Socceroos News

Girls end on a positive note

The Westfield U14 Girls team has ended their inaugural AFC U14 Girls Festival of Football tournament in Vietnam on a positive note and showing improvement over the course of the five days.

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Jessie Williams has a 'goalden' time

Tasmanian striker Jessie Williams created her own little piece of history at the AFC U14 Girls Festival of Football tournament in Vietnam, courtesy of scoring five goals against Singapore yesterday.

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Qualifying will be harder than World Cup

Westfield Young Matildas coach Alen Stajcic believes that qualifying for the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup will be harder than actually playing and doing well in the finals itself when they take place in Germany in 2010.

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Qantas Next Young Socceroos squad named

Qantas Next Young Socceroos Head Coach Jan Versleijen has selected a 25-player squad for a training camp in Sydney from Monday 29 June to Thursday 2 July as part of preparations for the upcoming ASEAN Football Federation U19 Youth Championships which will be held in Ho Chi Minh C

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Girls acclimatising well on Day 2

The second day of the AFC U14 Girls Festival of Football tournament in Vietnam, saw the girls acclimatize better to the conditions and as such the performances were improved upon from Day 1.

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Tough first day for girls in Vietnam

Day 1 of the AFC U14 Girls Festival of Football introduced the Westfield U14 Girls team to the harsh realities of Asian football, especially the heat and humidity.

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Future rosy for Women's International football

The future is looking very rosy for women’s football in Australia, according to Westfield Matildas boss Tom Sermanni.

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AFC Futsal Club Championship postponed

The AFC Futsal Club Championship 2009, due to be held in Isfahan, Iran next month, has been postponed. No new dates have been confirmed.

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Westfield Young Matildas training camp squad named

Head Coach of the Westfield Young Matildas, Alen Stajcic, has selected a 25-player squad for the training camp in Sydney

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Westfield U14 Girls all set for AFC Festival

Westfield Australian Under 14 Girls Head Coach, Jeff Hopkins, has selected 22 players to represent Australia at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under 14 Girls - Festival of Football

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Gill and De Vanna still among the goals

Lisa De Vanna and Kate Gill are still flying the flag for Australian women playing abroad, as they get amongst the goals for their respective sides in the USA and Sweden.

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Kennedy confirms move to Japan

Qantas Socceroo striker Josh Kennedy has confirmed his move to Japanese J-League Nagoya Grampus Eight over the weekend.

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Verbeek's happy headache

Qantas Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek believes he has at least 35 players who could travel in the final squad of 23 to next year's World Cup in South Africa and says he has some very tough decisions to make.

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Schwarzer at ease with blemish

Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer says he is relieved rather than disappointed that his incredible run of clean sheets for the Qantas Socceroos has finally come to an end.

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Competition for places will be fierce says Cahill

Two-goal hero Tim Cahill believes the competition in the Qantas Socceroos camp is fierce and nobody could take their spot in the 2010 World Cup squad for granted.