{"id":46529,"date":"2020-12-10T01:00:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=46529"},"modified":"2020-12-09T09:44:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T23:44:28","slug":"united-claim-comfortable-victory-but-importantly-re-establish-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/united-claim-comfortable-victory-but-importantly-re-establish-brand\/","title":{"rendered":"United claim comfortable victory, but importantly re-establish brand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WESTERN United continued its preparations for the 2020\/21 A-League season with a 9-0 friendly win over North Geelong Warriors at GMHBA Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>While coming away with a comprehensive victory was rewarding from an on-field perspective, the true benefits were reaped over a 48-hour period where the club engrossed itself in the community through a number of events in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Western United CEO Chris Pehlivanis spoke of the importance building its brand in the region held, and that can only be built by having an active presence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The whole week was fantastic to be down there,&#8221; Mr Pehlivanis said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s real important for us to grow our brand in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ultimately, it was really good to re-establish ourselves in the area and we look forward to providing more of that over summer in the Geelong region.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, a crowd of 500, the maximum currently allowed, watched United and the Warriors lock horns.<\/p>\n<p>Pehlivanis said tickets for the friendly were quickly snapped up and it was now about working towards selling out its A-League home and away season opener against Adelaide United at GMHBA Stadium on December 28, where it will be able to hold a 25 per cent crowd capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Leading into the match, United will once again be in the area, running a range of activities including school holiday clinics.<\/p>\n<p>United will travel to Ballarat for a friendly against Melbourne City while it will also have a match in Brisbane to round-out the club&#8217;s preparations.<\/p>\n<p>Western United&#8217;s season opener at GMHBA Stadium is one of three or four matches &#8211; the club still in negotiations &#8211; it will play in Geelong.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Apostolos Stamatelopoulos found the back of the net twice, as did Stefan Zinni and Lachie Wales while Dylan Pierias, Steven Lustica and Alex Baker all scored one goal in a fruitful day for United.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WESTERN United continued its preparations for the 2020\/21 A-League season with a 9-0 friendly win over North Geelong Warriors at GMHBA Stadium on Saturday. 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