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2021–22 Western United FC Season
The 2021–22 season was the third in the history of Western United Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, Western United also competed in the FFA Cup for the first time. They finished third in the regular season and then won the Championship, beating holders Melbourne City in the Grand Final. The season was documented in the docuseries United. Review Background Western United's 2020–21 campaign had seen an eight-game losing streak and a lack of creativity lead to a disappointing tenth-place finish in the league, the club's lowest in their history forcing them to play in the 2021 FFA Cup seventh preliminary round against Newcastle Jets. Three days after their league finish on 8 June 2021, the club parted ways with their head coach Marko Rudan Marko Ante "Mark" Rudan (born 27 August 1975) is an Australian association football manager and former player, who last managed A-League Men club Western Sydney Wanderers. Rudan was one of the inaugural inductee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western United FC
Western United Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club. The club is based in the western Melbourne suburb of Tarneit, Victoria, Tarneit, the club aims to represent western Victoria, incorporating the western suburbs (Melbourne), western suburbs of Melbourne; the regional cities of Ballarat, and Geelong; and regional and country towns in western Victoria. The club was first established as part of an expansion process in the country's premier soccer competition, the A-League. It began playing in the 2019–20 A-League season, under Professional sports league organization#Systems around the world, licence from Football Australia (FA). On 12 May 2022 it announced the establishment of an A-League Women team. Western United currently play home matches at Wyndham City Stadium#Ironbark Fields, Ironbark Fields in City of Wyndham, Wyndham. The club previously played home matches at Kardinia Park (stadium), GMHBA Stadium in Geelong, York Park, Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney FC
Sydney Football Club, commonly known as Sydney FC, is a professional association football, soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. They compete in the top-tier men's league in Australia, the A-League Men. Established in 2004, they were among the eight founding teams for the inaugural 2005–06 A-League season. Domestically, Sydney FC have won a A-League_Men_records_and_statistics, record five A-League Men Championships, four A-League Men Minor_Premiership, Premierships and two Australia Cup, Australia Cups. Additionally, the club has won the OFC Champions League once in international competition. Before the 2018–19 Sydney FC season, 2018–19 season, the club’s Home (sports), home ground was the Sydney Football Stadium (1988), Allianz Stadium in Moore Park, New South Wales, Moore Park. When the NSW Government announced that the stadium would be redeveloped before the 2019 New South Wales state election, the team temporarily played at the Sydney Cricket Gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Lustica
Steven Lustica (; born 12 April 1991) is an Australian soccer player who plays as a central midfielder. Club career Gold Coast On 24 April 2009, it was confirmed that Lustica had been signed by Gold Coast United, after impressing United's assistant coach, Paul Okon, during his tenure as under-18s coach at the Australian Olympic Youth Festival. On 19 September 2009, he made his senior debut for Gold Coast, coming off the bench in the 88th minute against Central Coast Mariners. Hajduk Split On 8 June 2011, it was announced that Lustica signed a four-year contract with Croatian giant Hajduk Split. He made his debut against F.C. Barcelona on 23 July 2011. He made his Prva HNL debut on 13 August 2011 against NK Istra in a 3–0 away win with Lustica getting an assist. On 5 June 2011, Lustica scored his first goal for HNK Hajduk Split in a man of the match performance against NK Varazdin also getting an assist in the game. Dugopolje (loan) On 25 January 2012 it was announced t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dylan Wenzel-Halls
Dylan Wenzel-Halls (born 15 December 1997) is an Australian footballer who plays for the Malaysia Super League club Penang. Club career Youth career Wenzel-Halls played youth football at local club Ipswich Knights, played in their under-8 team through to under-15 team at Brisbane Lions and then at Olympic FC from 2013 to 2015, and with Brisbane Roar youth in 2016. Western Pride In the 2017 NPL Queensland grand final, Wenzel-Halls scored an 89th-minute free kick against Moreton Bay United, winning the match 2-1 and securing Pride’s first piece of silverware. He was named in the 2017 NPL QLD Team of the Year, and won the 2018 Queensland NPL Golden Boot with 24 goals in 14 games. While playing for Western Pride, Wenzel-Halls broke the record for the most goals scored in a single National Premier Leagues match, scoring seven goals in a 15–0 win over Sunshine Coast. Brisbane Roar On 4 May 2018, following his goal-scoring exploits in the NPL, Wenzel-Halls signed a one-year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lachlan Wales
Lachlan Andrew Wales (born 19 October 1997) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Perth Glory. Club career Central Coast Mariners Wales progressed from the youth ranks of the Central Coast Mariners to make his professional debut on 14 April 2017, replacing Fábio Ferreira in the 86th minute as they were beaten 1-0 by Melbourne Victory at AAMI Park. Wales made a further 10 appearances for the Mariners in their 2017–18 campaign, notching two assists from seven starts as they went on to finish in 10th place. Melbourne City On 25 June 2018, Wales signed a two-year contract with Melbourne City. He made his debut for the club in a 2–1 win over Melbourne Victory in the Melbourne Derby, playing 85 minutes before being replaced by Anthony Lesiotis. Wales scored his first professional goal against Newcastle Jets on 2 December 2018, scoring City's third as they ran out 3-0 winners. Wales left Melbourne City at the end of the 2019–20 A-League. We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoki Imai
