It's time to celebrate the game-changers and history-makers, but questions linger over Perth Glory's pandemic-hit season.
Each week, ABC Sport will bring you a Round Wrap of the A-League Women's competition, including winners, losers, and a good thing that happened on or off the field.Western Sydney snatches a late goal to draw 1-1 with Newcastle; Melbourne Victory weather a second-half storm to defeat Brisbane Roar 3-2; Melbourne City ease past Adelaide 3-1; and Sydney barely hit second gear in 3-0 win over Wellington.
Peppering the goal from deep midfield, Galea hit the crossbar twice, while Crofts scored the ultimate equaliser in the 90th minute, slamming home a header from youngster Sheridan Gallagher. If she plays nine more times in a row this season, Davis will hold the outright record for consecutive appearances across both women's and men's leagues.
Teresa Polias, Ellie Brush, Gema Simon, Shannon May, Marianna Tabain, Hannah Brewer, Nicola Bolger, Tara Andrews and now Cassidy Davis: These are the players on whose shoulders the ALW is built, and whose contributions to the sport will be felt long after they have left it.Perth Glory are cursed. That is surely the only explanation for a club whose senior seasons are once again on a knife-edge following the new wave of COVID-19 causing havoc within and across borders.
However, a new wave threatens to halt them in their tracks. Their game against Canberra United this past Saturday was postponed due to border restrictions between Western Australia and the ACT, while the men's team has had their entire squad quarantined in Queensland due to an outbreak among players.
Not only did it mean that women's teams were able to play at major stadia more often — meaning higher-quality pitch surfaces, change-rooms and broadcast infrastructure — but it also meant that, in theory, attendances would grow as fans of the men's game showed up early and to catch a glimpse of the women's game beforehand.
The issue in question was in regard to ticketing. Or, more specifically, the lack of information provided on tickets purchased by fans wanting to watch the ALW games.
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