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Glad for Cam & Vukovic. Goodwin could be a good move, Kuol should have fun. The kid has a big future.
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What are the chances of Scrappy Doo starting? Might have to support them all in if he is. 
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Just read on the Italian sports news that young Cristian Volpato of AS Roma turned down a call up to the WC from Arnie. Big call from the young lad
But he has Italian citizenship, has played a couple of games for the Italian U-20 team and now that Mourinho is playing for Roma, he's probably made the decision to throw his lot with the Azzurri and it's hard to blame him.
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What are the chances of Scrappy Doo starting? Might have to support them all in if he is. 

Arnie has always seemed reluctant to select him, let alone play him. So was slightly surprised he was selected. 
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Guess the Phoenix will get a payout too given he was here in the 2020/21 season. 
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Just read on the Italian sports news that young Cristian Volpato of AS Roma turned down a call up to the WC from Arnie. Big call from the young lad
But he has Italian citizenship, has played a couple of games for the Italian U-20 team and now that Mourinho is playing for Roma, he's probably made the decision to throw his lot with the Azzurri and it's hard to blame him.

Yes Italy should be able to make a 48 team WC.

.....tongue firmly in cheek. 
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Guess the Phoenix will get a payout too given he was here in the 2020/21 season. 
The payout is for the clubs they were at over the last 2 years, so being a mid-season World Cup you might be right. If we got a quarter of Devlin's cash, that is a good 50k USD roughly.
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https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/london-calling-matildas-socceroos-set-for-blockbuster-england-friendlies-20230220-p5clz0.html

Graham Arnold’s Socceroos face the Three Lions on October 13 at Wembley – almost three years since the date they were originally pencilled in to play there before the fixture was scrapped due to COVID-19.

It gives Arnold’s men another chance to prove their credentials at the highest level after their terrific run to the World Cup round of 16 in Qatar, where Gareth Southgate’s England were knocked out in the quarter-finals by France.

No Australian national team has played on Wembley’s hallowed turf. The famous win over England in 2003 was played at Upton Park, the former home of West Ham United. Their most recent meeting in 2016 was at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland.

No Australian team has played at Wembley.


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Not a good start to their U20 Asian Cup campaign, which doubles as qualification for the U20 World Cup later this year in which Australia need to make the semifinals in order to qualify.
 
Long road back from here, with games against Iran and Qatar up next.
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That's a terrible result. Aussie really do struggle now to get to U17 & U20 mens World Cups.

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That's a terrible result. Aussie really do struggle now to get to U17 & U20 mens World Cups.


Well they're at a big disadvantage this time around too. Have to win both remaining matches to get through to quarters, or bag a win and a draw at bare minimum and then rely on GD/other results falling their way to get to quarters.

Lovely goal from Vietnam to win the game too, like a knife through butter with that passing to beat a slightly wonky press.



Stats from the match too ⬇️
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Gives me hope that our own U20 setup has got things right at the minute building towards the World Cup.

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Aussie U20 keep themselves alive with a 3-2 win over Iran.

Last pool game against Qatar, who have lost by a goal to both Vietnam & Iran. Iran beat Vietnam in their last pool game, and will be 3 teams on 1 win each.

Top 2 pool teams into quarterfinals.

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Aus thrash Qatar 9-1!  to make quarters on GD. Irán beat Vietnam 3-1 to make it 3 teams with 2 wins each. Irán through as well to play Iraq

Aus to play Uzbekistan 

Semi finalists qualify for U20 WC

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And Australia miss out on U20 World Cup qualification once more!

4th time in a row dating back to NZ 2015 that they haven't qualified for the big dance.
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And Australia miss out on U20 World Cup qualification once more!

4th time in a row dating back to NZ 2015 that they haven't qualified for the big dance.
It's quite surprising how successful Uzbekistan is at youth level compared to senior. They haven't qualified for a senior World Cup, despite AFC having 4.5 spots in the 32-team era - which is more than AFC gets at youth level. They didn't even make the final round of twelve teams in AFC qualifying for Qatar. 

At youth level however, this is their fifth U20 World Cup qualification - and fourth since Australia joined and made the confederation stronger. Australia have only been to three - in 2009, 2011 and 2013. They've also been to two U17 World Cups and finished at least top four in the past three AFC U23 Asian Cups, including winning it in 2018 and finishing second in 2022.

Even their youth WC record is decent. They were quarterfinalists for the U20s in 2013 and 2015 and for the U17s in 2011. That is something New Zealand has never even managed on the boys' side and that Australia haven't managed since 2001.

They'll fancy their chances at 2026 with 48 teams, but it's weird the disparity of success, and I can't really think of any similar countries to that.
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Good stuff Carlind. I won't even try an analysis like that, but seems some of the smaller CONCACAF countries get to underage WCs. I see the Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Honduras will all be in Indonesia at men's U20 WC. Alongside the USA

Certainly feels like it's not always Mexico, USA, Costa Rica + one other as it often seems with the senior men.

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Alex Robertson is a guy they have been chasing awhile. On the books of Man City, dad's a former Socceroo but he was eligible for a few nations. 
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Also that is probably the end of the Joe Gauci for the AWs bandwagon
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Both Greive's St Mirren Aussie team mates (Baccus & Strain) now in Socceroos squad for Ecuador friendlies.

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A 3-1 win for the Socceroos at Parramata Stadium. Scorers Irvine, Mabil & Kuol.
Highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0mbdL1mf_A
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Big night for South Australia. Socceroos 1-0, Borrello with the goal

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 1-2 loss for the Socceroos.

Extended highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaaczwUTgEU 
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Anything less than 9 points would be a failure.
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Why regular AWs verus Socceroos games just won't happen, apart from Aus having many full windows already in AFC.

Quoting Graham Arnold, as he talks about upcoming Argentina game in China

https://www.socceroos.com.au/news/talking-points-graham-arnolds-latest-socceroos-squad-update

On longer-term preparations for the Asian Cup and next World Cup cycle:
"I think that the best preparation is always to play the best. You can play easy teams and you win three, four or five nil and everyone's raving about that but you're not learning from your mistakes. For me that's the biggest thing - getting better and better as we move forward and giving these younger players that opportunity to be on field with the best. The belief that gives players, they feel like they belong with the best, and that's so important."

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Recall for Stensness. Both Greive's SM team mates Strain & Baccus make it. Devlin now becoming a Socceroos squad regular as well.

Looks like they only have the 1 game in this June window. Messi & Co in Bejing.

So well done NZF get the AWs 2 games.

https://www.socceroos.com.au/news/watch-story-australia-1-2-argentina-fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022-round-16

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The Olyroos into the Finals of this tournament with this win. Sounds like Jelacic was a stand out.
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Messi scores his fastest ever Argentina goal (79 secs) in a 2-0 win.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6KVXlbNqwQ


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If anyone wants to watch a replay of the game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v53AuHf2NYw
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This kid man.

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