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Wellington Phoenix FC (A-League Women)
Wellington Phoenix Women's Football Club is a professional women's football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. The Phoenix competes in the Australian premier women's soccer competition A-League Women, under licence from Football Federation Australia and New Zealand Football. History Establishment For several years, there have been talks concerning the creation of a professional women's football team in New Zealand so as to boost the level of women's football in New Zealand and Oceania with the cost of travelling to away games a major barrier. There were no professional clubs in New Zealand and the National League only featured amateur teams. The talks intensified after New Zealand won the rights to co-host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and the W-League plans to add three more expansion teams by that time. In September 2021, Phoenix announced they were one of the clubs in consideration under the W-League expansion and later confirmed creating a women's team. Inaugural s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellington Regional Stadium
Wellington Regional Stadium (commercially known as Sky Stadium through naming rights) is a major sporting venue in Wellington, New Zealand. The stadium's bowl site size is . The stadium was built in 1999 by Fletcher Construction and is situated close to major transport facilities (such as Wellington railway station) north of the CBD. It was built on reclaimed railway land, which was surplus to requirements. The stadium also serves as a large-capacity venue for concerts and is known colloquially as "The Cake Tin". History The stadium was built in 1999 by Fletcher Construction and was the first bowl stadium built in New Zealand. It was built to replace Athletic Park, which was no longer considered adequate for international events due to its location and state of disrepair. The stadium was also built to provide a larger-capacity venue for One Day International cricket matches, due to the Basin Reserve ground losing such matches to larger stadiums in other parts of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya McCutcheon
Maya McCutcheon (born April 12, 2001) is an American professional association football, soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder for USL Super League club Dallas Trinity FC. She played college soccer for the Oklahoma Sooners women's soccer, Oklahoma Sooners and the West Virginia Mountaineers women's soccer, West Virginia Mountaineers. Early life and college career McCutcheon grew up in Murphy, Texas, one of three children born to Dadario and Melanie McCutcheon. Her father played college football at Tuskegee Golden Tigers football, Tuskegee, and her sister, Daria, played college basketball at Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball, Louisiana Tech. A captain in FC Dallas's youth program, McCutcheon won the ECNL under-16 national championship in 2017 and conference titles in 2017 and 2018. She played high school soccer at Plano East Senior High School and committed to the University of Oklahoma as a sophomore. McCutcheon spent two seasons with the Oklahoma Sooners women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mackenzie Barry
Mackenzie Dale Barry (born 11 April 2001) is a football player who plays for A-League Women club Wellington Phoenix FC and the New Zealand women's national football team. Club career Mackenzie Barry was born on 11 April 2001 in New Plymouth, Taranaki and attended Central Primary School where she began playing football. Barry then attended and played for New Plymouth Girls' High School and represented Taranaki and CentralFootball Federation before being signed for Wellington Phoenix for their inaugural season in the A-League. International career Barry was a member of the New Zealand squad in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay where New Zealand finished in 3rd place. In 2019 Barry was part of the winning side at the 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship, earning qualification for the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup scheduled to be held in Costa Rica, although that tournament was subsequently cancelled due to the Covid 19 pandemic. Barry was first called up to the sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiana Jaber
Tiana Jaber (; born 9 May 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for A-League Women club Wellington Phoenix. Born in Australia, she plays for the Lebanon national team. Early life Jaber spent her childhood growing up in Western Sydney while attending Glenwood High School; she is of Lebanese and Italian descent. Club career Western Sydney Wanderers Jaber played for North West Sydney Koalas in the National Premier Leagues NSW Women's before being signed on a scholarship contract by the Western Sydney Wanderers in 2019. On 14 February 2020 Jaber was upgraded to a professional contract as she began training more frequently with the first team. She made her debut for the club on 20 February as a second-half substitute in a 4–0 loss to Melbourne City. The February debut would prove to be Jaber's sole appearance for the Wanderers as she left the club at the conclusion of the 2019–20 season to play for Sydney University in the NSW Women's NPL. The 2020 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canberra United FC
Canberra United Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Founded in 2008 by Capital Football, the club was an inaugural member of the W-League and the only club not affiliated with an A-League Men team. Canberra United currently competes in the A-League Women. Canberra's home stadium is McKellar Park and the club is a two-time champion and three-time premier of the W-League. W-League history 2008–09 season The first announcement of the club came in July 2008, coinciding with the establishment of the new W-League. The formation of the new club presented a unique situation in the league, that it was not associated with an established A-League side. In August, Canberra appointed Matildas assistant coach Robbie Hooker as coach for the inaugural season, and ACT Senator Kate Lundy as club chair. United also announced its first key signing in local Canberran and Matildas goalkeeper Lydia Williams. Hooker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle Jets FC (A-League Women)
