The Sky Blues ensured Western United’s fairytale debut season came to a shuddering halt with a dominant performance in front of their home fans at CommBank Stadium.
Inside Western United’s astonishing journey from infancy to an A-League Women’s grand final within 12 months.
The Sky Blues won’t have it easy against Western United,who they lost to in the semi,when they play their sixth straight grand final at CommBank Stadium on Sunday.
Playing for the Socceroos was a time this Sydney high school teacher will never forget. As its coach,he will take the Sydney Football Club’s A-League Women team to its sixth consecutive grand final on Sunday.
Jamie Maclaren has scored a hat-trick to break the A-League Men goals record and lead Melbourne City to a 3-1 win over Western United,while in the A-League Women Sydney FC will meet Western United in the grand final after scrapping past Victory with a last-ditch goal from Madison Haley.
It would be hard to imagine a worse night at the office for Sydney FC,who were schooled in every department by their crosstown rivals - and,once again,at their own home ground.
Love makes the world go round,they say - but it’s hate that fuels the A-League’s biggest rivalry,and there’s plenty of it between Sydney FC and the Wanderers.
The Sky Blues enjoyed sweet revenge with a spiteful 1-0 win on Saturday night in Parramatta,where the big talking point was Yeni Ngbakoto’s send-off in the second half for an open-handed slap on Paulo Retre.
For Marcelo Guedes,who will lead the Wanderers into battle in Saturday night’s Sydney derby,football is not a game. It was his ticket out of poverty. He plays accordingly.
The daughter of five-time Super Bowl winner Charles Haley is carving out her own professional sporting career with Sydney FC.
Steve Corica’s players have given the Sky Blues coach a reprieve from immediate danger with a terrific 2-1 come-from-behind win over Melbourne Victory.