2022–23 Western United FC (A-League Women) season

Western United (A-League Women)
2022–23 season
ChairmanJason Sourasis
ManagerMark Torcaso
StadiumCity Vista Recreation Reserve
North Hobart Oval
AAMI Park
Morshead Park Stadium
A-League Women2nd
A-League WomenRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Hannah Keane (13)
All: Hannah Keane (14)
Highest home attendance2,753
vs. Melbourne Victory
(19 November 2022)
A-League Women
Lowest home attendance320
vs. Newcastle Jets
(19 February 2023)
A-League Women
Average home league attendance995
Biggest win5–0
vs. Canberra United (A)
(28 January 2023)
A-League Women
Biggest defeat0–4
vs. Sydney FC (N)
(30 April 2023)
A-League Women Finals

The 2022–23 season was Western United Football Club (A-League Women)'s first season. The season began on 19 November 2022 and concluded on 30 April 2023 in the 2022–23 A-League Women.

Players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Alyssa Dall'Oste
2 FW Australia AUS Stacey Papadopoulos
3 DF Australia AUS Silver Bell Morris (scholarship)
4 MF Philippines PHI Jaclyn Sawicki (captain)
5 DF Australia AUS Aimee Medwin (scholarship)
7 FW Australia AUS Francesca Iermano
9 FW United States USA Hannah Keane
10 FW Australia AUS Kahli Johnson
11 MF Australia AUS Emma Robers
12 FW Australia AUS Harriet Withers
13 FW Canada CAN Danielle Steer
14 DF Australia AUS Natasha Dakic
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Australia AUS Adriana Taranto
16 MF Australia AUS Melissa Taranto
17 FW Australia AUS Raquel Deralas (scholarship)
18 FW Australia AUS Aleksandra Sinclair
19 DF Serbia SRB Tyla-Jay Vlajnic
20 DF Guyana GUY Sydney Cummings
21 GK United States USA Hillary Beall (vice-captain, on loan from Racing Louisville)
22 DF Australia AUS Alana Cerne
23 DF Australia AUS Angela Beard
24 DF Australia AUS Julia Sardo
25 DF Australia AUS Tiana Jaber (injury replacement)

Transfers

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Transfers in

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No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
22 DF Alana Cerne Australia Calder United 2 years 4 August 2022 [1][2]
9 FW United States Hannah Keane Spain Sporting de Huelva 9 August 2022 [3]
10 FW Kahli Johnson Sydney FC 10 August 2022 [4]
15 MF Adriana Taranto Australia Calder United 1 year 16 August 2022 [5]
16 MF Melissa Taranto Australia Calder United 1 year [5]
4 MF Philippines Jaclyn Sawicki Free agent 18 August 2022 [6]
11 MF Emma Robers Melbourne Victory[a] 24 August 2022 [7]
24 DF Julia Sardo Australia Calder United [7]
18 FW Aleksandra Sinclair Australia Calder United 1 year 26 August 2022 [8]
7 FW Francesca Iermano Melbourne Victory[b] 1 year 30 August 2022 [9]
1 GK Alyssa Dall'Oste Australia Calder United 2 years 1 September 2022 [10][11]
14 DF Natasha Dakic Australia Calder United 2 years [10][11]
3 DF Silver Bell Morris Australia FV Emerging Scholarship 2 years 8 September 2022 [12][11]
6 MF Chloe Logarzo United States Kansas City Current Loan 13 September 2022 [13]
19 DF Serbia Tyla-Jay Vlajnic Melbourne City[c] 1 year 16 September 2022 [15][16]
12 FW Harriet Withers Melbourne Victory[a] 21 September 2022 [17]
17 FW Raquel Deralas Australia Calder United Scholarship [17]
2 FW Stacey Papadopoulos Australia Calder United [17]
21 GK United States Hillary Beall United States Racing Louisville Loan 1 year 28 September 2022 [18]
20 DF Guyana Sydney Cummings United States San Diego Wave 1 year 29 September 2022 [19]
8 FW United States Jessica McDonald United States Racing Louisville Loan (guest player) 3 months 19 October 2022 [20]
5 DF Aimee Medwin United States Long Beach State Beach Scholarship 23 November 2022 [21]
13 FW Canada Danielle Steer Canada UBC Thunderbirds 4 months 4 January 2023 [22]
23 DF Angela Beard Denmark Fortuna Hjørring 2 years 9 January 2023 [23]
25 DF Tiana Jaber Unattached Injury replacement
(for Aimee Medwin) 		4 months 28 February 2023 [24]

