Young Socceroos win Australia’s first Asian silverware

Australia have defeated the Korea Republic in a dramatic penalty shoot-out to win the ASEAN Football Federation U19 Championships in Thailand on Saturday.

 

Goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne was the hero for the Young Socceroos, making a number of fantastic saves during regulation time and three important saves during the penalty shoot-out.

Torrential rain started after half time and continued for the remainder of the match, severely restricting the number of scoring opportunities for either side. 

With the score locked at 0-0 and due to the extreme weather conditions, both teams and the tournament organisers agreed to determine the result by a penalty shoot-out without going to extra-time.

Young Socceroos Head Coach Jan Versleijen was very happy with his team’s overall performance as he looks towards the next important tournament. “Every game we improved, the players had a better understanding of the combinations creating chances. It was pleasing to win the tournament. 

“Now we have to prepare for the qualifiers and I can see improvement that will give us confidence leading into the qualifiers,” concluded Versleijen.

The Young Socceroos will focus their attention to the AFC U19 Youth Championships which will be held in Saudi Arabia from the October 31 to November 14, 2008. The top four nations from the AFC U19 Youth Championships will qualify for the FIFA U20 World Cup which will be held in Egypt from July 10-31, 2009.

Joeys knocked out at AFC Championships quarter final stage

Australia have been knocked out of the AFC U16 Championships after an injury-time winner to United Arab Emirates in the quarter finals of the tournament in Tashkent overnight.

Only hours before kick-off group D winners Yemen were disqualified for fielding an overage player. The decision meant that instead of facing Japan in their quarter final match the Joeys had to play the United Arab Emirates.

 

With the scores locked at 2-2 at the end of 90 minutes, and the match looking destined to go to extra time, Abdulla Mohammad’s goal for the UAE in the first minute of injury time gave his team the victory.

 

In the other quarter finals Iran beat Syria 2-0, Korea Republic eased past host nation Uzbekistan 3-0 and Japan defeated Saudi Arabia 2-0.

 

Iran will play Saudi Arabia in one semi final, while Korea will meet Japan in the other, with both matches being played on Wednesday. The final will be played on Saturday, October 18 in Tashkent.

 

The top four teams at the AFC Championship tournament will qualify for the FIFA U17 World Cup 2009 to be played in Nigeria.

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Glory players committed to the cause

Perth Glory players have pledged their commitment to the club at a crisis meeting on Friday.

Coach David Mitchell had given his squad an ultimatum following Perth’s 4-0 loss to Melbourne to either leave the club or stay and fight for the shirt.

Glory co-owner Tony Sage emerged from the meeting on Friday morning confident the players are focused on turning the club’s season around.

“We asked for their 100% commitment and that is what we received,” Mr Sage said.

“I have been given an undertaking from each player that anyone who pulls on the Glory shirt will give their all for the club. As an owner, and also as a passionate supporter of the club, I can’t ask for anything more.”

A leadership group will be formed to assist Captain Jamie Coyne, with experienced striker Eugene Dadi and long time Glory star Jamie Harnwell to join Coyne as part of a leadership panel.

Glory to hold crisis meeting

Perth Glory players have been told they can leave now or stay and fight and a crisis meeting will be held tomorrow to hear their decisions.

Following the 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Melbourne, Glory coach David Mitchell gave his players the ultimatum.

Co-owner Tony Sage and CEO Scott Gooch will attend a crisis meeting tomorrow, when each player will reveal their decision.

Adelaide demolish Kuruvchi 3-0 in second half blitz ACL match

Adelaide Utd have smashed Uzbekistan club side Bunyodkor Kuruvchi 3-0 in the first leg of the ACL semi-final match played at Hindmarsh Stadium tonight in front of 16,998 fans.

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AFC Champions League Final beckons for Adelaide United

AFC Champions League Semi Finals – 1st Leg

Adelaide United FC vs Bunyodkor/Kuruvchi
Wednesday, October 8 2008. Kick off 7.30 ACDT
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

The first semi final sees Adelaide United host Bunyodkor/Kuruvchi of Uzbekistan, a team that includes former World and European player of the Year, Rivaldo and is coached by Brazilian and world football legend Zico.

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Verbeek names final squad for Qatar qualifier

Socceroos Head Coach Pim Verbeek has confirmed his final squad of 28 players for the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifier round 4 match against Qatar in Brisbane on October 15.

