Game. On. 2017. The official matchday program of the PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues Capital Football Season 2017
Welcome back to Round 8 of the PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues Capital Football and Round 9 of the PlayStation 4 National Premier League Women’s Capital Football.
Canberra FC maintained their spot at the head of the PS4 NPL table with a clean sheet win at home over Tigers FC last weekend. Former A-League forward Kofi Danning picked up his first goal for the season in that match, but Canberra Olympic kept pace with their neighbours as they came from behind to topple Gungahlin United. In the Women’s competition, Belconnen United extended their advantage at the top with a clinical victory over Gungahlin United while Woden-Weston upset the Academy and Canberra Olympic picked up their first points of the season in a draw with Monaro. This weekend promises to be another awesome one of football; follow all the action and updates on our social media!
Clinical Canberra FC knock over Tigers at Deakin Stadium to stay top Canberra FC 3 (Jordan Lamb 7’, Kofi Danning 23’, Kresic 25’) def. Tigers FC 0
A three-goal first half from Canberra FC paved the way for a clinical win over Tigers FC on Sunday as the ladder leaders kept a clean sheet at Deakin Stadium. On a perfect Sunday afternoon, it took only seven minutes for the home side to open the scoring as Jordan Lamb received a cross in the box before firing home past a scrambling Francis Bangweni in goals. Tigers held a large swathe of possession but were unable to convert as they had a goal ruled out, before the hosts doubled their advantage after 23 minutes. Former A-League forward Kofi Danning was on hand at close range to tuck a great cross away into the bottom corner and make it 2-0. And less than two minutes later it was three, with Danning turning provider. The speedster beat his marker before making hay down the right wing, and his delicate cross to Niko Kresic was tucked home easily to have Canberra FC cruising ahead. Tigers had their best chance yet on 35 minutes as Daniel Barac sent a header towards the top corner, only to see Sam Brown pop up with a terrific save to keep Tigers scoreless heading towards the break. With the half-time score remaining 3-0 Tigers needed to break out in the second half, however they nearly fell further behind fifteen minutes in. Danning again burst down the wing past his defender and into the box before laying the ball off past Bangweni to Thomas James. James fired home but the goal was chalked off for offside and had yet another goal ruled out for offside on 77 minutes as the home side pushed to extend the lead. Milan Popovich fired a testing effort from outside the box with eight minutes remaining only to see it blocked inside the area, and that was to be the last of Tigers’ chances as the match petered out. The 3-0 win keeps Canberra FC atop the table, level on points with Canberra Olympic and facing the Centre of Excellence next week, while Tigers will look to bounce back against Belconnen United as they languish in sixth on the table.
By Matthew Nicoletti
Saturday 27th May - 3pm Kickoff AIS Grass Fields
FFA Centre of Excellence Melad AHMAD Bryce BAFFORD Jay BARNETT Lleyton BROOKS Luke CALLEN Louis D’ARRIGO James FLETCHER Jordan GRIFFITHS Jacob ITALIANO Jake JOVANOVSKI Joel KING Charlie MAVROS Mirza MURATOVIC Ben OBST Cameron O’DOHERTY John ROBERTS Jeremy SAINT Patrick SCIBILIO Jaidon SELDEN Matthew SUTTON Kai TREWIN Coach: Tony VIDMAR