The Newcastle Jets FC, also known as the Newcastle Jets Women, is a professional Australian women's soccer club. Founded in 2008, it is the affiliated women's team of Newcastle Jets. The team competes in the country's national women's soccer competition, the A-League Women, under licence from The Australian Professional Leagues (APL). History Establishment Formed in 2008, following the Australian women's national soccer team's most successful experience at a FIFA Women's World Cup and the call for the establishment of a professional women's league, the W-League was initially composed of eight teams: Adelaide United, Brisbane Roar, Central Coast Mariners, Melbourne Victory, Newcastle Jets, Perth Glory, and Sydney FC. Seven of the eight teams were affiliated with men's Hyundai A-League clubs, and shared their names and colours to promote their brands. The eighth club was the Canberra-based Canberra United. Naming rights were secured by Westfield, a company co-founded by Frank Lowy. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC News (Australia)
ABC News, also known as ABC News and Current Affairs, is a public news service produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The service covers both local and world affairs, broadcasting both nationally as ABC News, and across the Asia-Pacific under the ''ABC Australia'' title. The division of the organisation ABC News, Analysis and Investigations is responsible for all news-gathering and coverage across the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's various television, radio, and online platforms. Some of the services included under the auspices of the division are its 24-hour news channel ABC News Australia TV Channel (formerly ABC News 24), the long-running radio news programs, '' AM'', '' The World Today'', and '' PM''; ABC NewsRadio, a 24-hour continuous news radio channel; and radio news bulletins and programs on ABC Local Radio, ABC Radio National, ABC Classic FM, and Triple J. ABC News Online has an extensive online presence which includes many written news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wollongong Showground
Wollongong Showground, known as WIN Stadium for Naming rights, sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Wollongong, Australia. The stadium was officially opened in 1911. From 1982 until 1998 it played host to every home match for the Illawarra Steelers NRL team, and is still the team's home ground in the lower grade competitions. It is now used as the home of the St. George Illawarra Dragons Rugby league team and the Wollongong Wolves FC, Wollongong Wolves of the National Premier Leagues NSW. History Origin The stadium was originally used primarily for agricultural shows and hosted a Greyhound racing in Australia, greyhound racing track as well; The name of the venue prior to 1911 was the Wollongong Showground. It is considered to have been officially opened in 1911, when the sport of rugby league began playing at the stadium. The last greyhound meeting was held on 19 March 1984. When the Illawarra Steelers entered the NSWRFL premiership in 1982, they played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Sydney Wanderers FC (A-League Women)
Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club is an Australian women's football club based in the western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 2012, it is the affiliated women's team of the A-League team Western Sydney Wanderers. The team currently competes in the A-League Women, the top tier of women's soccer in Australia. History On 4 April 2012, the creation of Western Sydney Wanderers FC was announced by then CEO of Football Federation Australia Ben Buckley. It was also announced soon after that an associated women's team would compete in the W-League. On 5 July 2012, Stephen Roche was announced as the inaugural head coach for the team. On 17 July 2014, Norm Boardman was appointed as head coach for the team. On 20 May 2016, Richard Byrne was appointed as head coach, with Leah Blayney appointed as assistant coach and Davide Del Giovine as goalkeeping coach. On October 2017, former Western Sydney Wanderers player Catherine Cannuli and Ryan Doidge joined Byrne a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021–22 A-League Women
The 2021–22 A-League Women, known as the Liberty A-League for sponsorship reasons, was the fourteenth season of the A-League Women, the Australian national women's association football competition originally known as the W-League until the previous season. Wellington Phoenix were announced as an expansion club, taking the total teams to 10. Sydney FC were the defending premiers, having won their third premiership title in 2020–21. Melbourne Victory were the defending champions, having won their second championship title in 2020–21. Both clubs successfully defended their respective titles. Clubs Stadiums and locations Personnel and kits Managerial changes Transfers Foreign players The following do not fill a Visa position: A Australian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team G Guest Players R Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players Regular season League table Fixtures and results Matches * ''All times we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wollongong
Wollongong ( ; Dharawal: ''Woolyungah'') is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near water' or 'sound of the sea'. Wollongong lies on the narrow coastal strip between the Illawarra Escarpment and the Pacific Ocean, 85 kilometres (53 miles) south of Sydney. Wollongong had an estimated urban population of 302,739 at June 2018, making it the third-largest city in New South Wales after Sydney and Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle and the List of cities in Australia by population, tenth-largest city in Australia by population. The city's current List of mayors and lord mayors of Wollongong, Lord Mayor is Tania Brown who was elected in 2024. The Wollongong area extends from Helensburgh, New South Wales, Helensburgh in the north to Windang and Yallah in the south. Geologically, the city is located in the south-eastern part of the Sydney basin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
