Despite being without some regular players, the Sky Blues were too strong for the ACT Premier League outfit and were three goals up at half-time.

Ali Abbas opened the scoring with a penalty in the fifth minute after Corey Gameiro was fouled.

Sydney scored again in the 10th minute when Alex Brosque served Bernie Ibini who found the net with ease.

Gameiro maintained his impressive goalscoring record in pre-season by slotting home Sydney's third on the stroke of halftime.

Substitute goalkeeper Ivan Necevski was forced to make two strong saves before Sydney scored its fourth goal 16 minutes from time.

A shot from substitute Max Burgess was not held by the Canberra goalkeeper and Brosque was on hand to score.

Another substitute Dylan Caton left his mark on the game five minutes from time when he pulled the ball back for Nick Carle to score Sydney's fifth goal.