It’s that time of year to vote for the CBR People’s Sporting Champion, and in Karly Roestbakken we think we have a pretty good nominee. The People’s Sporting Champion presented by Canberra Milk will be awarded to Canberra’s favourite local...
A year ago, Karly Roestbakken was playing for the Canberra United Academy and doing extra training with Heather Garriock’s Canberra United Winter program. Fast forward and the Westfield W-League NAB Young Footballer of the Year Nominee is in camp with...
NPLW 1st Grade | Canberra United 7 def. Monaro Panthers 3 The Academy won comfortably in the end, but they were kept honest by a Panthers outfit that refused to be cowed and kept themselves in the fixture for large parts without really...
With all groups having completed two matchdays and Group A & B even wrapping up their matches, check below for all the details about how Canberra United’s international stars fared on matchday two at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in...
First Grade | Woden-Weston FC 1 (Sarah Whitfield 60’) def. by Canberra United Academy 2 (Hayley Taylor-Young 20’, 62’) Hayley Taylor-Young struck twice on Sunday at Melrose to help the Canberra United Academy jump Woden-Weston back into the top four....
With six separate Westfield W-League stars from Canberra United’s 2018/19 squad representing at the 2019 Women’s FIFA World Cup, keep up to date with their progress in ‘CU at the World Cup’. With all teams having now played a match,...
Star teenage defender Karly Roestbakken has been promoted into Ante Milicic’s Matildas squad for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, just days out from the first match against Italy. Roestbakken will replace Laura Alleway who has been forced to withdraw...
Canberra United’s 2018/19 Westfield W-League squad will be well represented at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, with five players set to feature. Westfield Matildas | Ellie Carpenter Star Canberra United fullback and NAB Westfield W-League Young Player of...
The Canberra United Academy is working with UCRISE at the University of Canberra to undertake studies into the demands of training and competition matches of elite youth female football players. With research showing that female athletes are more prone to...