By Ryan Miller-Woods (5/7/24).
Ahead of the upcoming 2024/2025 A-League Women’s Season, Newcastle Jets have announced the re-signing of their all-time leading appearance maker in the league with 153 appearances, club captain Cassidy Davis. Davis will be entering her 12th successive season with the Jets having made her debut with Newcastle back in 2013.
During Newcastle’s most recent A-League Women’s campaign where they made the Finals for the first time since the 2017/2018 season, Davis was crucial towards the Jets’ success throughout with how she played, her role and presence on the pitch and most importantly the valuable experience that she brought to the squad with the younger players that she played alongside with.
As well as that, she scored two goals, with her equaliser against Western Sydney Wanderers in Round Three voted as the Goal of the Season, and provided four assists in total.
The re-signing of Davis is a very important one in terms of her A-League experience for the Jets after the retirements of Alexandra Huynh and Gema Simon at the conclusion of the 2023/2024 season. Davis’ leadership qualities as a whole would be a massive positive for any club in the league to have. Having her for next season will significantly benefit the entire Newcastle squad in more ways than one.
As for her thoughts on staying with Newcastle Jets after the successful 2023/2024 season the team had, Davis said, “I’m extremely grateful and proud to be representing my hometown club for a 12th consecutive season. The on-field success we had last year and the passionate support we received from the local community, is a massive motivation for me to take this team to another level. I am eager to start the 2024/25 season and see where this new era takes us.”
Head Coach Ryan Campbell said, “It’s great to have Cass back for another season as she epitomises everything that we are about as a club. I look forward to her showing her leadership skills on and off the park to assist with such a young and positive team.”
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