Canberra FC
Sam BROWN Aidan BRUNSKILL Izach CLEMENTS Ross COSTANZO Robbie DEELEY Kye EDWARDS James FIELD Domenic GIAMPAOLO Ian GRAHAM Thomas JAMES Ryan KEIR Niko KRESIC Jordan LAMB Michael MENSAH Thomas MILICEVIC Alex OLORIEGBE Ivan PAVLAK Christian PRATEZINA Daniel SUBASIC Dean TOMESKI Marko VRKIC Matthew WATERS Coach: Marko VRKIC
Saturday 27th May - 3pm Kickoff Duncan Fields
Monaro Panthers
Nathan ALFERINK Jarrad BAIN Patryk BYLINSKI Caleb CULLEN-RUA Daniel FELIZZI Thomas HEWITT Lachlan HUNTER Mitchell JERVIS-HAMILTON Luke KANJOR Christian KAYUMBA Edward MCCARTHY Conor MCLACHLAN Darian MCGARRY-WATSON Joakim MOUSSINGA Ryan MOXOM Michael PICCOLO Sam ROESTBAKKEN Roy ROMARIO Christopher RUIZ Sebastian SUMMERSBY-MITCHELL Jon TOOLE
Woden-Weston FC
Liam BAKER Danny CRKOVSKI Elie DARWICH Adam DE FRANCHESCI Martin DENG James GAZY Ben GREIG Matt HESS Ibrahim KHODARY Will LISTON Chris MCKEWAN Ryan MORRIS Bradley OLIVERA Junya TAGUCHI Josh WADE Olaide YINKA-KEHINDE
Coach: Tony OLIVERA Coach: Lloyd HEWITT
Saturday 27th May - 3:00pm Kickoff Kaleen Enclosed
Gungahin United
Riverina Rhinos
Asante ADDAI Augustine BANGURA James BENIVENTO Frano BLAZEVIC Osman DARAMY Jason DENHAM Jack GREEN David JENKINS Thomas KRKLEC Yousif MOHAMED Alex MOSCARITOLO Misko NAUMOSKI Jason O’DWYER Ryan QUARMBY Justin RANKINE Nick RATHJEN Michael RINAUDO Samuel SHADBOLT Antoni TIMOTHEOU Liam WALSH Regan WALSH
Danyon ARNOLD Darren BAILEY Nathan BATTOCCHIO Sean BREMNER Lewis BURTON Luke CONGDON Jacob DONADEL Zac FATTORE Daniel FEBO Ally MACLEOD Rocky MARANDO Ross MORGAN George PAVESE Michael PERRE Joseph PREECE Anthony RACCANELLO Jone RALULU Stuart SMEETH Mitchell WOODS Gavin WYLIE
Coach: Marcial MUNOZ
Coach: Ross MORGAN
Sunday 28th May - 3pm Kickoff Kambah 2.1
Tuggeranong United Nick BARISIC Thomas BARTON Edward COGGAN Domenick COLUCCIELLO Cameron DOHERTY Nicholas FAUST Marco GEYER Liam HIGMORE Aisosa IHEGIE Ben JACKSON Josip JADRIC Nikolaos KALFAS Matt KING Amilio KISHTA Milos MILUTINOVIC Goran MILUTINOVIC Nikola POPOVICH Daniel ROBERTS Andrew SLAVICH Jono TUREK Daniel STINZIANNI Coach: Miro TRNINIC
Canberra Olympic
Nicholas BOBOLAS Tim BOBOLAS Joshua CALABRIA David CARDER Robbie CATTANACH Daniel COLBERTALDO Stephen DOMENICI Daniel GIOVINAZZO Josh GULEVSKI Jeremy HABTEMARIAM Michael JOHN Angelo KONSTANTINOU Adrian MACOR Tom MCLACHLAN Nathan MEGIC Jack PETTIT Michael REEVE Bernard RENE Brad SAWYER Callum SMITH Jordan TSEKENIS Victor YANES Phil YARNOLD Coach: Frank CACHIA
Sunday 28th May - 3pm Kickoff Nijong Oval
Tigers FC
Nicholas ABOT Francis BANGWENI Daniel BARAC Julian BORGNA Osman FOFANAH Hussain FUREJE Alan GASTON Nahuel GERRERO Nicholas HARIDEMOS Goran JOSIFOVSKI Michael KITA Jack MILLER Bradley MOORE Milan POPOVICH Bruno dos SANTOS RAMOS Mark SHIELDS Cristobal SOZA Tony SPASESKI Dylan TEIXEIRA Stefan TODOROSKY Jared TONINI Alexandru URICARU Coach: Gaby WILK
Belconnen United Dyllon AITOLU Taylor BEATON Phil BORGEAUD Sean BURKE Nick DAHL Matt GRBESA Bul JUACH Finn JURAK Zac MAYBURY Leo MAZIS Goran MUKEVSKI Conor NOLAN Cameron REINHART Sam SMITH Michael TAURASI Ahmed UGOOL Jason UGRINIC Dustin WELLS Sam WHITHEAR Harry WILLIAMS
Coach: Dean UGRINIC
