United now sits second on the ladder on equal points behind Canberra Olympic, following a 4-1 victory over Tuggeranong at Kambah in the final game of round one.

While Gungahlin got off to a hot start, the same couldn't be said for defending champions Monaro, who copped a 3-0 defeat to Tigers FC in their season-opener.

United showed a lot of class in a dominant performance against Tuggeranong, where nearly every possession in the first half looked threatening.

Max Green's penalty put Gungahlin ahead before two goals in four minutes from a Jack Green header and a Jackson Paesler bullet extended their lead.

The end-to-end goal was a game highlight led by a delightful run from Badreldin Abbas that ended in a Habtemariam back-heel to Abbas who cutback for Paesler to blast into the net.

After half-time Tuggeranong's Sam Walker was taken down in the area and made no mistake from the penalty spot, but another Gungahlin goal for Max Green denied a miracle comeback.

Men's first grade:

Gungahlin United 4 (M. Green 6' (p), 75', J. Green 19', Paesler 39') bt Tuggeranong United 1 (Walker 72'(p))

Canberra Olympic 5 (Florez 45+1', 53', 66', Darwich 80', Popovich 90+2') bt West Canberra Wanderers 0

O'Connor Knights 1 (Manda 53') Canberra Croatia 1 (Bill 11' (og))

Tigers FC 3 (Taneski 6', Gulevski 24', McCarthy 42') bt Monaro Panthers 0

Women's first grade

Tuggeranong United 2 (Matthews 54', Niles 67') bt West Canberra Wanderers 1 (Perry 62')

Canberra Olympic 2 (Burridge 17', 50') bt Canberra Croatia 1 (Barac 8')

Canberra United Academy 3 (L. Babic 44', Nealand 48', Wild 86') bt ANU WFC 1 (Swart 20')

Belconnen United 5 (Riethmuller 34', 56', 77', Bobbin 26', 35') bt Gungahlin United 1 (E. Brown 60')

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