A league not stopping for international windows next season but looks like dates are 7 July - 23 July. So out of A league season anyway.
That's pretty soon. When are NZF going to announce a squad.
Oops missed that, but September tournament timing will be interesting.
I had missed that they'd announced the A-League will start on October 11. With the OFC qualifiers ending October 5, I'd say no Phoenix pros will be involved.
Yipe that OFC Olympic qualifying tourney (U23s) runs 21 September – 5 October 2019, which pretty much overlaps every pro club comp on the globe.
I note in another article James Mcgarry has ruled himself out.
Even the American USL season runs to weekend of October 18–20 (so no Adams & Brotherton - both age 22).
Presumably no A League players.
So just a team of Handy Prem players & USA college boys.
Tzanev, Zwetsloot, Van Hoven, Stanger from Europe maybe as just youth players at their Euro clubs. Will be a vulnerable side no matter what.
Last time tourney was played in July 2015, looks like OFC doing NZ no favours again.
Adams, Brotherton and Tzanev are all too old. This under-23 cycle is for players born January 1, 1997 and later.
Here is a list of 66 players who either went to the 2019 or 2017 Fifa U-20 World Cups or were involved in the final camps before those tournaments or went to the 2018 or 2016 OFC U-19/U-20 Championships. Those in italics can go again for the 2024 Olympics.
6 Goalkeepers
Cam Brown, Josh Dijkstra, Zac Jones, Keegan Smith, Conor Tracey, Michael Woud
24 Defenders
Jorge Akers, Hunter Ashworth, Dino Botica, Liberato Cacace, Reese Cox, Boyd Curry, Stafford Dowling, Callan Elliot, Dane Ingham, Luke Johnson, Josh Jones, Kelvin Kalua, Sean Liddicoat, James McGarry, Hayden McHenery, Nando Pijnaker, Jordan Spain, George Stanger, Rob Tipelu, Emlyn Wellsmore, Dalton Wilkins, Liam Williams, Dylan Wood, Liam Wood
21 Midfielders
Joe Bell, Dylan Burns, Henry Cameron, Seth Clark, Moses Dyer, Willem Ebbinge, Eli Just, Taci Kumsuz, Clayton Lewis, Lachie McIsaac, Owen Parker-Price, Jake Porter, Dane Schnell, Jack-Henry Sinclair, Sarpreet Singh, Gianni Stensness, Charlie Thomas, Leon van den Hoven, Ollie Whyte, Dom Wooldridge, Trevor Zwetsloot
15 Forwards
Myer Bevan, Noah Billingsley, Matt Conroy, George Debenham, Dauntae Mariner, Max Mata, Callum McCowatt, Jake Mechell, Matt Palmer, Connor Probert, Thomas Raimbault, Logan Rogerson, Kingsley Sinclair, Charles Spragg, Ben Waine
I expect there will be players not on this list who end up being involved in the Pacific Games and OFC Olympic qualifiers – I'd doubt any NCAA players will be involved in late September/early October in the middle of their seasons.