUNN (12.Dani CALAUTTI 29’)

 

Substitutes not used:  6.Katarina JUKIC (gk)

 Yellow cards:  Ella Mastrantonio 48’

 Red Cards:  Nil

 Westfield W League 2008/09 Table

 

Team		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Queensland Roar	5	4	0	1	13	2	11	12
2	Sydney FC	5	3	1	1	11	5	6	10
3	Newcastle Jets	5	2	1	2	9	8	1	7
4	Canberra United	5	2	1	2	4	4	0	7
5	Adelaide United	5	2	1	2	9	11	-2	7
6	Melbourne Victory	5	2	0	3	6	5	1	6
7	Central Coast Mariners	5	2	0	3	5	11	-6	6
8	Perth Glory	5	1	0	4	5	16	-11	3

P = played | W = wins | D = draws | L = losses | F = goals for | A = goals against | GD = Goal Difference | Pts = points

 Perth Glory Women Leading Scorers 2008/09:

  1 – Collette McCallum, Lisa De Vanna, Shannon May, Marianna Tabain

Next Match:

Perth Glory v Canberra United

Sunday 30 November, 2008

Members Equity Stadium, 4.00pm (AWDT)

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Phil O’Callaghan Mandurahs Best

Mandurah City striker and WA State League Golden Boot winner, Phil O’Callaghan, took the majority of the awards on offer at the recent Mandurah City Soccer Club senior presentation.

Phil won the prestigious Player of the Year award, Top Goalscorer, Player’s Player and the Coaches Award.

Defender Ryan Townsend won the Website Player of the Year Award for securing the most points in the weekly player of the match competition whilst another recruit from ECU Joondalup, Ryan McDarby, won the U21 Player of the Year award.

WA Girls Star In Young Matilda’s Success

Three Western Australian girls have played starring roles for the Westfield Young Matildas in their successful participation in the recent AFC u19 Women’s Championship Qualifiers in Kuala Lumpur.

Perth Glory Women’s players Ella Mastrantonio, 16 from Beaconsfield, Marianna Tabain, 16 from Coogee and Samantha Kerr, 15 from Kardinya were key components in the team coached by Alen Stajcic. All three netted important goals throughout the campaign, with Kerr scoring three times and Tabain and Mastrantonio on the scoreboard once each.

The Young Matildas finished second in their five team group winning three games, including an 18-0 thrashing of India, whilst only losing the one match to Thailand, ensuring progression to the tournament proper in 2009.

Mastrantonio and Tabain will now concentrate their efforts on the Perth Glory Women’s side and moving the team away from the bottom of the table starting with a crunch match this Saturday against Adelaide United at Members Equity Stadium.

Kerr, sister of star West Coast Eagle Daniel, has remained in Kuala Lumpur to play for the Australian u16 side which is also bidding to qualify for the AFC Women’s Championships in 2009. The u16 qualifying tournament runs from November 8-17.

For full match details, please visit www.the-afc.com

Next Match:

Perth Glory Women v Adelaide United Women

Saturday 15 November, 2008

Members Equity Stadium

Kick off 4.00pm (AWDT)

Tickets $5, u16’s Free. Available on the gate

Three Points Just The Tonic for Glory

The Perth Glory Women have recorded their first ever win in the Westfield W-League, with an emphatic 3-2 victory over Adelaide United at Members Equity Stadium.

In truth, the score line flattered the visitors whose goals came in the 90th and 93rd minutes to dampen what was a festival atmosphere amongst fans and players.

The damage was done in a dominating first half for Perth, Collette McCallum curling in a sensational 22 yard left footer over the keeper and in off the crossbar before Lisa De Vanna gave the crowd what they were after, with a searing run from halfway leaving her with the task of finishing clinically past Emma Wirkus four minutes before half time.

After weathering the inevitable Adelaide fightback at the start of the second half, Perth continued to dictate the play and a disastrous own goal by captain Dianne Alagich added insult to injury in the 56th minute.

In the dying stages, Sharon Black caught Glory ‘keeper Maya Diederichsen off guard with a 35-yard free-kick which sailed into the top right corner of the net.

Her screamer lifted the visitors, who scrambled home a late consolation goal thanks to Victoria Balamenos with the last kick of the match.

It was a stunning return to form for Perth, who enjoyed the return of a pair of Young Matildas in Marianna Tabain and Ella Mastrantonio.

Coach Nicola Williams praised the efforts of her two junior internationals after the match.

“Ella and Marianna were sensational,” she said. “They’re very skillful and talented players and they allow us to play a lot more attacking football and hold the ball.”

“We say they’re our young players, but they’re the most vital ones to us.”

Williams was also impressed with De Vanna, her dynamic striker who scored and had a big impact after just one week training with the squad.

“She was wanting to win the ball (and) had plenty of aggression,” Williams said. “Before the game she was focused and rested up from last week. She’s had a lot of travel in the last few weeks (but) she had a big impact today.”

