Members of the Impetus team of contributors covering the competition unveil their choices of player, coach, and event of the week. We’ll keep a tally of all the votes and just before Finals, reveal which player and coach have received the most votes across the season to be named the Impetus A-League Women Player and Coach of the Season 10/1/24
Player of the Week:
GENEVIEVE HENRY: Daniela Galic. Her first half hattrick against Adelaide United showcased just some of her talents. She has improved greatly in her goalscoring abilities in the past few seasons, and that’s not even her main role.
BEN CAREY: Daniela Galic. She went full Emina Ekić this week. A 19 minute hat-trick goals, with an assist in the middle. What an incredible perfomance.
JONATHON HAGGER: Isabel Gomez. Issy was far and away the best player on the park in the 0-0 draw against Sydney FC. Issy was super strong in the midfield and quite possible ran the most kilometres of any player in the A League in round 11.
Coach of the Week
GENEVIEVE HENRY: Kat Smith. She lead her team to a resounding win over Melbourne Victory, one of the competition’s tougher sides. It’s been up and down in her first few weeks in charge, but this was a statement victory.
BEN CAREY: Robbie Hooker. His team’s 2-0 victory over Perth Glory was immense.
JONATHON HAGGER: Kat Smith. The rise and rise of Western United is testament to her coaching prowess. Kat has instituted her system of play and it’s really starting to work. The senior players are stepping up and really leading.
Moment of the week
GENEVIEVE HENRY: Michelle Heyman in a decent position to score her 100th goal, but set up Nikki Flannery for an easy finish. Selfless play from a classy player.
BEN CAREY: Newcastle Jets v Canberra United. This six goal thriller had it all, except for Heyman’s 100th goal. Maybe that’s coming in United Round next week!
JONATHON HAGGER: The denial of a penalty to the Wellington Phoenix after a blatant handball was missed by the referees in the 2-1 loss to Brisbane. Leah Scarpelli’s arm was in no way in a natural position so the Nix should have been given a penalty however all the referees missed it.
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