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Above: Abbey Green (black shirt), who scored two goals for Fremantle City in their win over Sorrento. Photo: Denyse RM Photography.
Sunday review by Enya Liu
Fremantle City 4 – 0 Sorrento
Sunday’s pair of matches started with a dominant display at Hilton Park from Fremantle City as they put four past Sorrento.
Fremantle started the game out strong, with the first goal coming in the 14th minute. Lacey Heyes pick-pocketted Sorrento’s number 14 Jessica Jahn at the edge of the 18-yard box, before slipping a pass to Abbey Green. From there, Green managed a left-footed strike, hitting the top right-hand corner.
Heys has been in superb form at the start of this season, and 20 minutes after providing the assist of the opener, Heys added her own name to the scoresheet. A string of passes were formed through the centre of the pitch, before a slight defensive error allowed the number eight to tip the ball over the rising hands of Amalia Caceres.
Going into the second half with a two goal advantage, Fremantle looked to build on the intensity and momentum they had gained in the first 45 minutes.
Green secured herself a brace in the 51st minute in quite a fashion with a stellar individual goal. Following a lost backpass from the Sorrento defence, Green was able to pick up the ball, making an inwards run holding off four defenders, giving her the opportunity to slide a shot across the turf and into the back of the net.
The final goal of the match came in the 59th minute as Harper Collinson put away a screamer from just inside the right-hand side of the penalty area.
Teams: FREMANTLE CITY: Souza, Leek, Adams, Osborne, Kiama, Heys, Brady, Green, Poad, Mayor, Collinson. Substitutes: Yeo, Trueman, Sia, Learmont, Kinners
Scorers: Green 14’, 51’, Heys 35’, Collinson 59’.
SORRENTO: Caceres, Aisbett, Hope, Hughes, Unknown, Edwards, Zampogna, Papalia, Unknown, Jahn, Snowden. Substitutes: Silver, Hocking, Marchlewicz, Santich, Govier, Large.
Referee: John Pyrcroft.
Assistant Referees: Roland Turk & Danny Qin.
Perth RedStar 4-0 UWA-Nedlands
The weekend concluded with victory for Perth RedStar over second bottom UWA-Nedlands.
Grace Monteiro put the home side ahead just before the half-hour mark. The hard working visitors battled well to keep RedStar at bay again until midway through the second half.
With 64 minutes on the clock, Jayna Ridley added a second, and then, a spell of two goals in the space of five minutes from Jay Coleman and Quyen Doan sealed the victory.
Teams: PERTH REDSTAR: Dal Busco, Teixeira, Wooley, Ridley, Bellanca, Monterio, Leota, Johnson, Coleman, Satsuma, Gray. Substitutes: Doan, Unknown, Yates, Price, Devitt, Wales-Buckley, O’Donohoe.
Scorers: Monteiro 28′, Ridley 64′, Coleman 81′, Doan 86′.
UWA-NEDLANDS: Sauer, Unknown, Franklin, Riches, Rodrigo, Dinsdale, Brownlie, C.Gaspar, E.Gaspar, Reid, Short Substitutes: Klomp, Dadswell, Khiati, Kinkaid, Vulin, Mcglinn, Johnson.
Referee: Sailota Phiri.
Assistant Referees: Charlie Hand & Connor Walker.
Elsewhere…
Perth Azzurri 0-0 Balcatta Etna
Two of the league’s heavyweights faced off on Friday night under the Dorrien Gardens lights, but couldn’t produce a goal.
Maya Archibald came close for the home side when her effort hit the side netting on the right hand side, with Balcatta keeper Rebecca Bennett covering her near post excellently.
Bennett then produced a superb save to deny Sam Mathers when the Azzurri midfielder smashed a shot from the edge of the area in a central position, as the effort was pushed up onto the bar.
If defending Top Four Cup winners Balcatta can overcome Perth RedStar in their game in hand on Wednesday, there will be a three way logjam at the top of the ladder.
Teams: PERTH AZZURRI: Schroeder, Nossent, Tana, Boehm, McCartney, Warburton, 7, McAllister, Mathers, Flannery, Archibald. Substitutes: Continibali, Ottobrino, Ingrey, Zindell, McCready, Reeves-Dalton, Attree.
BALCATTA ETNA: R.Bennett, Davis, van Heurck, Jarvis, Murray, Gale, C.Bennett, Marwick, Doeglas, Meakins, Glanfield. Substitutes: Duncanson, Comito, Jerram, Nikolska.
Referee: Michal Jasinski.
Assistant Referees: Sofie Jasinska & Fatih Emre Talay.
Football West Academy 1-1 Subiaco
Fresh from their superb victory in the Emerging Matildas Tournament in Melbourne, the Football West Academy returned home to earn a battling point against Subiaco.
It was a much changed Subi side that took to the field with many new faces under the leadership of new head coach Christine Coppin.
Catherine Curwood-Wagner gave the visitors the lead just before the break, but Piper Dowe levelled matters early in the second half.
Teams: FOOTBALL WEST ACADEMY: McGreadie-Cole, Santich Medrano, Mpunga, Bolton, Kuzamba, Lange, Butler, Leong, Dowe, McAulilffe. Substitutes: Hampton, Sciascia-Walsh, Andrews, Glavovic, Unknown, Durbin.
Scorer: Dowe 49′.
SUBIACO: O’Dell, Hargreaves, Denona, Burdett, Derhun, Ascenzo-Cabello, Taylor-Hughes, Klot, Weber, Wilkinson, Curwood-Wagner. Substitutes: Stiles, Phillips-Johns, Radici, Paul, Ntoumenopoulos.
Scorer: Curwood-Wagner 45′.
Referee: David Teo.
Assistant Referees: Ellis Gould & Taliyah Delavale.
Ladder
Fremantle City P 5 Pts 11 GD +10
Perth Azzurri P 5 Pts 11 GD +10
Balcatta Etna P 4 Pts 8 GD +10
Perth RedStar P 4 Pts 8 GD +7
Footballl West Academy P 5 Pts 7 GD +5
Subiaco P 5 Pts 4 GD -7
UWA-Nedlands P5 Pts 1 GD -18
Sorrento P5 Pts 0 GD -17
Fixtures for the week ahead
WEDNESDAY: Balcatta Etna v Perth RedStar (Round Two catchup.)
ROUND SIX – SUNDAY: Balcatta Etna v Football West Academy, Perth RedStar v Fremantle City, Subiaco v Sorrento, UWA-Nedlands v Perth Azzurri.
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