Perth Glory 3-0 Western United
By Emma Burke 8/3/25
Above: Sarah O’Donoghue (L) celebrates with Megan Wynne and Kelli Brown. Photo: Rob Lizzi for Impetus
A finals appearance for Perth Glory is no longer out of reach after defeating Western United in a 3-0 win at the Sam Kerr Football Centre.
An early goal from Kelli Brown, assisted by a clever ball around a defender from Sarah O’Donoghue, had Perth leading on the scoreboard, but working tirelessly to keep it that way.
Western United came down hard on Glory, launching repeated attacks to no avail. Shots from Captain Chloe Logarzo, Isabel Dehakiz, and Aimee Medwin were either sent wide of the goal, struck the post, or were well handled by Glory keeper Casey Dumont.
In the second half, Glory saw the return of midfielder Susan Phonsongkham, who had been out injured since September of last year, who made an immediate impact on the game.
Her first involvement saw her send an incredible ball across the field to Cymru international Megan Wynne, who was left one-on-one with Western United’s keeper Chloe Lincoln.
This led to Julia Sardo sliding into the back of Wynne, taking her out, and being shown a red card by referee Georgia Ghirardello for denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity, reducing Western United to 10 players for the remaining 20 minutes of the match.
Kelli Brown then scored for a second time, her first shot on goal at Lincoln, who wasn’t able to keep hold of it, allowing Brown to have a second bite at the cherry, which she made no mistake with.
Not yet finished, Perth then won a penalty from Claudia Mihocic being booked for a handball on the edge of the penalty area.
To secure all three points and cap off a great return to the A-League Women, Phonsongkham took the spot kick, delivering to the right side of the goal, while Lincoln dove to the left.
This win – which also saw the Western Australian side keep their first clean sheet of the season, leaves the Glory on 18 points, meaning they could still have a shot at making finals this season, while Western United remain in fourth, for now, as other results from this weekend could see Central Coast Mariners or Canberra United leapfrog them on the table.
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Teams: PERTH GLORY (4-3-3): Dumont, Foletta, Zogg, Thomas-Chinnama, McKenna, Dalton, Palmer, Tathem, Brown, O’Donoghue, Wynne. Substitutes: Wainwright, Phonsongkham, Anderson, Lincoln, Templeman.
Scorers: Brown 14’, 81’, Phonsongkham (pen) 86’.
WESTERN UNITED (4-2-3-1): Lincoln, Grove, Maher, Mihocic, Sardo, Eggesvik, Dehakiz, Zimmerman, Logarzo, Medwin, Taranto. Substitutes: Cerne, Cortellino, Hieda, de Domizio, Picak.
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello.
Attendance: 873.
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