Transfers out

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No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref.
8 FW United States Jessica McDonald United States Racing Louisville End of loan 22 January 2023 [25]
6 MF Chloe Logarzo United States Kansas City Current End of loan 24 February 2023 [26]

Pre-season and friendlies

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5 November 2022 Western United Australia 1–0 Australia Melbourne Victory Ballarat
  • Keane 89'
 Report Stadium: Morshead Park Stadium
10 November 2022 Melbourne City Australia 0–3 Australia Western United Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Casey Fields
20 February 2023 Western United Australia 0–3 Australia Young Matildas Melbourne
10:00 AEDT Report
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 Stadium: Galvin Park

Competitions

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League Women 19 November 2022 1 April 2023 Matchday 1 2nd 18 12 0 6 35 22 +13 066.67
A-League Women Finals 16 April 2023 30 April 2023 Semi-finals Runners-up 2 1 0 1 1 4 −3 050.00
Total 20 13 0 7 36 26 +10 065.00

Source: Soccerway

A-League Women

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Main article: 2022–23 A-League Women

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 18 13 1 4 43 15 +28 40 Qualification to Finals series and 2023 AFC Women's Club Championship
2 Western United[d] 18 13 0 5 38 20 +18 39 Qualification to Finals series
3 Melbourne City 18 9 3 6 36 23 +13 30
4 Melbourne Victory 18 7 8 3 29 22 +7 29
5 Canberra United 18 8 5 5 35 30 +5 29
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Off-season with Calder United.
  2. ^ Off-season with South Melbourne.
  3. ^ Off-season with Spartak Subotica.[14]
  4. ^ The APL awarded Western United a 3–0 win as a result of Brisbane Roar fielding an ineligible player, after the round 17 match had originally finished 2–0 for Brisbane.[27]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
18 13 0 5 38 20  +18 39 6 0 3 11 10  +1 7 0 2 27 10  +17

Source: A-Leagues

Results by round

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Round123456891010111213714151617181920
GroundHAABABAHHAHAHHHAAABHH
ResultWWWBWBWWWLWWLLWWLWBLW
Position311313321111111122112
Points36991212151821212427272730333336363639
Source: A-Leagues
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss

The league fixtures were announced on 15 September 2022.[28]

19 November 2022 1 Western United 1–0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
15:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: City Vista Recreation Reserve
Attendance: 2,753
Referee: Lara Lee
26 November 2022 2 Wellington Phoenix 1–4 Western United Wellington
15:00 NZDT
Report
Stadium: Sky Stadium
Attendance: 1,541
Referee: Bec Mackie
4 December 2022 3 Adelaide United 1–2 Western United Adelaide
15:30 ACDT
Report
Stadium: ServiceFM Stadium
Attendance: 1,013
Referee: Lara Lee
17 December 2022 5 Melbourne City 1–3 Western United Melbourne
17:10 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,392
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
1 January 2023 8 Perth Glory 2–3 Western United Perth
16:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: Macedonia Park
Attendance: 700
Referee: Caitlin Williams
7 January 2023 9 Western United 1–0 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
15:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: City Vista Recreation Reserve
Attendance: 630
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
11 January 2023 10 Western United 2–0 Sydney FC Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: City Vista Recreation Reserve
Attendance: 740
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
14 January 2023 10 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–1 Western United Sydney
15:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Football Park
Attendance: 448
Referee: Kelly Jones
21 January 2023 11 Western United 2–0 Brisbane Roar Hobart
14:20 AEDT
Report Stadium: North Hobart Oval
Attendance: 2,050
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
28 January 2023 12 Canberra United 0–5 Western United Canberra
15:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 970
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
4 February 2023 13 Western United 1–3 Perth Glory Ballarat
15:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Morshead Park Stadium
Attendance: 545
Referee: Caitlin Williams
8 February 2023 7 Western United 0–2 Newcastle Jets Ballarat
17:30 Report
Stadium: Morshead Park Stadium
Attendance: 320
Referee: Isabella Libri
11 February 2023 14 Western United 2–1 Melbourne City Melbourne
14:20 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley
26 February 2023 15 Newcastle Jets 0–6 Western United Newcastle
16:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: Newcastle No.2 Sportsground
Attendance: 910
Referee: Bec Mackie
5 March 2023 16 Sydney FC 3–0 Western United Sydney
16:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 566
Referee: Lara Lee
11 March 2023 17 Brisbane Roar 0–3[note 1] Western United Brisbane
15:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 751
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
25 March 2023 19 Western United 0–3 Canberra United Melbourne
15:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: City Vista Recreation Reserve
Attendance: 404
Referee: Isabella Blaess
1 April 2023 20 Western United 2–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
15:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: City Vista Recreation Reserve
Attendance: 361
Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Finals series

