Coast’s trip still crucial

A LOOMING battle with fellow finals hopefuls Easts could decide the fate of Gold Coast United’s NPL Women’s campaign after Mitchelton yesterday handed the Surfsiders a 3-1 loss to Robina.

With three wins and a draw from their previous five games, eight-placed United entered the Round 14 clash in hot form but could not pull back a 2-1 halftime deficit.

Striker Dee Thompson had levelled at 1-1 for the hosts before Annie Evans struck for Mitchelton just before the break.

Katie McDonald then put the result beyond doubt with a second-half strike.

The result leaves United struggling to stay in the finals hunt ahead of Saturday’s 6pm trip to Easts.

Mudgeeraba’s season went from bad to worse on Saturday with a second-straight 12-0 loss, this time against The Gap.