| Official Canberra United Cap Number: 6
Club co-captain Ellie Brush has been an ever-present in the Canberra United team since the club’s formation in 2008 playing every minute of every match to date since making her debut in the 1-2 loss to Newcastle Jets in October 2008. Appointed as skipper for the inaugural year Brush’s consistent performances were a positive during the run to the maiden Grand Final. Throughout her Canberra United career Ellie has been a regular contributor to the score sheet, so much so that up until the beginning of the 2010/11 season she was the club’s all-time leading scorer with seven goals from 23 appearances. Her superb displays in the green of United saw her take home the 2008/09 CUFC Player of the Year award in the first season and the 2009 2XX Radio Supporters’ Player of the Year at the conclusion of Season Two. Such were her leadership displays that the club re-appointed Ellie as captain alongside goalkeeper Lydia Williams for the second year of the Westfield W-League, a position she retained this season. Ellie started football with local club Weston Creek where she began as a striker, is a former member of ACTAS and the youngest ever player to represent Canberra Eclipse Ellie’s representative career has seen her pull on the Gold shirt of Australia at Schoolgirls level before gaining her solitary senior appearance in her home town of Canberra against Italy in 2009. |