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16 April 2023 Qualifying final Sydney FC 0–1 Western United Sydney
17:45 AEST Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 3,680
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
30 April 2023 Grand final Western United 0–4 Sydney FC Sydney
16:00 AEST Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 9,519
Referee: Casey Reibelt

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.

No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Women Total
Regular season Finals series
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Alyssa Dall'Oste 0+1 0 0+0 0 1 0
2 DF Australia Stacey Papadopoulos 8+2 0 2+0 0 12 0
4 DF Philippines Jaclyn Sawicki 8+4 0 1+1 0 14 0
5 DF Australia Aimee Medwin 7+2 0 0+0 0 9 0
7 DF Australia Francesca Iermano 3+6 0 0+0 0 9 0
9 FW United States Hannah Keane 18 13 2+0 1 20 14
10 FW Australia Kahli Johnson 9+6 2 2+0 0 17 2
11 MF Australia Emma Robers 14+3 2 2+0 0 19 2
13 FW Canada Danielle Steer 5+7 2 1+1 0 14 2
14 DF Australia Natasha Dakic 2+8 0 0+1 0 11 0
15 MF Australia Adriana Taranto 17+1 1 2+0 0 20 1
16 MF Australia Melissa Taranto 16+1 1 1+1 0 19 1
18 FW Australia Aleksandra Sinclair 1+7 0 0+0 0 8 0
19 DF Serbia Tyla-Jay Vlajnic 14+2 4 2+0 0 18 4
20 DF Guyana Sydney Cummings 18 4 2+0 0 20 4
21 GK United States Hillary Beall 18 0 2+0 0 20 0
22 DF Australia Alana Cerne 16+1 0 2+0 0 19 0
23 DF Australia Angela Beard 9+2 0 1+0 0 12 0
24 DF Australia Julia Sardo 6+4 0 0+1 0 11 0
25 DF Australia Tiana Jaber 0+2 0 0+1 0 3 0
Players departed but featured this season
6 MF Australia Chloe Logarzo 0+6 3 0+0 0 6 3
8 FW United States Jessica McDonald 9 2 0+0 0 9 2

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Women Total
Regular season Finals series
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 11 MF Australia Emma Robers 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
2 16 MF Australia Melissa Taranto 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
20 DF Guyana Sydney Cummings 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
22 MF Australia Alana Cerne 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
5 2 DF Australia Stacey Papadopoulos 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
5 DF Australia Aimee Medwin 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
9 FW United States Hannah Keane 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
10 FW Australia Kahli Johnson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
23 DF Philippines Angela Beard 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
24 DF Australia Julia Sardo 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
11 6 MF Australia Chloe Logarzo 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
7 DF Australia Francesca Iermano 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
15 MF Australia Adriana Taranto 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
18 FW Australia Aleksandra Sinclair 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
19 DF Serbia Tyla-Jay Vlajnic 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
21 GK United States Hillary Beall 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 28 0 0 3 0 0 31 0 0

Clean sheets

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Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

Rank No. Nat. Goalkeeper A-League Women Total
Regular season Finals series
1 21 United States Hillary Beall 6 1 7

Notes

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  1. ^ The APL awarded Western United a 3–0 win as a result of Brisbane Roar fielding an ineligible player, after the match had originally finished 2–0 for Brisbane.[29]

