Three weeks after a calamitous climax to the regular season the Sky Blues are keen to rediscover their mojo in a two-legged semi-final against the Mariners
The Sky Blues – the most consistent club in the A-League Women and defending champions – have spent three weeks pulling themselves together afterThe team played three matches in that final week, thanks to the postponement of an earlier clash in Canberra due to lightning. They lost the rescheduled fixture on the Wednesday 1-0, then followed up four days later with a shock 4-0 loss to Melbourne Victory. Hopes of a fourth-straight premiership, down the drain.
But like they have done consistently in the past, Sydney FC recovered. Between December and that final week of horrors, they lost just one match. The run largely coincided with the recovery of Vine – the team’s leader in goals and assists – and the return of Hawkesby, who had struggled for game time in England.
The 23-year-old has developed into a Matilda in her years working under Sydney FC’s longtime coach, Ante Juric. It’s a story far from unique. Despite their lofty position, Sydney FC have the youngest average age of any side in the competition, at under 23.Yet to Juric, the future matters less than the present.
Sydney’s season has included contributions from seven teenagers, including promising 16-year-old forward Indiana dos Santos. It means Hawkesby describes herself as one of the “older” players. “We’ve got a core of us that have been here for five or six years, and that has been what has helped Sydney FC become what they are.”
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