Kiwis in Aus below A-League level

Week's Round-Up:

VPL

Bentleigh Greens              2 - 1  Dandenong Thunder
Michael Gwyther
Ryan de Vries (Goals 53', 74')
"It took some magic from Ryan De Vries, who scored two second half goals, to guide the Greens to a crucial win. Bentleigh�s early pressure paid off in the 52nd minute when Ryan De Vries scored after a messy piece of football in the 18 yard box. After a lengthy scramble in the area, Dandenong failed to clear a sequence of missed hits on goal, before De Vries pounced, and smashed the ball into the back of the net five yards from goal. Bentleigh�s second half dominance paid off once more when De Vries scored his second for the match in the 74th minute. De Vries made a terrific run past the Thunder�s last line before putting it past Webster with ease"

Melbourne Knights            4 - 1  St Albans Saints
Leo Shin                                     Luis Fenton (Goal 83')
Kayne Vincent (Goal 60', Off 78')
"Knights found another goal with Kayne Vincent scoring his second goal in as many games. An easy side-foot finish was enough to find the back of the net with Pavlovic and the Saints not knowing what hit them."
"To the Saints credit, they kept on fighting and were rewarded in the closing stages of the match with a consolation goal. Just a minute after blowing a great chance, Louis Fenton was played in one-on-one with Martin John, going around the keeper and easily tapping the ball home."

Sth Melbourne                  3 - 1  Hume City
Rhodri Payne

Heidelberg                        0 - 0  Green Gully Cavaliers
Rhyss Keane                              Jeff Fleming (c)
                                                   Jason Hayne
NSWPL

Rockdale City Suns           1 - 1  Manly Utd
Shay Spitz

Sutherland Sharks             2 - 0  APIA Leichhardt
                                                   Cole Tinkler
                                                   Chris James

That's 7 goals in 5 games now.

Disapointed De Vries is not going to U-20's WC

Good stuff collecting all these reports Wibblebutt.

Was hoping to do QSL too but the website is useless.

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VPL

St Albans Saints               0 - 2  Oakleigh Cannons
Luis Fenton (Off 86')

Green Gully                       4 - 0  VTC Football
Jeff Fleming (c)
Jason Hayne (Goals 28', 68', Off 80')
"Green Gully didn't wait long to double their lead, scoring a goal less than 60 seconds from the restart. Mathew Sanders played a ball through to Jason Hayne in space who slotted the ball past an out-running Mattei.
On the counter-attack Green Gully scored their third when Jason Hayne pressured Sebastian Mattei into a mistake, easily tapping the ball into an empty net to secure his 11th goal of the season."

Green Gully                       2 - 0  Springvale White Eagles
Jeff Fleming (c, Goal 69')
Jason Hayne (Pen 36')
"Mathew Sanders was fouled from behind by Daniel Paunov as he was about to shoot, and Paunov was shown a straight red card for his challenge by referee Shaun Evans. Jason Hayne stood up in the absence of Graham Hockless and neatly tucked away the spot-kick for his 12th goal of the season.

Green Gully continued their dominance of the match in the second half but couldn't capitalize on their chances with many gone begging. Mathew Sanders was the culprit for wasting a number of chances for the Cavaliers, missing three good chances in the space of three minutes early in the half. But up stood Jeffrey Fleming on 69 minutes, blasting a rocket of a strike from outside the area right into the top left-hand corner of the goal. It was his first goal in almost three years in the VPL, and one which was well worth the wait.

Dandenong                       0 - 1  Sth Melbourne
                                                   Rhodri Payne

Richmond                          1 - 0  Melbourne Knights
                                                   Kayne Vincent

Northcote City                  3 - 0  Bentleigh Greens
                                                   Michael Gwyther
                                                   Ryan de Vries

Heidelberg                         4 - 1  St Albans Saints
Rhyss Keane                               Luis Fenton

NSWPL

South Coast Wolves         4 - 1  Rockdale City Suns
                                                  Shay Spitz (Goal 64')
"Rockdale�s persistence eventually paid off on 64� minutes as Spitz found space to turn 25 yards from goal, launching a powerful drive beyond Crane�s reach and inside the far post."

Parramatta                        2 - 0  APIA leichhardt
                                                   Cole Tinkler
                                                   Chris James (Off 82')

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VPL

VTC Football                    2 - 7  Heidelberg
                                                  Rhyss Keane

St Albans Saints               1 - 1  Richmond
Luis Fenton

Melbourne Knights            4 - 2  Hume City
Leo Shin
Kayne Vincent (On 65', Goals 72', 85')
"Paul Magdic looked for some inspiration of his own, bringing Kayne Vincent and Melvin Beckett into the fray in a shuffled forward-line.
And it didn't take long for the two to make an impact, just seven minutes to be exact, when Beckett played Vincent in with a ball over the Hume defence, and the No.9 chipped a ball over an on-running Lupce Acevski to bring the Knights level and knock Hume off top spot once again.

Hume were in trouble and needed to get back in front, pushing a lot of men forward. Doing so, it left them often undermanned at the back and prone to counter attacks, and it was just that which saw them concede again with Kayne Vincent latching onto a great ball by Tomislav Uskok before putting a clinical finish past Acevski to give the Knights the lead."

Bentleigh Greens              0 - 5  Green Gully
Michael Gwyther                        Jeff Fleming (c)
Ryan de Vries                           

Springvale White Eagles  3 - 1  Heidelberg
                                                  Rhyss Keane (Off 61')

* St Albans Saints & Springvale White Eagles are relegated to Div 1

NSWPL

Rockdale City Suns           0 - 2  Blacktown City
Shay Spitz

Manly Utd                         0 - 2  APIA Leichardt
                                                  Cole Tinkler
                                                  Chris James (Pen 55')
"Manly's Roberto Hamad was given an early shower after fouling Anthony Hartshorn in the area as the last man, with James beating Dylan Mitchell from the penalty spot. "

Keane subbed?

woud hardly be for sh*tness given he only conceeded 2.

