2015 National Youth League

First round gams in 4 weeks. No media release from NZF yet. It it still ASB sponsored? I see one team recruiting at present is stipulating all players must be nz citizens or have applied for citizenship. Is this a new regulation? #alignment

Same old organisation.... Couldn't possibly give everyone a heads up on the dates for ASB Prem or Youth League. That would be organised! 

I suppose we will all get the usual treatment and be told a week before it all starts. It`s not like we have lives and other things to do!!!!!

Maybe waiting to confirm the starters. It is true the some teams from last season struggling to come up the the $$$$ for the entry?

Wanderers SC replaced by a Nix Academy team in the Youth League, South Auckland represented by Auckland United 

Draw announced

The Nix replace Wanderers

Auckland City Name squad

Auckland City Youth league Squad,  Quite different from Mayne's lot

Wow.  Talk about being a victim of circumstance.

He was offered a pro contract, but his desires were too... unconventional.

Dylan DE JONG, Patrick HAY, Jardin DRAPER

Any of these related to Fred, Danny or Greg?

Greg has a brother Jamie who played for Ferrymead Bays in the Mainland Premier League in 2012 scoring six goals, unsure were Jamie is now. 

Moved his haberdashery business post quake?

Dylan son of Steve , not related to Fred

Parental eligibility crisis averted.

FT Canterbury United 1 - Ryan Stanley 49' Waitakere 0

At times the wind effected the game. In the 71 min Waitakere awarded a penalty which Judd Baker took and 'scored' but had the be retaken and was put wide.

ACFC 7 (Myer Bevan, Regont Murati, Reid Drake, Patrick Hay, Nicolas Zambrano (2), Maro Bonsu-Maro) Nelson Marlborough Falcons 1 (Josh Lis) all really even up until half time (1-1 at the break) then Nelson literally imploded in the second half a non existent defense that couldn't compete with ACFC.   

Understand Manawatu and Canterbury draw 1 - 1 and Southern United crushed Wellington Phoenix 8 - 1 

FT Nelson Marlborough Falcons 3 Heartland Wairarapa 0 

Auckland United 2 (Gurjeet Singh, Charlie Thomas) Auckland City 1 (Josh Moody) 

Southern thumped wee wee nix 8-1. It was 7-0 at half time i think. I know a lot of the Southern lads, they're a good bunch of players and I know the wee wees are all ' 98 or younger, but does anyone have team line-ups from yesterday?

I would say go to NZ Football.. Trouble is they havent updated the details...

Here is a link to a report on the match, here the Southern squad listed.

http://www.footballsouthnz.co.nz/SthUnited%202015-16/Game3PrevPhoenix18Oct/8-1%20v%20Phoeni%20Wpm2-2x/FS%208%20Phoenix1.html

i disagree with him, but it's a good article and he's a good writer

i think it's important that asb prem bench players are able to get some football during the summer.  this will become more important in forthcoming years as the asb prem becomes the only league our top players play in

Totally agree

I think ultimately it's a matter of what the youth league is created to do. And I think by name and selection it's for youth teams rather than reserve teams. I'm all for the prem players getting game time but think that a youth league isn't the place for it.

yeah it's an interesting one

is it for development or to find out which franchise is the best up to a certain age?

if for development, is it best to have the kids play alongside and against a handful of seniors, or is it best to keep them playing with other kids?

most pro leagues run an under 21 squad as a reserve team that allows 3 to 5 over age players to play.  it seems to be the norm for a mix of practical and developmental reasons

Auckland City 7-0 winners over Manawatu United in Palmerston North today Patrick Hay, Myer Bevan x2, Regont Murati x3 and Nicolas Zambrano the goal scorers. 

FT Canterbury United 2 Auckland City 3 HT 1 - 1

So question -

How many of our highly rated NZ U20 team have been playing Youth league as they cannot make a senior squad?

we have highly rated NZ U20 players? 

watched Auckland utd today very poor.

Why do they have over age players ? ( they were also very poor)

Can't they find enough under 20 s players

Waste of Time really 

it's a bit of a loophole in the rules - the rules allow youth teams to play up to 2 (might be 3) players per game who are overage, this rule is there to allow teams to drop down out of form or recovering players from their first team to the youth - of course Auckland Utd don't have a senior team so they just have a couple of older guys in their squad (i think Nelson do it as well).

From the Wanderers squad who are playing Youth League this season: Regont Murati (ACFC), Judd Baker (Waitakere), Noah Billingsley (Waitakere) and Gowan Stares (TW). The rest of them are in senior squads except for Elijah Neblett and Hudson's favourite, Moses Dyer, who couldn't get a gig in summer football. The only one who seemed to have a future from all of them was Billingsley.

From the DP today:

It's said that All Whites coach Anthony Hudson isn't keen on young players joining the Phoenix. He'd rather have them training with him in Auckland and getting some time off the bench for a side such as Auckland City, every few weeks.

On the subject of over-age "youth" players, did Melville's Welsh import Marc Evans become the oldest player to ever score a hat trick at national league level with his three goals against Southern at the weekend?

Think the only reason Billingsley is in the Youth squad and not the senior squad is that he's off to the states on a scholarship