Roar Of Celebration After First Victory

Melbourne Victory 2-4 Brisbane Roar By Kieran Yap (2/1/22) Above: Brisbane Roar celebrate Katrina Gorry’s goal that brought them level after being 2-0 down. Photo: A-League Women Chaos and quality defined the game as Melbourne Victory hosted Brisbane Roar. Brisbane arrived at AAMI Park in search of their first win of the season and sittingContinue reading “Roar Of Celebration After First Victory”

Impetus Achievers Awards

Round Four of the A-League Women was memorable for several different reasons. Our team of writers covering the competition, Ben Gilby, Kris Goman, and Kieran Yap hand out their weekly awards (28/12/21). Above: Hannah Wilkinson (far left), the undisputed choice of Player of the Week, celebrates with her Melbourne City teammates on Boxing Day. Photo:Continue reading “Impetus Achievers Awards”

Maher Class Brings Back Brisbane Nightmares

Canberra United 3-3 Brisbane Roar By Ben Gilby (23/12/21). Above: Spectacular action as Michelle Heyman goes for goal. Photo: Canberra United. A stunning fight-back at the death led by Grace Maher ensured that Canberra United obtained their first point of the season against a Brisbane Roar side whose worrying habit of conceding late goals costContinue reading “Maher Class Brings Back Brisbane Nightmares”

Williams X-Factor Seals Victory

Brisbane Roar 2-3 Melbourne Victory By Kieran Yap (18/12/21) Above: Melbourne Victory celebrate Catherine Zimmerman’s match deciding third goal with five minutes to play. Photo: @gomvfc. Lynn Williams was the difference in a tightly contested attacking match between Melbourne Victory and Brisbane Roar. The results of the first two rounds show that Brisbane had twoContinue reading “Williams X-Factor Seals Victory”

A-League Women Wrap

Impetus’ Ben Gilby rounds up the week’s media conferences in the A-League Women. This week he heard from five head coaches and players Emma Checker, Paige Satchell, and Chelsee Washington. There is also the latest on Perth Glory‘s immediate fixture schedule (17/12/21). ADELAIDE UNITED: Stenta Calls For A Confident Performance Head coach Adrian Stenta beganContinue reading “A-League Women Wrap”

Déjà vu For Brisbane As Perth Take The Glory Again

Brisbane Roar 0-1 Perth Glory By Ben Gilby (11/12/21) Above: Perth Glory celebrate Alana Jancevski’s late winner. Photo: @PerthGloryFC For the second week in a row, a late goal ensured that Perth Glory defeated Brisbane Roar in front of a big and vocal crowd at Perry Park. Conditions were warm, but the pitch was showingContinue reading “Déjà vu For Brisbane As Perth Take The Glory Again”

Perth Grab Glory At The Death!

Perth Glory 2-1 Brisbane Roar By Ben Gilby (4/12/21) Above: Perth Glory’s influential English centre–forward Gemma Craine drives for goal against Brisbane Roar tonight. Photo @PerthGloryFC Perth Glory hit an incredible two goals in the final three minutes to earn a dramatic win against a promising Brisbane Roar side at Macedonia Park. Whilst Alex Epakis’Continue reading “Perth Grab Glory At The Death!”

A-League Women Round-Up

Ahead of the 2021/22 season’s big kick-off tomorrow, Impetus’ Ben Gilby heard from eight of the competition’ ten clubs and a total of 17 players and eight head coaches as the season launch media events were held. SYDNEY FC: Named Australasia’s Best Female Sporting Team Sydney FC’s women’s team were named Australasia’s best for 2021Continue reading “A-League Women Round-Up”

A-League Women Preview

Impetus kicks off our third season covering the top tier of women’s football in Australia with Kieran Yap (KY)’s assessment of each of the club’s best close-season signings and Ben Gilby (BG)’s predictions of where the teams will finish. ADELAIDE UNITED Key Signing: Shadeene Evans Adelaide have mostly tried to keep their team from lastContinue reading “A-League Women Preview”

A-League Women Round-Up

Ben Gilby brings us all the news from this week’s media conferences in Australian women’s football. He starts with the announcement of a big international double header from the Matildas. He then hears from three overseas signings, a Newcastle Jets stalwart, Brisbane Roar’s latest signing and Wellington Phoenix head coach Gemma Lewis. Above: The MatildasContinue reading “A-League Women Round-Up”