Belconnen extened lead at top with clean sheet win at Gungahlin Gungahlin United 0 def. by Belconnen United 2 (Whittall 5’, 27’) Belconnen United extended their lead at the top of the NPL Women’s table on Sunday as Maddy Whittall’s first half brace gave them a 2-0 win over Gungahlin United. Gungahlin played host to Belconnen, looking to pry an upset off the dominant Blues at Nicholls Enclosed Oval. The home side was looking to bounce back from a resounding loss to Canberra FC, while the visitors were looking to make it six straight wins. Belconnen started the game at high intensity, working the ball well through the middle and creating space in behind the Gungahlin backline. The hosts looked to retaliate on the counter attack with the pacey Ashleigh Palombi and Alex Lawrence looking sharp The Blue Devils struck early, as the league’s top scorer Whittall was quick to react to a loose ball in the box after a corner, and found the ball at her feet to slot home after 5 minutes. Gungahlin continued to apply pressure on the break, but Diego Iglesias’ side could not break down the Belconnen defensive line. The home side doubled their lead in the 27th minute, after Gungahlin’s Najwa Allen failed to control a pass under the pressure of Whittall and the sharp shooter made no mistake, slotting home calmly past Sophie Rolfe and bagging a brace. The Blue Devils were unlucky not to go up 3 on the cusp of half time, as Ellie Raymond leapt to win the header from a corner, only to be denied by the crossbar. A change of tactics for the second half saw Iglesias call upon the fresh legs of dangerous winger Brittany Palombi, and the change gave the home side further confidence on the counter attack. The second period saw a much more end-to-end affair, as Gungahlin were eager to claw their way back into the game while Belconnen were keen to extend their lead. Hunger from both sides lead to aggression, as the opponents started to put more into challenges and the game turned into a fiery encounter Gungahlin were unlucky not to pinch a goal back in the 71st minute, after Belconnen failed to clear from a set piece, but the golden opportunity was desperately met by the head of Allen who fired inches wide.
Gungahlin pressed on against a strong Belconnen defensive unit, but the league leaders held onto a first half lead to see the game out and secure a hard-fought three points. By Mitchell Keenan
Saturday 27th May - 5:30pm Kickoff McKellar Park
Belconnen United Catherine BROWN Jordan BUCHANAN Chloe CALLAGHAN Karen CLARKE Cara CUTAIA Michaela DAY Jessica GIOVINAZZO Nicole JALOCHA Lauren KEIR Cian MACIEWSKI Jasmine MAGUIRE Klara MANENICA Caitlin MUNOZ Samantha PRICE Ellie RAYMOND Amy SPENCE Madelyn WHITTALL Jessie WILLIAMS Katie WOODMAN
Coach: Antoni JAGARINEC
Tuggeranong United
Victoria ALLEY Sophie BARNSLEY Jamie BERKELEY Shaquille CHONG Steph COATES Hanna COPPELL Alison CORUJO Rhiannon DAISLEY Sarah DAISLEY Anna DIXON Cristina ESPOSITO Sophia EVANS Charlotte GRANDY Amber HARVEY Annalise HEDDITCH Kristy HELMERS Sandra HILL Adriana ILHEO Emily JENSEN Cassandra MADRID Anne MASSAR Meg MCLAUGHLIN Lara MUSTAINE Samantha SAVANHU Sonya SHEEDY Miranda SUMMERSBY-MITCHELL Paula VAN DOMMELEN Beth WILLIAMS Chloe WILLIS Georgina WORTH Coach: Michael ALDRED
Sunday 28th May - 3pm Kickoff Deakin Stadium
Canberra FC
Alice CHURCHILL Ivana GALIC Grace GILL Racheal GOLDSTEIN Kassandra GUGLIELMAN Krista HAGAN Hiwot JOHNSTONE Chantel JONES Millie MALLINSON Amy MCLACHLAN Hayley MCLACHLAN Gabrielle RISTESKA Georgia STEWART Kate THORNTON Marcia WALLIS Bridget WRIGHT Coach: Mark RISTESKI
