City seal domestic double with 3-1 victory over Nix at AAMI ParkMcNamara scores twice, McKenna adds screamer in grand finalTwo goals in three minutes from Matildas forward Holly McNamara and a stunning strike by Leticia McKenna have won Melbourne City a record-equalling fifth A-League Women championship title, defeating Wellington Phoenix 3-1 in Melbourne on Saturday afternoon.McNamara, fresh off her golden boot win for most goals scored in the regular season, sprung to life late in the first half. A sensational spin-and-strike from outside the box in the 41st minute opened the scoring before McNamara went scything through Wellington defenders to spear her second into the bottom corner two minutes later. Continue reading...
The Wellington Phoenix coach reflects on the aftermath of the Olympic spying scandal and leading her team into a first A-League Women’s finals campaignFootball is not the kind of profession that lends itself to time off for birthdays and the like. Especially when you’re preparing to lead Wellington Phoenix into their first A-League women’s finals campaign, as Bev Priestman was last week. Yet, especially when contrasted with last year, when she was still in the midst of a one-year Fifa ban after the spying scandal that engulfed Canada’s women’s football team during the Paris Olympics, being among “her people” turned out to be a gift in and of itself.“It was my 40th birthday [last week],” Priestman says. “And it’s those moments I think to a year ago, and how I felt. Continue reading...
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