2013–14 Canberra United FC (women) season

Canberra United
2013–14 season
Chairman	Kate Lundy
Head Coach	Liesbeth Migchelsen
Stadium	McKellar Park
W-League	1st
W-League Finals	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Michelle Heyman (7); All: Michelle Heyman (7)
Highest home attendance	1,149; vs. Brisbane Roar; (15 February 2014); W-League Finals
Lowest home attendance	662; vs. Newcastle Jets; (1 November 2014); W-League
Average home league attendance	796
Biggest win	5–0; vs. Newcastle Jets (H); (1 February 2014); W-League
Biggest defeat	0–2; vs. Adelaide United (A); (5 January 2014); W-League
Home colours	Away colours

The 2013–14 Canberra United FC season is the club's sixth participation in the W-League, since the league's and club's formation in 2008.

Season overview

Players

Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Lydia Williams
2	DF	AUS	Catherine Brown
3	FW	AUS	Georgia Yeoman-Dale
4	MF	USA	Kendall Fletcher
5	DF	AUS	Grace Field
6	MF	AUS	Caitlin Munoz
7	DF	AUS	Ellie Brush (Vice-Captain)
8	FW	AUS	Meg McLaughlin
9	MF	AUS	Grace Gill
11	FW	AUS	Michelle Heyman


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	DF	AUS	Sally Rojahn
13	DF	AUS	Nicole Sykes (Captain)
14	FW	AUS	Ashleigh Sykes
15	MF	AUS	Sally Shipard
16	MF	USA	Lori Lindsey
17	DF	AUS	Holly Houston
19	MF	AUS	Jennifer Bisset
20	GK	AUS	Trudy Burke
22	FW	USA	Stephanie Ochs

Transfers in

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	FW	AUS	Meg McLaughlin (from Sydney FC)^[1]
16	MF	USA	Lori Lindsey (from Washington Spirit)^[2]^[3]
22	FW	USA	Stephanie Ochs (from Washington Spirit)^[4]^[5]
4	MF	USA	Kendall Fletcher (from Vittsjö GIK)^[6]^[7]
17	DF	AUS	Holly Houston (from Redlands United Women)^[8]
1	GK	AUS	Lydia Williams (from Piteå IF)^[9]

Transfers out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	AUS	Mackenzie Arnold (to Western Sydney Wanderers)^[10]
2	DF	AUS	Caitlin Cooper (to Western Sydney Wanderers)^[10]
17	MF	GER	Ariane Hingst ^[10]
23	MF	USA	Kristen Mewis (to Kansas City)^[11]
8	MF	AUS	Hayley Raso (to Brisbane Roar)^[10]^[12]
4	DF	AUS	Christine Walters ^[10]
18	MF	AUS	Samantha Wood (to Canberra FC Women)^[10]
10	MF	AUS	Snez Veljanovska ^[10]

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Liesbeth Migchelsen
Assistant coach	Raeanne Dower

Squad statistics

Disciplinary record

N	Pos.	Name
1	GK	Lydia Williams	1
2	DF	Catherine Brown	2
3	FW	Georgia Yeoman-Dale	0
4	MF	Kendall Fletcher	0
5	DF	Grace Field	0
6	MF	Caitlin Munoz	0
7	DF	Ellie Brush	3
8	FW	Meg McLaughlin	0
9	MF	Grace Gill	0
11	FW	Michelle Heyman	1
12	DF	Sally Rojahn	1
13	DF	Nicole Sykes	0
14	FW	Ashleigh Sykes	0
15	MF	Sally Shipard	0
16	MF	Lori Lindsey	1
17	DF	Holly Houston	0
19	MF	Jennifer Bisset	2
20	GK	Trudy Burke	0
22	FW	Stephanie Ochs	0

Last updated: 10 February 2014
Source: Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Goal scorers

