# 2022–23 Western United FC (women) season

The 2022–23 season was Western United Football Club (A-League Women)'s first season. The season began on 19 November 2022 and concluded on 30 April 2023 in the 2022–23 A-League Women.

## Players

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 | AUS | Alyssa Dall'Oste |
| 2 | FW | AUS | Stacey Papadopoulos |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Silver Bell Morris (scholarship) |
| 4 | MF | PHI | Jaclyn Sawicki (captain) |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Aimee Medwin (scholarship) |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Francesca Iermano |
| 9 | FW | USA | Hannah Keane |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Kahli Johnson |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Emma Robers |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Harriet Withers |
| 13 | FW | CAN | Danielle Steer |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Natasha Dakic |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Adriana Taranto |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Melissa Taranto |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Raquel Deralas (scholarship) |
| 18 | FW | AUS | Aleksandra Sinclair |
| 19 | DF | SRB | Tyla-Jay Vlajnic |
| 20 | DF | GUY | Sydney Cummings |
| 21 | GK | USA | Hillary Beall (vice-captain, on loan from Racing Louisville) |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Alana Cerne |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Angela Beard |
| 24 | DF | AUS | Julia Sardo |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Tiana Jaber (injury replacement) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 22 | DF | Alana Cerne | Calder United | | 2 years | 4 August 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Hannah Keane | Sporting de Huelva | | | 9 August 2022 |
| 10 | FW | Kahli Johnson | Sydney FC | | | 10 August 2022 |
| 15 | MF | Adriana Taranto | Calder United | | 1 year | 16 August 2022 |
| 16 | MF | Melissa Taranto | Calder United | | 1 year | 16 August 2022 |
| 4 | MF | Jaclyn Sawicki | Free agent | | | 18 August 2022 |
| 11 | MF | Emma Robers | Melbourne Victory | | | 24 August 2022 |
| 24 | DF | Julia Sardo | Calder United | | | 24 August 2022 |
| 18 | FW | Aleksandra Sinclair | Calder United | | 1 year | 26 August 2022 |
| 7 | FW | Francesca Iermano | Melbourne Victory | | 1 year | 30 August 2022 |
| 1 | GK | Alyssa Dall'Oste | Calder United | | 2 years | 1 September 2022 |
| 14 | DF | Natasha Dakic | Calder United | | 2 years | 1 September 2022 |
| 3 | DF | Silver Bell Morris | FV Emerging | Scholarship | 2 years | 8 September 2022 |
| 6 | MF | Chloe Logarzo | Kansas City Current | Loan | | 13 September 2022 |
| 19 | DF | Tyla-Jay Vlajnic | Melbourne City | | 1 year | 16 September 2022 |
| 12 | FW | Harriet Withers | Melbourne Victory | | | 21 September 2022 |
| 17 | FW | Raquel Deralas | Calder United | Scholarship | | 21 September 2022 |
| 2 | FW | Stacey Papadopoulos | Calder United | | | 21 September 2022 |
| 21 | GK | Hillary Beall | Racing Louisville | Loan | 1 year | 28 September 2022 |
| 20 | DF | Sydney Cummings | San Diego Wave | | 1 year | 29 September 2022 |
| 8 | FW | Jessica McDonald | Racing Louisville | Loan (guest player) | 3 months | 19 October 2022 |
| 5 | DF | Aimee Medwin | Long Beach State Beach | Scholarship | | 23 November 2022 |
| 13 | FW | Danielle Steer | UBC Thunderbirds | | 4 months | 4 January 2023 |
| 23 | DF | Angela Beard | Fortuna Hjørring | | 2 years | 9 January 2023 |
| 25 | DF | Tiana Jaber | Unattached | Injury replacement (for Aimee Medwin) | 4 months | 28 February 2023 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date | Ref. |
| 8 | FW | Jessica McDonald | Racing Louisville | End of loan | 22 January 2023 | |
| 6 | MF | Chloe Logarzo | Kansas City Current | End of loan | 24 February 2023 | |

## Competitions

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League Women | 19 November 2022 | 1 April 2023 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 066.67 |
| A-League Women Finals | 16 April 2023 | 30 April 2023 | Semi-finals | Runners-up | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 065.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### A-League Women
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC (C) | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 15 | +28 | 40 | Qualification to Finals series and 2023 AFC Women's Club Championship |
| 2 | Western United | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 39 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne City | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 30 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 29 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Canberra United | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 29 | |
* 1 2 Off-season with Calder United.
* ↑ Off-season with South Melbourne.
* ↑ Off-season with Spartak Subotica.
* ↑ The APL awarded Western United a 3–0 win as a result of Brisbane Roar fielding an ineligible player, after the round 17 match had originally finished 2–0 for Brisbane.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: A-Leagues

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Ground | H | A | A | B | A | B | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | B | H | H |
| Result | W | W | W | B | W | B | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | B | L | W |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 39 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
The league fixtures were announced on 15 September 2022.

#### Finals series
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Regular season | Regular season | Finals series | Finals series | | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Alyssa Dall'Oste | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Stacey Papadopoulos | 8+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Jaclyn Sawicki | 8+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Aimee Medwin | 7+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | | Francesca Iermano | 3+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Hannah Keane | 18 | 13 | 2+0 | 1 | 20 | 14 |
| 10 | FW | | Kahli Johnson | 9+6 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | | Emma Robers | 14+3 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | | Danielle Steer | 5+7 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | | Natasha Dakic | 2+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Adriana Taranto | 17+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | | Melissa Taranto | 16+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | | Aleksandra Sinclair | 1+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Tyla-Jay Vlajnic | 14+2 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| 20 | DF | | Sydney Cummings | 18 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
| 21 | GK | | Hillary Beall | 18 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Alana Cerne | 16+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Angela Beard | 9+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Julia Sardo | 6+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Tiana Jaber | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players departed but featured this season ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | | Chloe Logarzo | 0+6 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | | Jessica McDonald | 9 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | Total | Total | Total |
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Finals series | Finals series | Finals series | | | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 11 | MF | | Emma Robers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 16 | MF | | Melissa Taranto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 20 | DF | | Sydney Cummings | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 22 | MF | | Alana Cerne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | DF | | Stacey Papadopoulos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | DF | | Aimee Medwin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Hannah Keane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 10 | FW | | Kahli Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 23 | DF | | Angela Beard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 24 | DF | | Julia Sardo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 6 | MF | | Chloe Logarzo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 7 | DF | | Francesca Iermano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 15 | MF | | Adriana Taranto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 18 | FW | | Aleksandra Sinclair | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 19 | DF | | Tyla-Jay Vlajnic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 21 | GK | | Hillary Beall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Women | A-League Women | Total |
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | Regular season | Finals series | Total |
| 1 | 21 | | Hillary Beall | 6 | 1 | 7 |