Newcastle beats Wellington 3-2 in A-League match
Posted February 20, 2016 6:00 am
SYDNEY (AP) - Former Denmark international Morten Nordstrand scored twice in his first starting appearance for Newcastle to give the Jets a 3-2 win over the Wellington Phoenix in the A-League on Saturday.
The 32-year-old Nordstrand scored in the 53rd and 73rd minutes, his first goals for Newcastle in his fourth appearance, as the Jets came back from a 2-1 deficit at halftime.
Wellington led at halftime after two goals from Hamish Watson, who left his side a man down from the 71st after incurring a second yellow card.
The win lifted eighth-placed Newcastle to 23 points, while Wellington, which had its future in the A-League assured for at least the next four years on Friday, remained ninth on 19.
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