Canberra United to announce signings

Canberra United FC will announce their first signings tomorrow at Capital Football’s ActewAGL Junior League Presentation Day, at 11:00am. So go along and find out who is in the team, take a few photo's etc. Details below.

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Canberra’s newest national league team, Canberra United FC, will tomorrow (Saturday, 20th September) make a significant announcement regarding the club’s playing roster for the inaugural season with the introduction of the clubs first signings at Capital Football’s ActewAGL Junior League Presentation Day, at 11:00am.

Event Details

Who: Canberra United FC
What: First Signings
When: Saturday, 20th September 2008
Where: Deakin Stadium, Grose St, Deakin
Time: 11:00am

Background

The landscape of women’s football in the ACT was changed forever on Monday, 28th July when Canberra United FC was formally announced by the Football Federation of Australia as the only none A-League franchise to be included in the inaugural season of the Westfield W-League to commence in late October.

Canberra has a proud history of producing talented female footballers, with the likes of Lydia Williams, Amy Chapman and Caitlin Munoz in the current national team, as well as a strong local competition comprising 1200 women playing in dedicated competitions including the only women’s over 35’s competition in Australia. At a junior level, 3394 girls lace up the boots on a weekly basis in Canberra to take part in Australia’s fastest growing sector of sport with participation numbers up nearly 10% from last year.