# 2017–18 Canberra United FC (women) season

The 2017–18 Canberra United FC season was the club's tenth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football. The team played home games at McKellar Park. The club was managed by Heather Garriock.

## Players
### Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Haley Kopmeyer (on loan from Seattle Reign FC) |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Clare Hunt |
| 4 | DF | USA | Toni Pressley (on loan from Orlando Pride) |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Brianna Oliverio |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Caitlin Munoz |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Nickoletta Flannery |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Liana Danaskos |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Grace Maher |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Elise Thorsnes (on loan from Avaldsnes IL) |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Bethany Gordon |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Ashleigh Sykes (Co-Captain) |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Sarah Morgan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Karly Roestbakken |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Maddy Whittall |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Taren King |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Aoife Colvill |
| 20 | MF | AUS | Amy Sayer |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Ellie Carpenter |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Jasmine Maguire |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Michelle Heyman (Co-Captain) |
| 24 | DF | USA | Kendall Fletcher (Guest player) |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Laura Bassett |
| 35 | GK | AUS | Isobel Davy |
| 36 | MF | AUS | Georgia Boric |

### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| | FW | Grace MacIntyre | | Newcastle Jets | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 21 | DF | Ellie Carpenter | 17 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 1 | GK | Haley Kopmeyer | 27 | Seattle Reign FC | Loan | Pre-season | Free |
| 34 | DF | Laura Bassett | 34 | Unattached | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 8 | MF | Liana Danaskos | | Newcastle Jets | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 5 | MF | Georgia Plessas | | Sydney University | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 20 | GK | Amy Sayer | | Sydney University | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 24 | DF | Kendall Fletcher | 32 | Unattached | Guest player | Pre-season | Free |
| 4 | DF | Toni Pressley | 27 | Orlando Pride | Loan | Pre-season | Free |
| 19 | MF | Aoife Colvill | | Canberra United Academy | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 36 | MF | Bethany Gordon | | Sydney University | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 18 | MF | Taren King | | Sydney University | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 15 | DF | Sarah Morgon | | Canberra United Academy | Transfer | Pre=season | Free |
| 6 | MF | Caitlin Munoz | 34 | Unattached | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 17 | FW | Maddy Whittall | | Belconnen United | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |

### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 1 | GK | Trudy Burke | 26 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 7 | DF | Ellie Brush | 29 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 18 | MF | Kahlia Hogg | 23 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 12 | DF | Hannah Brewer | 24 | Newcastle Jets | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 2 | DF | Yukari Kinga | 33 | Melbourne City | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 19 | FW | Aoife Colvill | 16 | Canberra United Academy | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 15 | DF | Sarah Morgan | 16 | Canberra United Academy | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 9 | FW | Jasmyne Spencer | 27 | Orlando Pride | Loan return | Pre-season | Free |
| 22 | DF | Stephanie Ochs | 27 | Houston Dash | Loan return | Pre-season | Free |
| 14 | MF | Ashleigh Sykes | 26 | Retired | Retired | End-season | Free |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |

## Managerial staff

Current as of 30 January 2017
| Position | Name |
| Chairperson | Kate Lundy |
| Chief executive officer | Phil Brown |
| Head coach | Heather Garriock |
| Assistant coach | Njegosh Popovich |
| Physiotherapist | Julian Russell-Jones |
| Team doctor | Dr. Wilson Lo |
| Team manager | Antoni Jagarinec |

## Squad statistics

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | W-League | W-League | W-League | W-League | W-League |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Haley Kopmeyer | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Clare Hunt | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Toni Pressley | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Brianna Oliverio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Caitlin Munoz | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Nickoletta Flannery | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Liana Danaskos | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Grace Maher | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Elise Thorsnes | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9+0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | | Bethany Gordon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Lauren Keir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Ashleigh Sykes | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10+0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Sarah Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Karly Roestbakken | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Maddy Whittall | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Taren King | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Aofie Colvill | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Amy Sayer | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Ellie Carpenter | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10+0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Jasmine Maguire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Michelle Heyman | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11+0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Kendall Fletcher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | | Laura Bassett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | | Isobel Davy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | | Georgia Boric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | | Georgia Plessas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: au.women.soccerway.com
* = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Competitions
### W-League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 28 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Sydney FC | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 25 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 20 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne City (C) | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 20 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Canberra United | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 16 | |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 14 | |
| 7 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 11 | |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 11 | |
| 9 | Adelaide United | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 10 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitive Matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | A | B | H | A | H | H | H | A | B | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | ✖ | W | W | W | L | L | L | ✖ | W | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Fixtures

* Click here for season fixtures.