Perth Glory 3 (Collette McCallum 25’, Lisa De Vanna 41’, Di Alagich (og) 56’)

Adelaide United 2 (Sharon Black 90’, Donna Cockayne 93’)

Members Equity Stadium, Perth

Saturday 15 November 2008

Crowd: Approximately 500

Referee: Prue Donohoe

Assistant Referees: Josh Mihevc, Trent Fleskens

Fourth Official: David Costello

Perth Glory line-up: 20.Maya DIEDERICHSEN (gk), 2.Stacey LEARMONT, 3.Carys HAWKINS, 8.Tanya OXTOBY (c), 10.Ella MASTRANTONIO, 11.Lisa DE VANNA 12.Dani CALAUTTI, 13.Elisa D’OVIDIO (5.Shannon MAY 67’), 14.Collette McCALLUM, 17.Marianna TABAIN, 19.Emily DUNN

Substitutes not used: 30.Katarina JUKIC (gk), 7.Ciara CONWAY, 15.Elle SEMMENS

Yellow cards: Lisa de Vanna 58’

Red Cards: Nil

Adelaide United line-up: 1.Emma WIRKUS (gk), 2.Renee HARRISON (15.Lauren CHILVERS 62’), 3.Sarah AMORIM, 4.Dianne ALAGICH (c), 6.Kristyn SWAFFER, 8.Sandra SCALZI (14.Donna COCKAYNE 72’), 9.Stephanie TOKICH (12.Tanya HARRISON 67’), 10.Victoria BALOMENOS, 11.Sharon BLACK, 13.Leah ROBINSON, 17.April MANN

Substitutes not used: 20.Sian McLAREN (gk)

Yellow cards: Victoria Balomenos 77’

Red Cards: Nil

Perth Glory Women Leading Scorers 2008/09:

Team		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Queensland Roar	4	3	0	1	11	2	9	9
2	Sydney FC	4	2	1	1	9	5	4	7
3	Melbourne Victory	4	2	0	2	6	3	3	6
4	Canberra United	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6
5	Adelaide United	4	2	0	2	9	11	-2	6
6	Central Coast Mariners	4	2	0	2	5	9	-4	6
7	Newcastle Jets	4	1	1	2	5	7	-2	4
8	Perth Glory	4	1	0	3	4	12	-8	3

 

P = played | W = wins | D = draws | L = losses | F = goals for | A = goals against | GD = Goal Difference | Pts = points

 

1 – Collette McCallum, Lisa De Vanna, Shannon May

Next Match:

Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory
Sunday 23 November, 2008
Wanderers Oval
Kick off 1.00pm (AWDT)

Returning Players to Bolster Glory

Perth Glory Women’s coach Nicola Williams will be able to call upon almost all of her heavy artillery this weekend as the team bids for its first W-League points of the campaign in this crucial round 4 match against Adelaide United.

Star signing and Matildas player Lisa De Vanna has had a week of training under her belt with her new team mates and will be much better for the run out. Glory supporters hope the livewire attacker will be the team’s answer to the lack of goals, with only a solitary Shannon May strike coming in the first three matches.

Bolstering the midfield to add assistance to Collette McCallum will be returning Young Matildas Marianna Tabain and Ella Mastrantonio who have missed the previous two matches due to participation in the AFC u19 Women’s Championship Qualifiers in Kuala Lumpur. The young starlets will add much needed creative flair and skill to a midfield which will be looking to provide quality service to the forwards.

Maya Diederichsen will get the opportunity to assert herself as the new number one ‘keeper after previous custodian Kate Stewart was cruelly ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury suffered in training last week.

With a log jam of teams on six competition points, a victory for the Glory will close the gap on their rivals and put the team in the hunt for a finals berth as the competition nears the halfway mark of its inaugural season.

Saturday 15 November

Perth Glory v Adelaide United

Members Equity Stadium

Local kick off 4.00pm (6.00pm AEDT)

Tickets $5, u16’s Free. Available on the gate.

Gates open 3.30pm

Referee: Prue Donohoe

Perth Glory squad: 20.Maya DIEDERICHSEN (gk), 2.Stacey LEARMONT, 3.Carys HAWKINS, 5.Shannon MAY, 7.Ciara CONWAY, 8.Tanya OXTOBY (c), 10.Ella MASTRANTONIO, 11.Lisa DE VANNA 12.Dani CALAUTTI, 13.Elisa D’OVIDIO, 14.Collette McCALLUM, 15.Elle SEMMENS, 17.Marianna TABAIN, 18.Shiya LIM, 19.Emily DUNN

In: 10.Ella MASTRANTONIO (return from international duty), 17.Marianna TABAIN (return from international duty)

Out: 1.Kate STEWART (gk) (knee injury – season), 9.Katy COGHLAN, 16.Rachael SMITH

Unavailable: 4.Sam KERR (international duty)

Adelaide United squad: 1.Emma WIRKUS (gk), 2.Renee HARRISON, 3.Sarah AMORIM, 4.Dianne ALAGICH (c), 6.Kristyn SWAFFER, 8.Sandra SCALZI, 9.Stephanie TOKICH, 10.Victoria BALOMENOS, 11.Sharon BLACK, 12.Tanya HARRISON, 13.Leah ROBINSON, 14.Donna COCKAYNE, 15.Lauren CHILVERS, 17.April MANN, 20.Sian McLAREN (gk)

In: 1.Emma WIRKUS (returning from injury), 14.Donna COCKAYNE

Out: 7.Racheal QUIGLEY, 30.Kristi HARVEY

Unavailable: Nil

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