Total	Player		Goals per round
Total	Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
7		Michelle Heyman	2	1	1		1				1		1
6		Stephanie Ochs		1			2	1			1			1
3		Georgia Yeoman-Dale										2	1
3		Caitlin Munoz			1							1		1
2		Ashleigh Sykes						1			1
		Lori Lindsey	1									1
		Ellie Brush										1	1
1		Kendall Fletcher								1
		Sally Shipard											1
		Jennifer Bisset											1
28	Total		3	2	2	0	3	2	0	1	3	5	5	2

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
W-League	9 November 2013	9 February 2014	Matchday 1	1st	12	9	0	3	28	8	+20	075.00
W-League Finals	15 February 2014		Semi-finals	Semi-finals	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					13	9	0	4	29	10	+19	069.23

Source: Competitions

W-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canberra United	12	9	0	3	28	8	+20	27	Qualification to Finals series
2	Sydney FC	12	8	2	2	37	14	+23	26
3	Melbourne Victory (C)	12	7	2	3	23	12	+11	23
4	Brisbane Roar	12	7	2	3	22	16	+6	23
5	Perth Glory	12	5	0	7	17	31	−14	15
6	Adelaide United	12	3	4	5	12	15	−3	13
7	Western Sydney Wanderers	12	2	3	7	17	23	−6	9
8	Newcastle Jets	12	0	1	11	10	47	−37	1

Source: au.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
12	9	0	3	28	8	+20	27	5	0	1	17	3	+14	4	0	2	11	5	+6

Source: worldfootball.net

Results by round

Round	1	2	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	3¹	11	12
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W
Position	3	2	4	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	2	1
Points	3	6	6	9	12	12	12	15	18	21	24	27

Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes:

¹ Matchday 3 (vs. Sydney FC) was rescheduled, due to the Sydney FC's participation in the 2013 International Women's Club Championship.

Matches

Win Draw Loss

9 November 2013 1	Brisbane Roar	0–3	Canberra United	Brisbane
15:00 AEST		Report	Lindsey 8' Heyman 38', 49'	Stadium: A.J. Kelly Park Referee: Casey Reibelt

17 November 2013 2	Canberra United	2–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Canberra
15:00 AEDT	Heyman 25' Ochs 41'	Report		Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,007 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

8 December 2013 4	Canberra United	0–1	Brisbane Roar	Canberra
15:00 AEDT		Report	Kellond-Knight 8'	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 803 Referee: Kirralee Andruschak

14 December 2013 5	Newcastle Jets	0–3	Canberra United	Newcastle
15:00 AEDT		Report	Ochs 11', 62' Heyman 12'	Stadium: Wanderers Oval Referee: Katie Patterson

21 December 2013 6	Perth Glory	0–2	Canberra United	Perth
17:00 AWST		Report	Sykes 51' Ochs 90+2'	Stadium: Percy Doyle Reserve Referee: Casey Reibelt

5 January 2014 7	Adelaide United	2–0	Canberra United	Adelaide
15:00 ACDT	Woods 10' Quigley 13' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Burton Park Referee: Casey Reibelt

12 January 2014 8	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Canberra United	Melbourne
15:00 AEDT	De Vanna 47' Friend 83'	Report	Fletcher 66'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Referee: Kirralee Andruschak

19 January 2014 9	Canberra United	3–0	Adelaide United	Canberra
15:00 AEDT	Heyman 16' Ochs 32' Sykes 61'	Report		Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 724 Referee: Casey Reibelt

26 January 2014 10	Canberra United	5–1	Perth Glory	Canberra
15:00 AEDT	Brush 37' Munoz 41' Lindsey 81' Yeoman-Dale 90', 90+2'	Report	Gill 84'	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 714

29 January 2014 3	Canberra United	2–1	Sydney FC	Canberra
19:00 AEDT	Heyman 9' Munoz 57' (pen.)	Report	Rollason 35'	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 865 Referee: Kirralee Andruschak
Note: Match originally scheduled for 30 November at 16:00 AEDT, but rescheduled due to Sydney FC's participation in the 2013 International Women's Club Championship. It was rescheduled for 29 January at 19:00 AEDT.^[13]

1 February 2014 11	Canberra United	5–0	Newcastle Jets	Canberra
16:00 AEDT	Heyman 7' Shipard 10' Brush 28' Yeoman-Dale 47' Bisset 63'	Report		Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 662 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