Monaro Panthers Jackie ALFERINK Sophie ANDRIOLO Faina BARIESHEFF Emma BIGNELL Heather BRAYSHAW Lara BURDETT Olivia FARELL Sienna FARRAR Ainslie GAGEL Sarah GREEN Steph GUGLIELMIN Liana HALL Ella HEMMINGS Manessah HUMPHRIES Olivia KENT Jaclyn KLOHS Grace LOCKARD Alicia MEURONEN Olivia MOORE Keeley PASFIELD Charmaine SCHMALZ Kelly STIRTON Zoe SZEREMET Caitlin TRINICK Bronte VENABLES Maddy WARBURTON Jazmine ZABEL
Coach: Angelo MARALIT
Sunday 28th May - 3pm Kickoff Woden Park
Woden-Weston FC
Lauren ALLEN Rachel CRITTENDEN Sarah CRITTENDEN Isobella D’AMICO Iesha DE ANDRADE Celina GAYER Rhianna GOLDSTEIN Nat LACEY Meredith LEACH Cassia MCGLASHAN Jemima MILLAR-CARTON Bridgit PLUMMER Lotta RAAP Vanessa RYAN Anna VANDENBROUCKE Laura VANDENBROUCKE Sarah WHITFIELD Coach: Diego ELMOUDAWAR
Gungahlin United Ilahna AITCHISON Najwa ALLEN May BAILEY Rachel CORBETT Grace FIELD Georgia FOGARTY Ashlyn GARRITY Alex Lawrence Alex MARTENS Ashleigh PALOMBI Brittany PALOMBI Alex PATTERSON Erika PENNYFIELD Maddy PERCEVAL Sally ROJAHN Darby WHITELY
Coach: Diego IGLESIAS
Sunday 28th May - 4pm Kickoff Hawker Football Centre
Canberra United Academy
Canberra Olympic
Coach: Aroon CLANSEY
Coach: Rob Scott
Aiofe COLVILL Stella DE MARCO Georja DICKIE Jasmine GENOVESI Courtney HALSE Laura HUGHES Molly LAWLESS Cecilija MATIC Sarah MORGAN Isabel MULHALL Gemma MURPHY Demi NIKIAS Olivia RIDDEL Karly ROESTBAKKEN Sabrina SANCHEZ Zoe TERRY Mikayla VIDMAR
Kirsten BURROWES Jen CAMERON Monica CERRO Anita Rose CIMADOR Ashleigh CLARKE Lily DAWSON Emma FILER Kiara GASPARI Emma GERRAND Emma GUO Kirsten HURT Ruth KRAVIS Geraldine LONGO Nat MCCANN Gabby O’BRIEN Katy PATERSON Celina VECCHI
PlayStation4 National Premier Leagues Capital Football Week 7 Results Riverina Rhinos v FFA COE - Match to be rescheduled Woden-Weston 1 (Crkovski) def. by Tuggeranong United 2 (Faust (2)) Belconnen United 7 (Mukevski 2’, Ugrinic 40’, 59’, Clements 75’, 87’, Juach 80’, 93’) def. Monaro Panthers 0 Canberra FC 3 (Lamb 8’, Danning 25’, Kresic 27’) def. Tigers FC 0 Canberra Olympic 5 (Domenici 12’, 71’ 74’, Cattanach 71’, Calabria 86’) def. Gungahlin United 2 (Rinaudo 21’, Naumoski 35’) Club Canberra FC Canberra Olympic Belconnen United FFA COE Gungahlin United Tigers FC Tuggeranong United Riverina Rhinos Woden-Weston Monaro Panthers
Played 7 7 7 5 7 7 6 6 7 7
Win 6 6 5 4 4 3 2 1 0 0
Draw 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0
Loss 1 1 2 1 3 4 3 3 6 7
GD +18 +16 +21 +12 -3 -2 -3 -17 -18 -24
Pts 18 18 15 12 12 9 7 5 1 0
PlayStation4 National Premier Leagues Capital Football Week 9 Fixtures Saturday 3rd June Riverina Rhinos v Canberra Olympic - EW Moore Oval - 3pm Woden-Weston FC v Tigers FC - Woden Park - 3pm Belconnen United v FFA Centre of Excellence - McKellar Park- 5:30pm Sunday 4th June Canberra FC v Gungahlin United - Deakin Stadium - 3pm Tuggeranong United v Monaro Panthers - Kambah 2.1 - 3pm NPL U/20’s Saturday 3rd June Riverina Rhinos v Canberra Olympic - EW Moore Oval - 1pm Woden-Weston FC v Tigers FC - Woden Park - 1pm Belconnen United v Canberra United Academy - McKellar Park- 3pm Sunday 4th June Canberra FC v Gungahlin United - Deakin Stadium - 1pm Tuggeranong United v Monaro Panthers - Kambah 2.1 - 1pm
