SYDNEY (Interstat) — Sydney opened its A-League season with a dominant 4-1 victory over the Newcastle Jets at McDonald Jones Stadium on Saturday. Substitute Al Hassan Touré delivered a stunning hat trick to power the visitors to the win, defying pregame projections that favored the home side. Sydney’s Ben Gibson opened the scoring in the eighth minute before Touré netted three consecutive goals. Patrick Wood added a late fourth for Sydney. Newcastle’s lone goal came from Patrick Wood in the 74th minute. The result improved Sydney’s record to 1-0-0 while the Jets fell to 0-1-0.