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Hyundai A-League Football Round 7 Goals and Highlights

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A-League Squads for Round 7

All the squad information for Round 7 of the A-League.

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Adelaide United v Central Coast Mariners
Friday, October 3, 7.30pm local time (8pm AEST)
Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee: Ben Williams

Adelaide United Squad: 20. Eugene GALEKOVIC (gk), 2.Robert CORNTHWAITE, 3.ALEMAO, 4.Angelo COSTANZO, 6.CASSIO, 9.Paul AGOSTINO, 10.CRISTIANO, 13.Travis DODD (capt.), 14.Scott JAMIESON, 15.Jonas SALLEY, 16. Daniel MULLEN, 19.Sasa OGNENOVSKI, 21.Jason SPAGNUOLO, 22.DIEGO, 24.Paul REID, 30.Mark BIRIGHITTI (gk).
* 1 to be omitted

In. Daniel MULLEN (promoted).
Out. Nil.
Unavailable. Lucas PANTELIS (groin – 1 week), Kristian SARKIES (foot – 1 week), Fabian BARBIERO (groin – 1 week), Daniel BELTRAME (knee – season), Isyan ERDOGAN (hamstring – indefinite).

Central Coast Mariners Squad: 1. Matthew NASH (gk), 4. Pedj BOJIC, 5. Bradley PORTER, 6. David D’APUZZO, 7. John HUTCHINSON, 10. Adrian CACERES, 11. Dylan MACALLISTER, 13. Paul O’GRADY, 15. Andrew CLARK, 16. Nigel BOOGAARD, 17. Matthew OSMAN, 18. Alex WILKINSON, 19. Matt SIMON, 22. Sasho PETROVSKI, 23. Mile JEDINAK, 30. Andrew REDMAYNE (gk).
*one to be omitted.

In. 1. Matthew NASH (Promoted), 6. David D’APUZZO (Promoted).
Out. 40. Mark BOSNICH (Hamstring – Indefinite).
Unavailable. 2. Andre GUMPRECHT (Knee – Indefinite), 8. Dean HEFFERNAN (Leg – Indefinite), 12. Greg OWENS (Hamstring – Indefinite), 20. Danny VUKOVIC (Suspended – 1 round), 21. Ahmad ELRICH (Knee – Season).

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Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory
Saturday, October 4, 5pm AEST
Telstra Dome
Referee. Strebre Delovski

Melbourne Victory Squad: 2.Kevin MUSCAT (Captain), 4.Steven PACE, 7.Matthew KEMP, 8.Grant BREBNER, 9.Danny ALLSOPP, 10.Archie THOMPSON, 12.Rodrigo VARGAS, 14.Billy CELESKI, 15.Tom PONDELJAK, 17.Jose Luis LOPEZ, 18. Leigh BROXHAM, 19.Evan BERGER, 20.Mitchell LANGERAK (gk), 22.Nick WARD, 24.Mathew THEODORE, 40.Lou ACEVSKI (gk)
*One to be omitted.

In. Steven PACE (promoted), Nick WARD (return from injury), 24.Mathew THEODORE (promoted from Youth).
Out. Michael THWAITE (ankle – 3 weeks), Carlos HERNANDEZ (suspended – 1 match).
Unavailable. NEY FABIANO (suspended – 4 matches), Michael THEOKLITOS (suspended – 1 match), Sebastian RYALL (international duty – 2 weeks), Nathan ELASI (international duty – 2 weeks).

Perth Glory Squad: 1.Jason PETKOVIC (gk), 2.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY, 3.David TARKA, 4.Jamie COYNE (c), 5.Jamie HARNWELL, 7.Nick RIZZO, 9.Adrian TRINIDAD, 11.Scott BULLOCH, 13.Nikita RUKAVYTSYA, 14.Eugene DADI, 16.Adriano PELLEGRINO, 17.James DOWNEY, 19.Naum SEKULOVSKI, 20.Frank JURIC (gk), 22.Wayne SRHOJ, 26.Jeff BRIGHT, 27.Stuart McLAREN, 30.Tando VELAPHI (gk).
* three to be omitted.

In. Jeff BRIGHT (promoted), James DOWNEY (return from injury), Nick RIZZO (promoted), Tando VELAPHI (promoted).
Out. James ROBINSON (groin – 10 weeks).
Unavailable. AMARAL (hamstring – 1 week), Dino DJULBIC (suspended – 2 weeks), Hayden FOXE (foot – 1 week), Josip MAGDIC (ankle – season).

