News Summary

• Western United Football Club was stripped of its A-League licence late last week.
• Football Australia said the club did not meet the criteria required to be granted a licence for Australia's professional soccer league.
• The club says it plans to appeal Football Australia's decision, but if the cancellation goes ahead, Western United's men's and women's teams will be booted from the A-league.
• The licence cancellation has put plans in doubt for a 15,000-seat soccer stadium in Melbourne's west.