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Western United FC in the A-League. Career Born in the Chiba Prefecture, Imai made his debut for Omiya Ardija of the J1 League on March 20, 2013, against Júbilo Iwata in the J.League Cup in which he came on in the 56th minute for Daisuke Watabe as Omiya suffered a 2–0 defeat. On 11 February 2020, Imai moved to Australia, signing for A-League A-League Men, also known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional soccer league in Australia and New Zealand and the highest level of the Australian soccer league system. Established in 2004 as the A-League by the ... side Western United. Imai is only the second player in the clubs history to reach 100 games played. He was also a key part of Westerns Inaugural A-league championship in 2022. Club statistics ''Updated to 29 April 2023''. References External links Profile at Kashiwa Reysol [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dylan Pierias
Dylan Pierias (born 20 February 2000) is an Australian professional soccer player who currently plays as a winger for Adelaide United in the A-League. He previously played football in the A-Leagues for Melbourne City, Western United, and Western Sydney Wanderers. Club career Pierias began playing as a seven-year-old at Keilor Park SC, moving to Spring Hills as a teenager. Melbourne City With eight first team players unavailable through suspension or injury, Pierias debuted for Melbourne City against Brisbane Roar on 11 February 2017 at 16 years of age, making him the first person born in the 21st Century to play in the A-League. Western United Pierias joined Western United for the 2019–20 season, the club's debut season in the league following their establishment in 2018. In May 2021, he signed a two-year contract extension with Western United. Pierias was substituted on in the 89th minute in the winning 2022 A-League Men Grand Final against his former club Melbourne Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léo Lacroix (footballer)
Léo Lacroix (born 27 February 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender for Saudi Arabian club Al-Jabalain. Club career On 31 August 2016, Ligue 1 side Saint-Étienne announced that they had reached an agreement for the transfer of Lacroix. Lacroix signed a four-year contract and in his first season he had 20 appearances in the 2016–17 Ligue 1. In the 2017–18 Ligue 1 season he played 11 games for the team, but was then loaned out to Swiss club Basel. Lacroix joined Basel's first team in the winter break of their 2017–18 season under head coach Raphaël Wicky. The loan was dated until summer 2018, with the option of a definite transfer. Basel had to find a replacement for Manuel Akanji, who had transferred out to Borussia Dortmund. Lacroix played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Stockhorn Arena on 10 February as Basel won 2–0 against Thun. Lacroix stayed with Basel until the end of the season, but the club did not p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Young
Jamie Iain Young (born 25 August 1985) is a retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Australia, he was a youth international for England. Early life and education Young was born in Brisbane, Australia, and is of Sri Lankan and Scottish descent. Young possesses a Bachelor in Exercise and Sport Science, with Young writing his dissertation on human genomic research in professional football. He had previously spent a number of years combining university studies with football commitments, and had temporarily placed his university studies on hold in July 2016 in order to focus on his football. Young is currently studying a PhD at the University of Queensland on the psychology of sports coaching, with a specific focus on the coach-athlete relationship in Australian football. Young is an ambassador for the Multicultural Development Association, which helps refugees and migrants settle in Queensland. Career Club career Having grown up in Australia, he atten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Australia
Football Australia is the sports governing body, governing body of Soccer in Australia, soccer, futsal, and beach soccer within Australia, headquartered in Sydney. Although the first governing body of the sport was founded in 1911, Football Australia in its current form was only established in 1961 as the Australian Soccer Federation. It was later reconstituted in 2003 as the Australian Soccer Association before adopting the name of Football Federation Australia in 2005. In contemporary identification, a corporate decision was undertaken to institute that name to deliver a "more united football" in a deliberation from the current CEO, James Johnson. The name was changed to Football Australia in December 2020. Football Australia oversees the Australia men's national soccer team, men's, Australia women's national football team, women's, youth, Australia Paralympic football team, Paralympic, Australia national beach soccer team, beach and Australia national futsal team, futsal nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Rudan
Marko Ante "Mark" Rudan (born 27 August 1975) is an Australian association football manager and former player, who last managed A-League Men club Western Sydney Wanderers. Rudan was one of the inaugural inductees into the Sydney FC Hall of Fame in 2015. After four successful years as head coach of Sydney United, which included two National Premier Leagues titles, Rudan decided to leave his post to work with the Australia national under-20 soccer team, but returned shortly into the 2017 season. Club career Rudan joined NSL club Sydney United in 1993 at completion of the AIS program. He spent much of his five seasons at United totalling 73 NSL appearances by the end of the 1997–98 season. He was signed to new club Northern Spirit for the 1998–99 NSL season. In the first match of the season he was sent off. After serving a one-match suspension, he made amends in Round 3 scoring twice in a 2–1 win. He went on to start almost all matches that year, although saw red a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United (docuseries)
''United'' is a Network Ten and Amazon Prime Video sports docuseries. In the series, Australian A-League Men side Western United FC, Western United's progress was charted through their 2021–22 Western United FC season, 2021–22 season, after their unenviable 10th-place finish in their 2020–21 Western United FC season, previous season, and to become A-League Men champions for the first time. The series was written and directed by Dan Jones and was executive produced by Silvio Salum and Vasili Papanicolou. The six episodes were released on 7 December 2022. Background Western United FC, Western United were formed in 2018 as the Western Melbourne Group via a successful bid to enter the A-League Men; their inaugural season ultimately in 2019–20 Western United FC season, 2019–20 finishing in the semi-finals within a COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, COVID-19 pandemic struck finish. The following season in 2020–21 Western United FC season, 2020–21; despite a promising first h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