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Sydney FC v Queensland Roar
Saturday, October 4, 7pm AEST
Sydney Football Stadium
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Sydney FC Squad: 1.Clint BOLTON (gk), 2. Iain FYFE, 5. Mitchell PRENTICE 6. Tony POPOVIC (C), 7. Rob MIDDLEBY, 8. Stuart MUSIALIK, 10. Steve CORICA, 11. Brendon SANTALAB, 12. Shannon COLE, 14. Alex BROSQUE, 15. Terry MCFLYNN, 18. Adam CASEY, 19. Mark BRIDGE, 20. Ivan NECEVSKI (gk), 21. Adam BIDDLE, 23. John ALOISI.
*One to be omitted

In. Adam Biddle (promoted), Adam Casey (promoted).
Out. Matthew Jurman (Young Socceroos).
Unavailable. Simon Colosimo (groin – 9 weeks), Mike Enfield (knee – 1 week), Jacob Timpano (ankle – 3 weeks).

Queensland Roar Squad: 1 Liam REDDY (gk), 2 Andrew PACKER, 4 Craig MOORE, 6 Dave DODD, 7 Michael ZULLO, 8 Massimo MURDOCCA, 9 Sergio VAN DIJK, 10 Charlie MILLER, 11 Reinaldo, 13 Chris GROSSMAN, 15 Matt McKAY, 16 Hyuk-Su SEO, 18 Danny TIATTO, 20 Griffin McMASTER (rgk), 22 Robbie KRUSE, 23 Tim SMITS, 24 Matt MUNDY.
*one to be omitted.

In. Tim SMITS (promoted), Robbie KRUSE (promoted), Matt MUNDY (promoted from National Youth League), Chris GROSSMAN (promoted).
Out. 3 Luke DEVERE (international duty), 12 Tahj MINNIECON (international duty)
Unavailable. 5 Josh McCLOUGHAN (hip injury – one week), 14 Ben GRIFFIN (suspended), 3 Luke DEVERE (international duty), 12 Tahj MINNIECON (international duty), 17 Mitch NICHOLS (international duty), 21 Tommy OAR (international duty).

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Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix
Monday, October 6, 3pm AEST
EnergyAustralia Stadium
Referee: Craig Zetter

Newcastle Jets Squad: 1. Ante COVIC (gk), 3. Jade NORTH (C), 6. Jesper HAKANSSON, 7. Kaz PATAFTA, 8. Matt THOMPSON, 10. Jin-Hyung SONG,11. Tarek ELRICH, 12. Jobe WHEELHOUSE, 13. Adam D’APUZZO, 17. Antun KOVACIC, 18. Noel SPENCER, 20. Ben KENNEDY (gk), 23. Edmundo ZURA, 25. Daniel PIORKOWSKI.

In. 23. Edmundo Zura (returns from injury), 7. Kaz Patafta (promoted), 17. Antun Kovacic (promoted).
Out. 9. Joel Griffiths (hamstring – 3 weeks), 2. Adam Griffiths (hamstring – 1 week), 15. Jason Hoffman (knee – season), 5. James Holland (Qantas Young Socceroos duties).
Unavailable. 14. Shaun Ontong (ankle – indefinite), 16. Ben Kantarovski (Qantas Joeys duties), 19. Jason Naidovski (Qantas Young Socceroos duties).

Wellington Phoenix Squad: 1. Mark PASTON (gk), 2. Jeremy CHRISTIE, 3. Tony LOCHHEAD, 4. Jon McKAIN, 5. Karl DODD, 6. Tim BROWN, 7. Leo BERTOS, 8. Vaughan COVENY, 9.Shane SMELTZ, 10. Michael FERRANTE, 11. DANIEL, 12. Richard JOHNSON, 15. Adam KWASNIK, 18. Ben SIGMUND, 20. Glen MOSS (gk), 21. Leilei GAO, 22. Andrew DURANTE (captain), 25. Manny MUSCAT.
* three to be omitted.

In. 4. Jon McKAIN (return from leave), 7. Leo BERTOS (return from injury), 20. Glen MOSS (gk) (return from injury), 22. Andrew DURANTE (return from illness).
Out. 30. Jacob SPOONLEY (gk) (short-term cover player released)
Unavailable. 16. David MULLIGAN (flu – 1 week), 17. Vince LIA (knee – season).

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