2010 A-League Grand Final

December 2020 October 2015 2010 A-League Grand Final 2009–10 A-League Melbourne Victory Sydney FC 1 1 After extra timeSydney won 4–2 on penalties 20 March 2010 Etihad Stadium Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Simon Colosimo, Sydney FC Strebre Delovskihttp://goal.com/en/news/808/australia/2010/03/17/1836588/a-league-grand-final-to-be-refereed-by-strebre-delovski A-League Grand Final To Be Refereed By Strebre Delovski Goal.com 20 March 2010 3 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120603124427/http://www.goal.com/en/news/808/australia/2010/03/17/1836588/a-league-grand-final-to-be-refereed-by-strebre-delovski dead 44,560 2009 2011 The 2010 A-League Grand Final took place at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia on 20 March 2010. It was the final match in the A-League 2009–10 season, and was played between premiers Sydney FC and runners-up Melbourne Victory. Sydney FC won the match 4–2 on penalty shootout after drawing the game 1–1 and became the winners of the 2009–10 Championship in addition to their premiership.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=758608&sec=australia&cc=5739 Sydney FC claim A-League title 2010-03-20 ESPN 2010-03-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20100323120837/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=758608&sec=australia&cc=5739 23 March 2010 dead The A-League National Youth League Grand Final was held at Etihad Stadium prior to the main game. After coming 4th in the 2009–10 season, Gold Coast United won the youth title in their inaugural season, coming from a goal down to defeat Perth Glory, 2–1.http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=33140 Tahj secures glory for Gold Coast A-League.com.au 20 March 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101107085231/http://a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=yleague_newsdisplay&id=33140 7 November 2010 Route to the final 2009–10 A-League main Finals series y Gold Coast United 0 (5) Newcastle Jets (p.s.o.) 0 (6) Wellington Phoenix (p.s.o.) 1 (4) Perth Glory 1 (2) Sydney FC 1 2 Melbourne Victory 2 2 Wellington Phoenix yes 3 Newcastle Jets 1 Sydney FC 4 Wellington Phoenix 2 Melbourne Victory 1 (2) Sydney FC (p.s.o.) 1 (4) Match Summary An early knee injury forced key striker Archie Thompson, who scored 5 goals in the 2007 A-League Grand Final, off the field in the sixteenth minute. He was replaced by Costa Rican Marvin Angulo. With both teams struggling to break the deadlock, Melbourne were left stunned when Mark Bridge scored a goal in the 63rd minute after a deflected cross. To add to Melbourne's misfortune, it was scored less than a minute after Rodrigo Vargas' headed goal was correctly disallowed by the assistant referee for offside. Melbourne were able to find an equaliser through Adrian Leijer after Kevin Muscat delivered a set piece. Leijer's late header resulted in some frantic final minutes, but neither team were able to find the breakthrough goal in normal time. Extra time resulted in few opportunities and the game was decided by penalties for the first time in A-League history. Details 20 March 201019:00 UTC+11 Melbourne Victory 1–1 (a.e.t.) Reports2010 A-League Grand Final http://a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=33146 30 December 2022 27 February 2011 27 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110227114649/http://a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=33146 dead Sydney FC Leijer 81 Bridge 63 Etihad Stadium, Melbourne 44,560The stadium was configured into rectangular mode for the match Strebre Delovski Muscat Brebner Angulo Broxham 2–4 Colosimo Cole Foxe Kisel Byun _mvfc200911_home 000066 000066 000066 000066 000066 Melbourne Victory _thingreybluesides FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 6698FF 6698FF Sydney FC GK 1 AUS Mitchell LangerakDF 2 AUS Kevin Muscat (c) 62DF 5 THA Surat Sukha 71MF 6 AUS Leigh BroxhamMF 8 SCO Grant BrebnerFW 10 AUS Archie Thompson 16DF 12AUS Rodrigo VargasMF 16 CRC Carlos HernándezFW 21 AUS Robbie KruseMF 22AUS Nick Ward 76DF 23AUS Adrian Leijer81 Substitutes:GK 20NZL Glen MossMF 11 CRC Marvin Angulo 16DF 17AUS Matthew FoschiniDF 19 AUS Evan Berger 10071FW 25 AUS Aziz Behich 76Manager:SCO Ernie Merrick GK 1 AUS Clint BoltonDF 2 AUS Sebastian Ryall 26DF 3 SUI Stephan Keller DF 4 AUS Simon Colosimo 51MF 6 SVK Karol Kisel 84MF 8 AUS Stuart Musialik 105FW 14AUS Alex Brosque 116MF 15NIR Terry McFlynn (c)FW 16 AUS Chris Payne 75FW 19 AUS Mark Bridge6331DF 22KOR Byun Sung-HwanSubstitutes:GK 20AUS Ivan NecevskiDF 5 AUS Hayden Foxe 105MF 7AUS Brendan GanDF 12 AUS Shannon Cole 75FW 31 AUS Joey Gibbs 116Manager:CZE Vitezslav Lavicka Joe Marston Medal: Simon Colosimo (Sydney FC) Assistant referees: Ben Wilson Matthew Cream Fourth official: Matthew BreezeMatch rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Statistics Melbourne SydneyAttempts at goal 14 12Attempts on target 6 6Attempts off target 7 6Attempts - woodwork 1 0Keeper saves 3 4 Ball possession 51% 49%Corners 8 5Fouls committed 13 16Offsides 3 3Yellow cards 2 4Red cards 0 0 See also 2009–10 A-League List of A-League champions References External links Official A-League Website Grand Final 2010 Category:Melbourne Victory FC matches Category:Sydney FC matches Category:2010 in Victoria (state) Category:2010 in sport in Melbourne Category:Men's soccer matches in Melbourne Category:March 2010 sports events in Australia