National Premier Leagues: Capital Football

Saturday 12th July 2014
Tuggeranong United 1 (Daniel Colbertaldo 81’) Canberra FC 3 (Adam Spaleta 23’, 42’, Alex Oloriegbe 32’)
Canberra FC entered a new era under the caretaker management of former Socceroo Andy Bernal by recording a 3-1 win over Tuggeranong United and moving to within striking distance of the top of the National Premier Leagues: Capital Football competition. Bernal handed a starting debut to 18-year-old Alex Tilley and 1-year-old Benjamin Van Meurs and the teenagers did not let his down, repaying the faith shown in them by putting in an excellent shift, particularly Van Meurs who looked born to play at the highest level. Canberra FC led 3-0 at the break having taken the match to United from the start but they were given a helping hand by some poor Tuggeranong defending. Adam Spaleta opened the scoring in the 23rd minute lashing home a superb low drive after a wonderfully fast-paced passing movement that included Alex Oloriegbe and James Field. And it was Oloriegbe who netted the second latching onto a misjudged back-pass from Cameron Doherty to skip around Rowan Shepherd and slot into the net from an acute angle for his eleventh league goal of the season making him the league’s leading scorer. Spaleta crashed home the third before half-time, via a deflection, and that was the points. Tuggeranong improved immeasurably after the break and pulled one back through a Daniel Colbertaldo volley, but they never looked like restoring any sort of parity.
Tuggeranong United: 20. Rowan SHEPHERD, 2. Cameron DOHERTY, 3. Jonathan REIS, 4. Jon TOOLE, 5. Chris RUIZ, 6. Sean KIDDEY, 7. Matt MENSER, 8. Tim STEWART, 10. Muad ZWED, 13. Sean MURPHY, 14. Daniel COLBERTALDO
Substitutes used: 9. Michael GURNEY, 11. Zac MUNSTER, 15. Ethan MUNSTER
Canberra FC: 22. Jakob COLE, 2. Benjamin VAN MEURS, 7. Aaron EVANS, 8. Ian GRAHAM, 10. Alex OLORIEGBE, 13. Daniel BENNETT, 16. Matt GRBESA, 17. Aidan BRUNSKILL, 18. Alex TILLEY, 19. Adam SPALETA, 20. James FIELD, 21. Danai GAPARE
Substitutes used: 4. Daniel SUBASIC, 21. Danai GAPARE, 23. Nathan EVANS
Discipline: YELLOW CARDS: 16. Matt GRBESA (Canberra FC)
Match Officials: Luke Withell (referee), Matthew Rynne, Delfina Dimoski

TABLE

LEADING SCORERS
11 Alex OLORIEGBE (Canberra FC)
10 Daniel BENNETT (Canberra FC), Robbie CATTANACH (Cooma Tigers)
9 Jason UGRINIC (Belconnen United)
8 Dustin WELLS (Belconnen United), Stephen DOMENICI, Goran JOSIFOVSKI (Cooma Tigers)
7 Robbie DEELEY, Mark SHIELDS (Canberra Olympic)
6 Tom McLACHLAN (Belconnen United)
5 Goran MUKEVSKI, Michael TAURASI (Belconnen United), Philippe BERNABO-MADRID, Domenic GIAMPAOLO (Canberra FC), Own GOALS
4 Aaron EVANS, Peter KEKERIS (FFA COE), Thomas JAMES (Monaro Panthers)
3 Daniel MASKIN, Jamal REINERS (FFA COE), Josh CALABRIA (Monaro Panthers), Daniel COLBERTALDO, Michael JOHN, Jon TOOLE (Tuggeranong United), Lukas COLE (Woden Valley)
2 Jack BLACKLEY, Aisosa IHEGIE (Belconnen United), Gimale ESSACU, Misko NAUMOSKI (Canberra City), Michael REEVE, Callum SMITH (Canberra Olympic), Ian GRAHAM, Josip JADRIC, Adam SPALETA (Canberra FC), Julian BORGNA (Cooma Tigers), Daniel ARZANI, Kosta PETRATOS (FFA COE), Darian McGARRY-WATSON, Deng PADIET, Pepe VARGA (Monaro Panthers), Muad ZWED (Tuggeranong United), John GIBSON, Andrew SLAVICH, Regan WALSH (Woden Valley)
1 Taylor BEATON, David KEMP, Marty RAINES (Belconnen United), Adam DOBELL (Canberra City), Ryan KEIR (Canberra FC), Daniel BARAC, Nick BOBOLAS, Daniel FULTON, Josh GASPARI, Oliver WIEDERKEHR (Canberra Olympic), Jordan LANDO, Lianel LAUPER (Cooma Tigers), Nicholas D’AGOSTINO, Charlie DEVEREUX, Jamie DIMITROFF, Kye ROWLES, Zak WATERS (FFA COE), Kamal AHMED, Martin DENG (Monaro Panthers), Sean KIDDEY, Harry PETTIT (Tuggeranong United), Marco GAYER, Tom HIRST, Conor NOLAN, Mitch STEENBERGEN (Woden Valley)