The green machine, which features twins Nicole and Ashleigh Sykes, will face perennial competition heavyweights Brisbane Roar in the decider after beating Melbourne Victory 1-0 in their semi-final last weekend. A sell-out crowd of 2400 is expected to pack ...
The opener came from a familiar source, the league's leading goalscorer Heyman converting following a superb pass from Ashleigh Sykes after just 11 minutes. Heyman then turned provider for Sykes, who converted from close range after Grace Gill's pass ...
Ellie Brush, Caitlin Cooper and twins Ashleigh and Nicole Sykes have all briefly enjoyed the honour of wearing the green and gold, before it was abruptly taken away. But Canberra United's incredible W-League season looks set to hand some of its stars a ...
Canberra's chances kept flowing but they continued to be frustrated, in the 58th minute Grace Gill's freekick found Raso only to have her head over the bar before Raso then countered and found Ashleigh Sykes who chipped a good ball for Heyman whose shot ...
Heyman opened the scoring in the 11th minute after finding herself on the end of a deft one-touch ball from Ashleigh Sykes. Her shot across Roar keeper Casey Dumont found the left hand corner of the net for her 14th goal of the season. Seven minutes later ...
Canberra rounded out the match with a flurry of late goals as American import Taryn Hemmings struck twice in quick succession while Ashleigh Sykes scored in injury time. "We deserved to finish top but we know it is not over yet," said Canberra coach Jitka Klimkova.
FORMER Western NSW Panthers FC striker Ashleigh Sykes has moved Canberra United a step closer to their inaugural W-League title, scoring as they wrapped up the minor premiership in style with a thumping 5-0 win over the visiting Adelaide United on Sunday.