PlayStation4 National Premier Leagues Women’s Capital Football Week 8 Results Monaro Panthers 1 (Szeremet 71’) drew. Canberra Olympic 1 (Hurt 35’) Tuggeranong United 3 (McLaughlin (2), Helmers) def. Canberra FC 0 Canberra United Academy 2 (Mulhall 69’, Colvill 80’) def. by WodenWeston FC 3 (McGlashan 7’, Crittenden 31’, Raap 51’) Gungahlin United 0 def. by Belconnen United 2 (Whittall 5’, 27’) Club Belconnen United CUA Woden-Weston Canberra FC Tuggeranong United Gungahlin United Monaro Panthers Canberra Olympic
Played 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Win 7 5 4 4 4 4 1 0
Draw 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1
Loss 1 3 3 3 3 4 5 7
GD +39 +17 +2 0 -2 14 -29 -41
Pts 21 15 13 13 13 12 5 1
PlayStation4 National Premier Leagues Women’s Capital Football Week 10 Fixtures Saturday 3rd June Monaro Panthers v Belconnen United - Riverside Stadium - 3pm Sunday 4th June Canberra Olympic v Canberra FC - O’Connor - 2pm Tuggeranong United v Woden-Weston FC - Melrose - 3pm Canberra United Academy v Gungahlin United - Hawker - 4pm Reserve Grade Saturday 3rd June Monaro Panthers v Belconnen United - Riverside Stadium - 1pm Sunday 4th June Canberra Olympic v Canberra FC - O’Connor - 12pm Tuggeranong United v Woden-Weston FC - Melrose - 1pm Canberra United Academy v Gungahlin United - Hawker - 2pm
Canberra United announce Hea From CanberraUnited.com.au Canberra United can officially announce that Heather Garriock has joined the club as Head Coach for Season 10 of the Westfield W-League. The former Matilda of 15 years has spent the last three season’s coaching the Sydney University Women’s Football Team, fostering one of the top female football programs in the country while achieving enormous success in the NSW Women’s NPL 1. Garriock was selected from a huge pool of talented candidates for the role, and said the opportunity to coach the Westfield W-League’s most successful club is humbling. “I am obviously humbled by the opportunity but I’m looking forward to coming to one of the best clubs in the Westfield W-League in terms of facilities, resources, personnel and structure,” she said. “That was the main drawcard, and it is probably the most elite team in the W-League, the structure and resources, it is first class.” Vastly qualified in all areas of Football, Garriock’s coaching resume also includes roles as Assistant Coach for both the Young Matildas and Westfield Matildas national team, working with elite players at the highest level of the game. Garriock will take on a side that won the 2016/17 Westfield W-League Premiership and made it to the semi-finals, and is looking forward to continuing that success in Season 10.
ather Garriock as Head Coach “One of my strengths is my winning mentality and continuing to be successful on the back of the great coaches who have coached United in the past,” Garriock said. With United widely known for one of the best fan bases in the league, the former Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers midfielder admitted that the culture and atmosphere of the club drew her to Canberra. “When I think of Canberra United family is what comes to mind,” she said. “I think of fans, the team, the players, everything reverts back to family and engaging in that, so it’s very exciting.” “For me family is the most important thing, I am a Mum with two kids and a husband. Family was a big drawcard.” Heather Garriock and Capital Football CEO Phil Brown will be at the University of Canberra this Friday, the 26th of May to speak to the media.