Wow, there were some very, very young boys playing for Wanderers Youth team yesterday. About 4 or 5 that I could recognise from playing other games for the U20's squad, then a load of really young kids.
ACFC Youth went through them like a dose of salts.
Man Chris Z's teams play attractive football!!
Hey Optimist, where are Wanderers Youth drawing players from? Auckland FTC? NTC? WYNRS? Schools?
The younger lads that i saw 2/3 and recongnised were NFF FTC boys 98's so potential next u17 players.
Right, NFF FTC team at nationals looked to be a good team. Mainland won the tournament so expect a few of them will be there too. Mainland excluded any 98s from trialling for Canterbury Youth.
None of the North Island sides were full strength I don't think. Certainly both Auckland squads and Wellington were missing a few players who opted out. Just saying I wouldn't get too carried away at winning it.
Edit - reading later posts, it's quite clear you're not getting carried away.
NZF didn't pay the tournament much attention. Good on Cap Footy for making it happen though.