Adelaide United and Western Sydney Wanderers shared the points with a 2-2 all draw to kick start the season in the Westfield W-League on Saturday.

Keelin Winters and Caitlin Cooper put the Wanderers ahead with Sarah Killion and Tiarn Powell equalising for the Lady Reds.

The away side dominated the early proceedings getting on the scoresheet within three minutes with Winters getting on the end of a beautifully worked move.

The Lady Reds steadied but let their guard down 14 minutes later when Cooper headed in a corner to put the Wanderers two goals up.

Attacks by the Lady Reds were sporadic with the likes of Rosie Sutton and Elizabeth Milne penetrating the Wanderers defence only on a handful of occasions, but the Lady Reds got a lucky break four minutes before half time with Sarah Killion scoring directly from a corner.

The Lady Reds returned from the break the stronger of the two controlling possession and moving the ball well.

However, the equaliser didn’t arrive out of open play with Tiarn Powell converting a well worked free kick after 62 minutes.

The game opened up with both teams creating a host of chances but both the Lady Reds and the Wanderers lacked the finishing touch.

Sarah Killion said she was happy with the result given the fact the Lady Reds fought their way back from 2-0.

“I think we did well, I think we showed heart and strength coming back and tying it back to 2-2,” Killion said.

“There is obviously a lot of things that we need improvement on, but our first game is always good to work through the kinks and to come out with a tie after being down 2-0 - but we’ll take it.”

Both teams start the season splitting points with the Wanderers hoping to go one better in round two against Brisbane Roar with the Lady Reds heading into a bye.

Article by Christopher Munker