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So headed down to Canberra United recovery today where the mood was pretty much still amazement,
particulary after co-captain Ellie Brush made the 2-0 result over Perth even more exciting after an
early call. Late on Saturday night, Brush heard the score from another source, except that she
heard Melbourne won 2-0 and when she did, there was actually 20minutes left in the Perth game.
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We cover the World Cup Draw, why the AFL Leader is an idiot, all the W-League Semi Final coverage
and of course the unleashing of Australia's new full-back Troy Hearfield and are Sydney back, is
Aloisi really back, will The Jets win three in a row, can the Mariners do it again and Andrew
Baresic follows Ned Zelic, Joe Simunic, Stephen Lustica and Kofi Danning all from the same Junior
Canberra Club.
So the time is finally upon us. For the four teams fighting it out for a place in the 2009
Westfield W-League season, it's all down to this weekend. Can Canberra United cause an upset like
it did in last year's finals and knock out a team that finished above it, or will Sydney rise to
its potential? Will the Mariners create a fairytale finish or will they fall to Brisbane Roar who
have unfinished business after letting a chance to win the league championship slip away.
It's time for the Canberra United Player of the Year Awards.
Send your votes to russ.gibbs@mail.com
1. Best
2. Second best
3 Third best.
Well, what can I say? WOW! Didn't that kind of live-up to expectations as a cracking final
round?
To start off with Sydney FC lived-up to their more impressive team on paper and claimed a 1-0 win
over the Central Coast Mariners to take the league championship title. It's the first-time Sydney
FC have been on top of the table this season.
So the details are here for the semi-finals weekend of the 2009 Westfield W-League. With Sydney and
Canberra to meet on Saturday followed by the Mariners and Brisbane on Sunday.
SATURDAY, SYDNEY FC (1st) v CANBERRA UNITED (4th) at Toyota Park (or Shark Park), 3pm.
So Sydney FC claimed the league championship and what is seen to be the easier opponent in
Canberra.
So the Central Coast Mariners were the big winners in today's W-League awards, with no surprises in
Michelle Heyman as the Julie Dolan Medal for Player of the Year. But Perth Glory, who missed the
finals, and Canberra, who just snuck in, also both came away with plenty.
All the award-winners below, what do you think?
So the semi-finals are just days away now, and I bet there is nerves in every camp. But who is
shaping up to be favourites?
Although I'm going against my own hopes here, I do think Sydney FC should beat Canberra on
Saturday. I mean, just look at those players! Cathrin Paaske, Julia Rydahl, Heather Garriock, Sarah
Walsh, Kyah Simon.
So it's very very windy here at Shark Park, so windy that it's going to make it tough to score
anything unless it's on the ground I think. But a very interesting battle here.
So the red card to Alesha Clifford in the 13minute, was it deserved? It was clearly in my line of
sight and yes, it was.
So at the end of the day, the score looks a little lopsided. But the game was, despite going a
player down 13minutes in when Alesha Clifford was handed a red for her tackle on Ashleigh Sykes,
Sydney completely dominated and as Canberra captain on the day Lydia Williams said, it even
appeared like some times they were the team with the extra player.
So the really interesting news will be who the ins and outs are today for each team, particulary
with two suspsended players to replace (Sasha McDonnell at Brisbane and Alesha Clifford at Sydney),
but before then here is a bit more gossip.
At Sydney, Linda O'Neill still seems to be suffering from the flu, see this story
on fourfourtwo where it doesn't look likely she will be able to play much part.
So it's finally here, although in such a short 10-week season, it's more like it's already here. I
hold out for a future with at least 14-rounds, so each team can play each-other. But that aside,
let's look at the 2009 Grand Final first, because it's going to be a cracker. While Canberra United
did deserve to be in the inagural decider in the 2008/09 season, the grand final against Roar was a
bit of a fizzer just because injuries robbed United of a real chance to compete.
