New Zealand Men's U-20s

Academy in England announced Qatar game a week ago but nothing from NZF yet? Normal service then.

this must be poor in welly?

Mine was just a joke...

Not sure about NTC quality any more. I haven't been involved for a couple of years now.

Has anyone heard anything about the Qatar tournament? Talked to players likely to be involved?

Players advised of Team today. Several players going to US Universities not released as it's their start of season.  I imagine press release is imminent.

http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=11&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=3114&tx_ttnews[backPid]=10&cHash=245bf0e759

Junior All Whites squad – Doha, Qatar September 2-9

Goalkeepers
Oliver Sail – Central Utd FC/NZ
Zac Speedy – Three Kings Utd/NZ

Defenders
Spiros Agathos – Sydney United 58/AUS
Brock Messenger – Sunshine Coast Fire/AUS
Adam Mitchell – Central Utd FC/NZ
Jesse Edge – Vicenza Calcio/ITA
Deklan Wynne – East Coast Bays AFC/NZ

Midfielders
Andrew Blake – Miramar Rangers/NZ
Andre de Jong – East Coast Bays AFC/NZ
Michael den Heijer – Kashiwa Reysol/JAP
Clayton Lewis – Wellington Olympic/NZ
Matthew Ridenton – Wellington Phoenix/NZ
Alex Rufer – Wellington Phoenix/NZ
Gowan Stares – Pulse Premier Academy/UK
Birhanu Taye – Braga FC/POR

Forwards
Elijah Neblett – Birkenhead Utd AFC/NZ
Joel Stevens – Miramar Rangers/NZ
Tomislav Trbuhovic – Whittlesea Rangers FC/AUS

Birhanu Taye - legend.

I used to coach Gowan Stares, who is a hell of a nice kid. His inclusion in this squad is surprising to me though. 

He has written a wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Gowan95

I believe the "Pulse Premier Academy" is a bit like Capital Kaizen or Ole. Not a club as such.

Pulse: https://www.facebook.com/pulsepremierfootball?fref...

Google tells me his nickname is G-String. Quality.

Probably the cheapest/easier opportunity to take a look at him.

Where is cory brown?

Seamus marten to manage the u20 team on this tour.

No monty patterson either

Known performer. Bazeley wants to blood a few newcomers.

Known performer. Bazeley wants to blood a few newcomers.

They are playing tomorrow at 5am... any chances of a live stream?

Lost 4-0 to Qatar this morning. Probably not surprising given the number of chances to the squad since the China tournament.

Who are the most notable omissions though? Only ones I knew was Bill Tuiloma, Cory Brown and Monty Patterson (who is there now anyway). Still has the likes of Rufer and Ridenton..

I guess not having Tuiloma would make a big difference.

Here is the China squad. Bold are the ones who are there again.

Goalkeepers

Damian Hirst (Birkenhead Utd AFC)
Oliver Sail (Central Utd FC)

Defenders

Cory Brown (Western Suburbs)
Jesse Edge (Vicenza Calcio, ITA)
Brock Messenger (Sunshine Coast Fire, AUS)
Adam Mitchell (Central Utd FC)
Te Atawhai Wihongi Hudson (Real Salt Lake, USA)

Midfielders

Daniel Bowkett (Miramar Rangers)
Andre de Jong (East Coast Bays AFC)
Michael den Heijer (Kashiwa Reysol, JPN)
Monty Patterson (Ipswich Town FC, ENG)
Matthew Ridenton (Wellington Phoenix)
Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix)
Birhanu Taye (Braga FC, POR)
Bill Tuiloma (L’Olympique Marseille, FRA)

Forwards

Judd Baker (East Coast Bays AFC)
Stuart Holthusen (Onehunga Sports)
Joel Stevens (Miramar Rangers)
Tomislav Trbuhovic (Whittlesea Rangers FC, AUS)

Playing the game the day after arriving is probably the biggest factor in the result. Jet lag and its physical toll plus the heat!!

Lucky the players didn't drop like flies.

Begs the question why the fuck were they even playing so quickly after arriving

Where does it say we played the day after arriving. Thought I heard the NZ based players left late last week. 

Makes mention of it nzf report

Makes mention of it nzf report

From: http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=11&tx_ttn...

"Playing a day after arriving in camp at the Aspire Academy, the New Zealand U-20 side were 1-0 down at halftime and the hosts struck three times in the second half to provide the final margin."

Yeah missed that.

Lost 1-0 to Chile this morning. Much better apparently.

It seems that defensively we are hard to break down. We have in the previous tournament and this one generally being very tight and hard to break down.

However, in those 5 games i don't think we have scored (maybe 1) and that is a real concern.

Beazley said a focus of this trip was to give a couple other players a chance but also to work on the final third... so far it looks like we need to continue to work.

3 - 1 win this morning. One penalty otherwise the other goals from open play which is nice to see. Reads like off twitter than Ridenton was heavily involved.

Good to see us notch up a win and some goals. Also it sounds like we were the team trying to play, and them resorting to hoof ball. Makes a nice change.

Also, it read like we were a little lucky with them missing some good opportunities and hitting the post.

First win for the U20's since May 2011. Lets hope we don't have to wait another 3 years for the next one. 

3-0 loss to morocco this morning. 4th game in 8 days. NZF yet to post match report.

How do you win 3-1 and then lose 3-0 to the same side only a day or so later? I think theyre going to be hard pressed to get out of their group next year. As someone mentioned above - one win since 2011. Not looking good at all this close to the tournament.

So how did we qualify for the 2013 World Cup then? By winning four games. That's how.

4 games in 8 days will be really good for this lot despite the three losses