On the marquee, Saturday evening was heralded as an evening of momentous A-League Men firsts: its new era celebrating opening night before a broader Australian audience it has craved for so long, with two derbies and three of the most well-supported clubs in the land on the bill. Alas, when the dust settled, both the on- and off-field performances across the dual stages in Sydney and Geelong — with the Western Sydney Wanderers and Sydney FC playing out a 0-0 draw in Parramatta, and Western United going down 1-0 to Melbourne Victory at Kardinia Park — bore all the hallmarks of projects that are very much works in progress.
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