First round of W-League: results October 26, 2008
Posted by lem in League, News.Tags: Marlies Oostdam, Melbourne Victory, Rebecca Tegg, W-League
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Briefly:
Melbourne Victory wins its first match against Central Coast Mariners with two goals in the second half, scored by Marlies Oostdam and Rebecca Tegg. Here’s to the match against Sydney FC next week — will the derby feel carry over to the women’s teams? (More so now after Sydney won on Melbourne soil in a league fixture for the first time in the men’s game, drawing criticism from the Melbourne captain against his team.)
Sydney FC gave Perth Glory a 4-0 thumping, while Queensland Roar aren’t far behind with their 4-1 win over Adelaide United. In today’s fixture, Newcastle Jets just about managed to see off Canberra United.
“I can’t believe I missed it” plug: If you’d like a handy W-League guide to print and keep, World Football Programme has a downloadable guide in pdf format that includes information on all the teams and a fixture list.
W-League links round-up: Victory edition October 24, 2008
Posted by lem in League, News.Tags: Marlies Oostdam, Melbourne Victory, Sophie Hogben, Tal Karp, W-League
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Tal Karp (left) and Melissa Barbieri at the launch of Melbourne Victory Women. Picture by Aidan Ormond.
FourFourTwo Australia’s W-League preview for this weekend’s matches.
Tal Karp is Melbourne Victory Women’s captain for the inaugural season. I would’ve been happy with Barbieri as the women’s team’s first captain for entirely parochial reasons, but I can see why she was selected. Karp has an arts/law degree from the ANU and coached the Australian girls’ junior team for the JCC Games in 2006.
The women’s team section of the official Melbourne Victory website is looking more lively now with a number of news articles and a diary entry from our Kiwi defender, Marlies Oostdam.
Congratulations to midfielder Sophie Hogben, who was selected to be part of the U-19 Matildas team to play in the upcoming AFC U-19 Women’s Championship qualifiers.
Kevin Muscat, the men’s team captain, has urged Victory supporters to come to this weekend’s fixture and support the women’s team.
