Check this out, here are all the goalscorers from round 6 from the Hyundai A-League and the country the players come from.
SCORER COUNTRY
Cassio Brazil
Reinaldo Brazil
Henrique Brazil
Charlie Millar Scotland
Robbie Fowler (GOD) England
Carlos Hernandez Costa Rica
TIM BROWN NEW ZEALAND
Victor Sikora Holland
Branko Jelic Serbia
Bas Van den Brink Holland
SHANE SMELTZ NEW ZEALAND
Good week for kiwi football, could this be our year? c`mon the all whites
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Technically Smeltz is an Australian.
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How you figure that? He has dual-citizenship but plays for the AW.
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How you figure that?� He has dual-citizenship but plays for the AW.
Raised in Australia, his first passport was Australian and he is playing at GCU as an Australian not a New Zealander.
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As long as he plays 4 the All whites we can claim him cant we, after all Australia has claimed Pharlap, Crowedhouse and Russel Crowe, Lets keep Smeltz and let them have Crowe!
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Dunno what you are on about in saying his first this and first that.
Technically the whole Phoenix team is Australian club therefore the All White players are Australians, therefore all other players are Australian because they play in the A-league.
Technically he was born in Germany, so we might as well say he is German.
The New Zealand argument would be that he, first played is A-League football in NZ, first represented NZ U20 and U23 before the national teams.
But his loyalty is to NZ and thats what matters. . .
Technically the whole Phoenix team is Australian club therefore the All White players are Australians, therefore all other players are Australian because they play in the A-league.
Technically he was born in Germany, so we might as well say he is German.
The New Zealand argument would be that he, first played is A-League football in NZ, first represented NZ U20 and U23 before the national teams.
But his loyalty is to NZ and thats what matters. . .
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Is Shane Australian or Kiwi? Is Caster Semenya male or female? It seems there is not always a simple answer.
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How you figure that? He has dual-citizenship but plays for the AW.
Raised in Australia, his first passport was Australian and he is playing at GCU as an Australian not a New Zealander.
Are you sure...?
He only became a citizen of Australia this year.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/football/a-league/smeltz-gives-gold-coast-citizenship-reward/2009/04/23/1240079797796.html
http://www.tribalfootball.com/gold-coast%E2%80%99s-smeltz-gain-australian-citizenship-240397
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Technically Smeltz is an Australian.
Worst comment ever.
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Though I guess we are all techically African, as that is the cradle of civilization...
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Though I guess we are all techically African, as that is the cradle of civilization...
Not entirely correct.
Modern humans are thought to have evolved in East Africa, however the cradle of civilization refers to the area around Mesopotamia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle_of_civilization
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Correction: The cradle of humankind makes us Africans . . .
However, i am happy to be just a kiwi. I mean nationality/citizenship not the animal.
However, i am happy to be just a kiwi. I mean nationality/citizenship not the animal.
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Though I guess we are all techically African, as that is the cradle of civilization...
Not entirely correct.
Modern humans are thought to have evolved in East Africa, however the cradle of civilization refers to the area around Mesopotamia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle_of_civilization
Touche.
I meant the origin of humans (Africa), rather than modern civilization (the growth of cities in Mesopotamia). My bad.
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Technically Smeltz is an Australian.
f**k no.
Three for me, and two for them.
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Technically the whole Phoenix team is Australian club therefore the All White players are Australians, therefore all other players are Australian because they play in the A-league.
That's like saying every Kiwi working in Aus is an Australian
You know we belong together...
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no aussies scored then? lol. Go the imports!!
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Dunno what you are on about in saying his first this and first that.
Technically the whole Phoenix team is Australian club therefore the All White players are Australians, therefore all other players are Australian because they play in the A-league.
Technically he was born in Germany, so we might as well say he is German.
The New Zealand argument would be that he, first played is A-League football in NZ, first represented NZ U20 and U23 before the national teams.
But his loyalty is to NZ and thats what matters. . .
AWB when has it ever been said that New Zealanders are Australians in the A-League. If this is true why do Australian-based A-League clubs count NZ players as foreign players at their clubs (Such as Brockie). Thats why they going looking for Half Aussies/Half Kiwis like Moss and Smeltz.Technically the whole Phoenix team is Australian club therefore the All White players are Australians, therefore all other players are Australian because they play in the A-league.
Technically he was born in Germany, so we might as well say he is German.
The New Zealand argument would be that he, first played is A-League football in NZ, first represented NZ U20 and U23 before the national teams.
But his loyalty is to NZ and thats what matters. . .
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