2009 W-League grand final (January)

2008–09 W-League grand final
Event2008–09 W-League
Queensland Roar Canberra United
2 0
Date17 January 2009
VenueBallymore Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Man of the MatchLana Harch, Queensland Roar
RefereeKate Jacewicz
Attendance4,554

The 2008–09 W-League grand final was the grand final of the inaugural season of the W-League, the premier league of football (soccer) in Australia.[1]
Top of the table in the regular season Queensland Roar[2] hosted home-and-away third-placed Canberra United FC at Ballymore Stadium in Herston, Brisbane in the Saturday 17 January 2009 season decider.[2]
In a closely contested match, the Roar defeated United 2–0. Both the Roar's goals were scored in the first half of the match.[1]

Match details

Queensland Roar2–0Canberra United
Harch 6'
Butt 23'		 Report
Attendance: 4,554
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
Queensland
Roar
Canberra
United
QUEENSLAND ROAR:
GK 1 Australia Casey Dumont
DF 2 Australia Kate McShea (c)
DF 3 Australia Karla Reuter
DF 4 Australia Clare Polkinghorne
DF 5 Australia Brooke Spence
MF 8 Australia Elise Kellond-Knight
FW 10 Australia Lana Harch downward-facing red arrow 93'
MF 13 Australia Tameka Butt
MF 16 Australia Lauren Colthorpe
FW 18 Australia Courtney Beutel downward-facing red arrow 85'
MF 19 Australia Ellen Beaumont downward-facing red arrow 77'
Substitutes:
FW 11 Australia Ruth Blackburn upward-facing green arrow 93'
DF 14 Australia Vedrana Popovic
MF 15 Australia Stephanie Latham upward-facing green arrow 77'
FW 17 Australia Tashina Roma upward-facing green arrow 85'
GK 20 Australia Lara Boon
Manager:
Australia Jeff Hopkins


Grand Final Player Medal: Australia Lana Harch

Assistant Referees:
Sarah Ho
Airlie Keen
Fourth Official:
Casey Reibelt

CANBERRA UNITED:
GK 1 Australia Lydia Williams
DF 2 Australia Rhian Davies downward-facing red arrow 81'
FW 3 Australia Amy Chapman downward-facing red arrow 46'
FW 5 Australia Sasha McDonnell
FW 6 Australia Caitlin Munoz
DF 7 Australia Ellie Brush (c)
DF 9 Australia Grace Gill-McGrath
FW 10 Australia Hayley Crawford
MF 11 Australia Cian Maciejewski
MF 12 Australia Kara Mowbray
DF 13 Australia Thea Slatyer
Substitutes:
FW 14 Australia Ashleigh Sykes upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 15 Australia Nicole Sykes upward-facing green arrow 81'
FW 17 Australia Christine Walters
MF 19 Australia Jennifer Bisset
GK 20 Australia Maja Blasch
Manager:
Australia Robbie Hooker

Match statistics

Queensland Roar Canberra United
Attempts at goal 15 12
Attempts on target 8 3
Attempts off target 7 9
Attempts – Woodwork 1 0
Keeper saves 3 7
Ball possession 54% 46%
Corners 4 1
Fouls committed 11 10
Offsides 2 2
Yellow cards 0 0
Red cards 0 0

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Stannard, Damien (17 January 2009). "Queensland Roar beat Canberra United 2–0 in W-League". news.com.au/couriermail/ The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Queensland claims inaugural W-League title". 17 January 2009. Archived from the original on 20 January 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2009.

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