TH EDITION CBR #WSWVCCM 87 v VS 7 DECEMBER 2018 #WSW SEASON 2018/19 SEASON ROUND 6/ROUND 7 KHAMIS THE CENTURION VS 02 REGULAR COLUMNS THE LETTER 5 THIS WARM UP 6 FIVE THINGS 11 THE WANDERER MATCH The views in this publication are not PLAYERS TO WATCH 13 FEATURES Brought to you by Turner and Freeman necessarily the views of the Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Material in this publication is copyrighted and may only be reproduced KHAMIS THE CENTURION 8 TODAY’S MATCH 16 With her showing in tonight's Westfield with written permission from the club. W-League match against Canberra United, JUNIOR WANDERER ZONE 18 Leena Khamis has reached centurion status ADVERTISING For all advertising enquiries for ALL EYES ON ANDY 22 BACCUS TARGETS NEW DAWN 14 The Wanderer or partnership with the club contact the Corporate Partnerships Keanu Baccus was in the stands when the TAKE FIVE 25 Wanderers announced themselves as a Brought to you by Turner and Freeman Team by sending an email to Hyundai A-League force in their inaugural [email protected] or visit corporate.wanderland.com.au season IN THE COMMUNITY 27 PHOTOGRAPHY FOXTEL Y-LEAGUE TAKES CENTRE STAGE 20 CORPORATE NEWS 29 The Wanderers Foxtel Y-League team are All photography in The Wanderer is courtesy of Ali Erhan, Getty Images, Kellie Lemon and Steve Christo. defending their crown this season OUR PARTNERS 31 WANDERERS SHOP 20% OFF NIKE RED WALKOUT JACKET WANDERERS SHOP.COM.AU AQUALAND AUSTRALIA HAS BEEN DELIVERING PROPERTY DIFFERENTLY SINCE 2014 Nestled in the heart of Norwest, plant the seeds for an incredible future. 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No other sport has this sort of atmosphere when you support a team. #WSWvCCM #WSWvCBR Fans, we even get some of them coming to our games now which is something we are not used. Most of the time with wheelchair sports on, it’s just been family and a couple of friends supporting us. Now we’ve got people we don’t even know turning up and that really is the Wanderers way - supporting everybody. Andy Waite Member #3012 VISIT WANDERLAND.COM.AU WANDERLAND.COM.AU VISIT THE LETTER 06 Michelle Heyman and Elise Thorsnes scored in quick succession in the second half to snatch all three points. The Hyundai A-League squad, on a similar note, will be looking to bounce back from last Saturday's match against Victory that saw them dominated 4-0. Melbourne Victory ran rampant against the Wanderers and there is no doubt that the squad will be looking to make amends and secure their first three home points at home this season. Central Coast Mariners come into the match after a disappointing loss to Sydney FC. MATCH A first half strike to Matt Simon wasn't enough at Central Coast Stadium as a Brandon O'Neill screamer clinched a 2-1 win PREVIEW for the Sky Blues. The Mariners are yet to win a game this he Western Sydney Wanderers are back season and will tonight be fighting to pull at home tonight for their double header themselves off the bottom of the Hyundai Tclash against Central Coast Mariners A-League ladder. The last time these two and Canberra United. sides met, the Red & Black were the runaway The Wanderers Westfield W-League team winners at Central Coast Stadium. will be looking to build on their performance Goals in the first half by Jaushua Sotirio and last Sunday against Victory, which saw them Oriol Riera were enough to secure the three defeated 2-1. points in the Round 19 fixture. First half goals by Natasha Dowie and Christie Narin got the ball rolling, before Wanderer Kylie Ledbrook's screamer from (Left to right), Servet Uzunlar at outside the box gave Victory fans an anxious Westfield W-League trainin; Jordan final 20 minutes. O'Doherty at Hyundai A-League The Red & Black dominated the second half and training were very unlucky to have not got something out of the Westfield W-League fixture. Tonight, the team switch their attention to Canberra United, who head into the match after a clinical 2-0 victory over the Sky Blues on Sunday. Goals to Rhoda Mulaudzi and Karly Roestbakken's at either side of half-time gave Canberra United an unassailable lead and they now sit equal-fourth with Brisbane Roar. Canberra will be looking to continue their surge to the top of the table and the Wanderers will need to be wary of Heather Garriock's women. In the two sides previous meeting, Canberra United defeated the Wanderers 2-0 at McKellar Park. 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ON THIS Two early goals from Victory's Natasha Dowie and Christie Nairn got the ball rolling for Victory before we mounted a comeback in the second half. COURTESY OF ANDREW HOWE Kylie Ledbrook scored an absolute screamer from outside the box and it gave DAY @ANDYHOWE_STATTO Victory a good scare in the final thirty minutes of the match. Once again we had plenty of chances from in and outside the box but were very unlucky when capitalizing on them and this is something that we have worked on ahead of tonight's match against Canberra. The team was also bolstered by the arrival of our international striker Elizabeth Addo. Addo recently touched down in Western Sydney after playing in the African Women Cup of Nations where she captained the Ghanian National Team and you'll be seeing her in action tonight! As always, get behind our Westfield W-League team and cheer them on in The senior representative career of Aaron Mooy commenced tonight's match as we look to get our first win of the season! on this day in 2012, when Australia played the relatively obscure opponent of Guam in Hong Kong. It was the Socceroos' third game of the 2013 East Asian Cup, preliminary round, in which Australia had been invited for the one and only time. Mooy scored just 12 minutes into the game which Australia won 9-0. Mooy meanwhile just played three times for the Socceroos over the following three years, before his career suddenly took off in early 2015 following great form in the Hyundai A-League. #WSWvCBR #WSWvCCM #WSWvCBR GROUP WANDERERS MEMBER ALERT LEADER FILL IN YOUR GROUPING FORM BEFORE MONDAY 17 DECEMBER TO SECURE YOUR SEAT AT WESTERN SYDNEY STADIUM FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WANDERLAND.COM.AU/WESTERNSYDNEYSTADIUM US @WSWANDERERSFC FOLLOW UP WARM 08 09 KHAMIS THE CENTURION WITH HER SHOWING IN TONIGHT'S WESTFIELD W-LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST CANBERRA UNITED, LEENA KHAMIS HAS REACHED CENTURION STATUS STORY BY JESSICA CSASZAR @JESSICACSASZAR aving played in the Westfield W-League an international friendly against New Zealand competition since it's inception, Leena then saw her score her first goal for Australia. HKhamis has tonight joined a very small Khamis was snapped up by Sydney FC in club of players to have reached the 100- the inaugural season of the competition game milestone. and made a name for herself at the club, Born in Sydney's West, Khamis began her after quickly demonstrating her ability to football journey as a youngster at the steamroll any oppositions defence and age of 14 with her local grassroots club having a true eye for goal. Macarthur Rams. It didn't take long for Khamis then to cement A breakthrough season for her local side herself as one of the Sky Blues' leading ladies, saw Khamis scouted by the NSW Institute of taking out the golden boot in the club's first Sport where she spent six seasons before season building on her fantastic performances transitioning into the national competition, for the national team earlier that year.