on the same day bid team member, russ gibbs, spoke to the media regarding the bid's plans for the women's game. he acknowledged canberra is unique in that it already has a well-established championship-winning national team in canberra united fc. canberra united is owned and run by capital football and while it is separate from the new a-league bid it is hoped down the track a partnership is created to effectively establish a one club identity to represent canberra and the region. mr gibbs did stress that there was no plans on transferring ownership of the w-league club away from its current ownership. mr gibbs finished by saying it would be up to the community to determine the name of the a-league team so if it is different to canberra united and down the track canberra united's w-league team does not want to change names then a two name identity might be a possibility.