HMV Park, London. Att: 46,071.
London United got their campaign off to a great start with a 2-0 win over the returning Belfast Burn.
The Burn were playing their first BritLeague match since 2007, when their squad and staff defected to form a new club - Bristol Pirates.
Belfast were skippered by local boy Josh Heany, who joined them in the off-season from Nottingham Fire. And the 24-year-old centre-half, who has 16 caps for the all-Irish national team as a solitary cap for Northern Ireland, nearly put them in front, when he headed Neil Harrington's corner off the post.
United were missing key striker Edward Redwood, who suffered a minor knee injury in England's 5-0 friendly win over South Africa.
But that didn't seem to faze them one bit, when the ball fell to Craig CraiCo who belted a wonder goal from 30 yards after Tom Neill-Perry's poor header.
John Macdonald, who was captaining his first league game for London United, attracted much media attention after his controversial new mullet which has "J-MAC" shaved in on each side.
But the England CSA defender's performance overshadowed his haircut, as he headed home the second from a CraiCo corner.
Goals
London United: CraiCo 25', Macdonald 70'.
Burn: none.
