Sydney FC have announced themselves as the greatest A-League Women’s team after winning their fifth championship, the most of any club in the history of the competition, on Saturday at AAMI Park with a 1-0 defeat of Melbourne City.
Sydney FC have announced themselves as the greatest A-League Women’s team after winning their fifth championship, the most of any club in the competition’s history, and securing back-to-back titles on Saturday at AAMI Park with a 1-0 defeat of Melbourne City.
Both goalkeepers, Melbourne’s Melissa Barbieri and Sydney’s Jada Whyman, produced some impressive and important saves throughout the game. Barbieri, who at 44 came in for her first ever grand final to replace Barbara, out with a quad injury from last week’s semi-final.Melbourne City react to a missed opportunity in the grand final.Sydney now have the trophies to go along with the reputation of having long set the benchmark for the women’s competition.
In 2020, the domestic competition was hit with a mass exodus of talent, coinciding with the COVID pandemic, which included the loss of the aforementioned Matildas stars to big European clubs, forcing City to replenish their stocks.
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