9 February 2014 12	Sydney FC	1–2	Canberra United	Sydney
17:15 AEDT	Kerr 24'	Report	Munoz 13' (pen.) Ochs 60'	Stadium: Sydney United Sports Centre Referee: Lara Lee
Note: Match originally set to take place at Jubilee Oval, but relocated due to scheduling of matches ahead of the W-League Finals. It was relocated to Sydney United Sports Centre.^[14]

Finals series

15 February 2014 Semi-finals	Canberra United	1–2	Brisbane Roar	Canberra
15:00 AEDT	Munoz 23'	Report	Carroll 4' Kellond-Knight 58'	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,148 Referee: Kirralee Andruschak

Awards

Player of the Week (Round 2) - Michelle Heyman^[15]
Player of the Week (Round 10) - Kendall Fletcher^[16]

References

^ "Changes aplenty for Canberra". The Women's Game. 15 August 2013.
^ Gibbs, Russ (3 September 2013). "US international set for Canberra move". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
^ "Canberra United sign USWNT midfielder Lori Lindsey". The Women's Game. 3 September 2013.
^ Gibbs, Russ (10 September 2013). "United snap up exciting US U-23 star Stephanie Ochs". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
^ "Stephanie Ochs joins Lindsey in the capital". The Women's Game. 11 September 2013.
^ Gibbs, Russ (2 October 2013). "Kendall Fletcher agrees to Canberra move". Football Federation Australia.
^ "Kendall Fletcher returns to the W-League". The Women's Game. 3 October 2013.
^ Gaskin, Lee (24 October 2013). "Houston's unexpected journey". The Canberra Times.
^ Dutton, Chris (31 October 2013). "Home-town girl jets in to give United lift". The Canberra Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Smith, Pete (1 November 2013). "International boost for Canberra". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
^ McDowell, Sam (13 February 2013). "FC Kansas City boosts offense in draft". The Kansas City Star.
^ "Queenslanders dominate W-League squad". Football Federation Australia. 24 September 2013.
^ "Westfield W-League 2013/14 Round 3 Preview". A-Leagues. 29 November 2013.
^ "Changes to Westfield W-League fixtures". A-Leagues. 30 January 2014.
^ "Player of the week: Michelle Heyman". Football Federation Australia. 18 November 2013.
^ Smith, Pete (28 January 2014). "W-League player of the week". Football Federation Australia.

External links

Official Website

[1] "Changes aplenty for Canberra". The Women's Game. 15 August 2013.

[2] Gibbs, Russ (3 September 2013). "US international set for Canberra move". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.

[3] "Canberra United sign USWNT midfielder Lori Lindsey". The Women's Game. 3 September 2013.

[4] Gibbs, Russ (10 September 2013). "United snap up exciting US U-23 star Stephanie Ochs". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.

[5] "Stephanie Ochs joins Lindsey in the capital". The Women's Game. 11 September 2013.

[6] Gibbs, Russ (2 October 2013). "Kendall Fletcher agrees to Canberra move". Football Federation Australia.

[7] "Kendall Fletcher returns to the W-League". The Women's Game. 3 October 2013.

[8] Gaskin, Lee (24 October 2013). "Houston's unexpected journey". The Canberra Times.

[9] Dutton, Chris (31 October 2013). "Home-town girl jets in to give United lift". The Canberra Times.

[FFA-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Smith, Pete (1 November 2013). "International boost for Canberra". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.

[11] McDowell, Sam (13 February 2013). "FC Kansas City boosts offense in draft". The Kansas City Star.

[12] "Queenslanders dominate W-League squad". Football Federation Australia. 24 September 2013.

[13] "Westfield W-League 2013/14 Round 3 Preview". A-Leagues. 29 November 2013.

[14] "Changes to Westfield W-League fixtures". A-Leagues. 30 January 2014.

[15] "Player of the week: Michelle Heyman". Football Federation Australia. 18 November 2013.

[16] Smith, Pete (28 January 2014). "W-League player of the week". Football Federation Australia.

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