Socceroos News

Verbeek praises team for second half performance

Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek praised his team’s second half performance that saw Australia on the verge of qualifying for its second successive World Cup finals.

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Bahrain win means wait for Australia

Australia will have to wait for two months to ensure its qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals, after Bahrain secured a valuable 1-0 win over Qatar in Manama.

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Australia on the verge of third World Cup appearance

Australia is on the verge of a place in the 2010 World Cup™ finals, after winning 2-0 against Uzbekistan at Stadium Australia in Sydney. Second half goals from substitute Josh Kennedy and Harry Kewell from the penalty spot saw Australia home after a fairly laborious first half.

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Live Match Update - Australia v Uzbekistan

Don't miss any of the action with our Live Match Update of the game between Australia and Uzbekistan.

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Fitness concerns for Verbeek

Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek will leave the final decision on his starting line-up till possibly as late as tomorrow morning, with several fitness concerns ahead of the match against Uzbekistan at Stadium Australia tomorrow night.

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Socceroos will be switched on says Schwarzer

Socceroos goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer is confident that the team will be fully switched on come Wednesday night and they want to make sure they qualify as early as possible.

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McDonald happy to oblige his skipper with the winning goal

Lucas Neill said he would be happy with a 1-0 result in the 95th minute and Scott McDonald would be happy to oblige him on Wednesday night, if he gets the opportunity against Uzbekistan.

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Uzbekistan's big win is good for us says North

Socceroos defender Jade North says Uzbekistan's thrashing of Qatar is a good thing as it means the squad will be under no illusions how tough the task will be ahead of their clash on Wednesday night at Stadium Australia.

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Winning only thing that matters for Aussie skipper

Socceroos captain Lucas Neill is happy to take a 1-0 win in the 95th minute, if it means that Australia will qualify for the 2010 World Cup finals.

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Uzbekistan smash Qatar, as Japan go top

Uzbekistan will come to Australia for Wednesday nights 2010 World Cup™ with loads of confidence, after an emphatic 4-0 win over Qatar, while Japan jumped to the top of the Group A standings with a 1-0 win over Bahrain in qualifying action overnight.

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Socceroos support Earth Hour

The Socceroos today pledged their support for Earth Hour by committing to a 'lights out' whilst in camp at Parramatta on Saturday night.

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Kewell issues warning

Socceroos star Harry Kewell has warned his teammates and fans not to get too far ahead of themselves and start thinking that Australia is already qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ finals to be held in South Africa.

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Rewarding the Football Family

Football players of all ages as well as mums and dads will have the opportunity to be recognised in the latest initiative to be announced by Football Federation Australia (FFA) today.

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It's been a year to remember for Garcia

It’s been a year to remember for Hull City attacking midfielder Richard Garcia and to play a part in next Wednesday’s night World Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan would top it off.