References

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  1. ^ "Alana Cerne makes history as first Western United Women's player". Western United. 4 August 2022. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  2. ^ Hughes, Nick (21 August 2023). "Alana Cerne's journey in the West continues in Green and Black". Western United. The 20-year-old initially signed a two-year deal ahead of the Western United's inaugural Liberty A-League campaign
  3. ^ Hughes, Nick (9 August 2022). "Hannah Keane becomes Western United Women's first international player". Western United. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Young Matildas star Kahli Johnson joins Western United". Western United. 10 August 2022. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  5. ^ a b Hughes, Nick (16 August 2022). "Seeing double – Taranto twins join Western United A-League Women". Western United. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Jaclyn Sawicki joins Western United". Western United. 18 August 2022. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  7. ^ a b Hughes, Nick (24 August 2022). "Emma Robers and Julia Sardo sign on for Western United". Western United. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  8. ^ Hughes, Nick (26 August 2022). "Victorian football icon Aleksandra Sinclair signs for Western United". Western United.
  9. ^ Hughes, Nick (30 August 2022). "Versatile Victorian Francesca Iermano joins Western United". Western United. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  10. ^ a b Hughes, Nick (1 September 2022). "Alyssa Dall'Oste and Natasha Dakic strengthen Western United defence". Western United. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  11. ^ a b c Hughes, Nick (23 August 2023). "Young defensive trio returning to Western United in Liberty A-League". Western United. The defensive trio is committed to the Club's second season in the competition having signed two-year deals upon joining the Club last year.
  12. ^ Hughes, Nick (8 September 2022). "Junior Matilda Silver Bell Morris signs on with Western United". Western United.
  13. ^ "Matildas star Chloe Logarzo joins Western United in landmark coup". Western United. 13 September 2022. Archived from the original on 13 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  14. ^ Spartak Subotica [@zfkspartak] (19 August 2022). "Vlajnic Tyla-Jay 𝐣𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐨 𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐣𝐚𝐜̌𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐞 𝐬̌𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐒𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐣𝐞" [Vlajnic Tyla-Jay is the new big promotion of the Serbian championship.] (Tweet) (in Serbian) – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "Thank you, TJ: Experienced defender departs City". Melbourne City. 15 September 2022. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  16. ^ Hughes, Nick (16 September 2022). "A-League Women Champion Tyla-Jay Vlajnic joins Western United". Western United. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  17. ^ a b c Hughes, Nick (21 September 2022). "Attacking trio joins Western United A-League Women side". Western United. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  18. ^ Hughes, Nick (28 September 2022). "Hillary Beall joins Western United A-League Women goalkeeper union". Western United. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  19. ^ Hughes, Nick (29 September 2022). "International centre-back Sydney Cummings lands at Western United". Western United.
  20. ^ Hughes, Nick (19 October 2022). "Jessica McDonald to light up A-League Women for Western United". Western United.
  21. ^ "Aimee Medwin becomes first Tasmanian Western United player". Western United. 23 November 2022.
  22. ^ Hughes, Nick (4 January 2023). "Danielle Steer adds extra flair to Western United attacking stocks". Western United.
  23. ^ Hughes, Nick (9 January 2023). "Angie Beard brings further star power to Western United". Western United.
  24. ^ Hughes, Nick (28 February 2023). "Western United picks up talented defender Tiana Jaber". Western United.
  25. ^ Murray, Tara (22 January 2023). "McDonald heads home on a high". Wyndham Star Weekly.
  26. ^ Hughes, Nick (24 February 2023). "Chloe Logarzo departs Western United". Western United.
  27. ^ Pisani, Sacha (17 March 2023). "Roar handed points deduction for Liberty A-League breach". KeepUp.com.au.
  28. ^ "'GOAL RUSH' STYLE SHOW AND FREE JUNIOR PASSES PUT FANS AT HEART OF LIBERTY A-LEAGUE SEASON". Football Australia. 15 September 2022. Archived from the original on 15 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  29. ^ Pisani, Sacha (17 March 2023). "Roar handed points deduction for Liberty A-League breach". KeepUp.com.au.
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