Springvale relegated - best news I've heard all day.

Gwyther scores for Bentleigh in a 3-2 win of Melbourne Victory.

So have James and De Vries not had any bites from A-League clubs, us included.  Both could be handy.

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VPL
(Semi Finals)

Green Gully                     3 - 0  Hume City
Jeff Fleming(c)
Jason Hayne (On 66')

Oakleigh Cannons           1 - 0  Sth Melbourne
                                                 Rhodri Payne

NSWPL

Sydney Utd                      0 - 1  APIA Leichhardt
                                                  Cole Tinkler
                                                  Chris James

Sydney Olympic               1 - 1  Rockdale City Suns
                                                  Shay Spitz (Goal 26')
"Rockdale took a deserved lead in the 26� minute when Apolevski played a square ball to Sash Trajcevski for the midfielder to chip over the Olympic defence with Shay Spitz creeping in behind to slam home."

James has hardly set the NSWPL on fire, and as others have said de Vries is a known quantity for Ricki.

Unfortunately neither has APIA. They started winning again in the last few games curiously since their owner/president has taken a back seat in the stands where the team can't hear his constant screaming, bit of a character/read nutter is our Tony Raciti.

Last game of the season for them tomorrow versus their old rivals Marconi (Wog Derby).
I'm heading along but neither side have anything to play for other than pride, for me it will be more about sinking beers at the local pre-game & smuggling in some alcohol.

James may not have set the PL on fire but he certainly gets mentioned by the amateur pundits that see him play.

An atrocious 0-0 draw at Lambert Park yesterday arvo.
James playing up front & a notable absence at post game drinks, I daren't ask the players what that was all about after their response when asked about Sam Messam. Suffice to say they won't miss him.

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NSWPL

APIA Leichhardt               0 - 0  Marconi
Cole Tinkler
Chris James

Parramatta                       0 - 1  Rockdale City Suns
                                                  Shay Spitz

Coey Turipa's Brisbane Wolves are now Brisbane Premier League champions again.

Looking at the Sydney FC forums, a few people have posted that they like the look of Andy Bevan at APIA Leichhardt in the NSWPL.

So they should he is superb.  Wonder what happened with US College (assuming it's the same Andy Bevin).

If he has given up on the colleges, maybe he could be part of the 'finishing school'?

Is he another that was overlooked for a final NZ squad?

Why would Bevin drop out of the States College system?

he hasnt really dropped out,will prob go back next semester. came back to try get into nz olympic team. and he is quite intelligent,kinda

Is the NSWPL professional?

Even if he is not getting paid, he would be ruled ineligible if someone on his team is considered professional. It just seems a risk when he could look at playing the same league in the US that Spragg is.

     ^^^^^
Lol I posted this in the other thread "Young Kiwis Outside the UK" just over a week ago & couldn't work out why it didn't get a bite...wrong thread I guess.

"RR" the NSWPL is semi-professional.

Here's a story on him from their web-site, from today.

http://www.nswpl.com.au/index.php?id=554&tx_ttnews[tt_news">=6216&tx_ttnews[backPid">=537&cHash=a9d3a1355e




Traitor2012-04-17 19:11:51

supposodly its all sweet/sorted

The hot oil is that he's not going back to the US. Wants to be a professional footballer and thinks here or Australia is the best place to achieve that in the short term. Is hoping something might come out of the new Phoenix set up. Good grades in the US but the pro dream, girlfriend at home, not happy with the coaching set up at UWV all contributed to coming home and staying down here.

Being a kiwi, he will do well to earn a contract with an A-League team. But saying that CCM have a few visa spots open and haven't used them this season. They have picked up players from the NSWPL in the past.

He should look to transfer to another college then.

Could Perth be an option or are they full up with imports? Andy is quite tight with Gouldy so would think a trial there would be reasonably likely. Tom Biss, another young kiwi is training with the Glory at the moment thanks to Gouldy.

Why? If you are really set on being a pro-footballer the us college route isn't the best imo. You come out 1-2 years behind other players in terms of development and a pro-football career isn't that long. It's a good option if you want education as much as a football career. You have to make your own decisions in what's right for you.

Agreed. I've always thought this about the College path.

Mehmet, Miller and Van Den Brink signed up for next season. They were going to have to decide between McGarry & Andrezinho when it was going to be 4 visa spots. Now its staying at 5, they might keep both.

I suggested CCM, as I don't think they have used up all the import slots the last 2-3 seasons. They could take a gamble on him, if he impresses.

Wouldn't be surprised if we see Gould back next season - maybe back at the Nix.

Someone else on here has said he's coming back too. Can't remember what thread

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/phoenix/6696325/Even-the-bus-driver-helps-out-at-the-Phoenix

Herbert has coached the team by himself after assistants Jonathan Gould and Luciano Trani fled for Perth and Adelaide respectively.

With the Welnix consortium ensuring the club's finances are now in good health, it is understood the highly regarded Gould will return to Wellington to work with goalkeeper Glen Moss and Co next season.

Herbert says he is encouraged by the calibre of the applicants for the vacant assistant job, yet there is a no-frills appeal to the current setup.

He went over there and had a look and made his own decision. I consider that mature, not "daft". The US college system is not the only place to get an education and it isn't the best place to develop as a footballer. Unless you know the details there is no guarantee just how much of the costs his scholarship was covering.

If your talented student was the type who would actually benefit from an education he could have sought an education rather than (or at the same time) as working in a grocery store.

scholarship was 100%. he has the high school grades to get into most ''hard to get into'' courses in nz unis anyway