The National Talent Challenge (NTC) is back in 2023! Scheduled to take place in July, the NTC offers U18 girls the opportunity to show their talent in front of Football Australia and Australian National Team selectors. Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for Coaches and Players is now open. TEAM STAFF Head Coach and assistant coaches along…
FEATURE: Niles impresses on debut for Tuggeranong United
Rainey Niles is one of Tuggeranong’s additions to their National Premier League squad for the 2023 season and Niles has proven her skills and abilities during the opening game of the campaign by scoring the winning goal. Niles was certain she didn’t want to cease playing high level soccer after graduating college. This is why…
FEATURE: All about overcoming that final hurdle – The Gunners vow to do better in 2023
Gungahlin United are determined to make 2023 a season to remember and are looking to put recent struggles behind them. Recent years haven’t been kind to United’s NPLW side; however, they are committed to hit the ground running to start the new season. The Gunners had a strong end to last season, winning three out…
FEATURE: TON-UP FOR TUGGERANONG’S DAISLEY
Tuggeranong United midfield star, Sarah Daisley reached 100 Women’s National Premier League First Grade games on Friday night, as Tuggeranong shocked West Canberra Wanderers in the season opener at Melrose Synthetic. A milestone game for Daisley was all the more memorable following a statement from Tuggeranong who scored two second half goals to claim a…
WANDERERS CUP 2023: A GREAT SUCCESS
A cool April day greeted the 47 teams from U8 to U14 boys and girls participating in the largest pre-season tournament within the ACT, the Wanderers Cup. This annual tournament, played at Melrose and Waramanga, attracted 517 players from across Canberra, the Far South Coast and Southern Tablelands Age divisions that competed in the 15th…
FEATURE: ANUWFC begins a new chapter in the NPLW
ANUWFC will be looking to thrive in the season to come as they enter into the highest competition in women’s football in the ACT, the Women’s National Premier League. Following on from their dominant form in State League Women’s 1st grade in previous seasons, ANUWFC enters the NPLW competition this season with a team looking…
NPL REVIEW – WOMEN: TUGGIES EARN OPENING DAY SUCCESS
The season kicked off with a bang in the Women’s NPL with two winners coming from behind and strikers in form early in their new colours, Round 1 certainly paved the way for an exciting season ahead. Tuggeranong United started it all with a surprise success over the West Canberra Wanderers at Melrose Synthetic on…
NPL REVIEW – MEN: FLOREZ PLAYING TO HIS OWN TUNE
A hat-trick from Lucas Florez gave Canberra Olympic the perfect start to the season as they turned in a superb second half performance to sweep aside West Canberra Wanderers 5-0 at Greenway Enclosed. It took until the dying embers of the first-half for Olympic to hit the front, Florez meeting an in-swinging Thomas James free-kick…
CPL REVIEW: JUVENTUS OFF TO A FLIER
Canberra Juventus began life as a Capital Premier League club with a handsome 3-1 victory over the always tough to defeat White Eagles, storming the Eagles nest to claim a superb success with a sensational performance that will certainly make the rest of the division sit up and take notice. A tight first-half ended in…
COMMBANK YOUNG MATILDAS COMMENCE PREPARATIONS FOR 2024 AFC U20 WOMEN’S ASIAN CUP ROUND 2 QUALIFIERS
CommBank Young Matildas head coach Leah Blayney has selected a 24-player squad to begin building for the 2024 AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup Round 2 Qualifiers with a training camp in Canberra including Canberra United stars Sasha Grove and Chloe Lincoln. Held at the Australian Institute of Sport, the six-day assembly will be the first…