DoyleG Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 May seem to start a bit early. Better to prepare ahead of time. Start off with the Aussies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Australian Under-20 World Youth Championship squad announced Thu 23rd Oct 2003 National Youth Coach Ange Postecoglou has announced Australia's squad that will compete at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship to be held next month in the United Arab Emirates. The squad features six overseas-based players and 14 players from the National Soccer League. The only new face in the squad is Newcastle United midfielder Jobe Wheelhouse with all other players having played for the Qantas Young Socceroos during the Oceania qualifying campaign last December, or last week's two-match tour of the United Arab Emirates. The 20-man Australian Under-20 Squad is: - Goalkeepers: Nathan Coe (Inter Milan, Italy), Tom Willis (Newcastle United) Defenders: Alex Wilkinson (Northern Spirit), Mark Milligan (Northern Spirit), David Tarka (Nottingham Forest, England), Wayne Heath (Brisbane Strikers), Steve Pantelidis (Melbourne Knights) Midfielders: Spase Dilevski (Rot Weiss Essen, Germany), Massimo Murdocca (South Melbourne), Carl Valeri (Inter Milan, Italy), Matthew McKay (Brisbane Strikers), Jobe Wheelhouse (Newcastle United), Jonathon Richter (Northern Spirit), Dustin Wells (Wollongong Wolves), Vince Lia (South Melbourne), Mile Jedinak (Varteks, Croatia), Anthony Danze (Perth Glory) Forwards: Scott McDonald (Wimbledon, England), Alex Brosque (Marconi Stallions), Michael Baird (Sydney Olympic) Stand-by Players: David Carney (Dunfermline, Scotland), Mitchell Johnson (Newcastle United), Franco Parisi (Sydney United) Prior to the 2003 FIFA World Your Championship the Qantas Young Socceroos will compete in a four team tournament in South Korea with matches against Colombia, Slovakia and the host nation, before a final match in Japan completes the pre-tournament schedule. The full tour itinerary is as follows: Sunday 2 November - Australian based players depart Tuesday 4 November (4.30pm) - Australia v Colombia, Suwon, South Korea (4 Nation Tournament) Thursday 6 November (4.30pm) - Australia v Slovakia, Suwon, South Korea (4 Nation Tournament) Saturday 8 November (3pm) - South Korea v Australia, Suwon, South Korea (4 Nation Tournament) Wednesday 12 November - Japan v Australia, Japan (Friendly International) Friday 28 November (8.30pm) - Australia v Czech Republic, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (FIFA World Youth Championship) Monday 1 December (5.45pm) - Australia v Canada, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (FIFA World Youth Championship) Thursday 4 December (5.45pm) - Australia v Brazil, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (FIFA World Youth Championship) (N.B. all times are local time) The 24-team tournament will be held between November 27 - December 19 with Australia's Group (Group C) to be played entirely in the Northern city of Dubai. Australia qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship after winning the Oceania qualifying tournament in December last year. The 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship was initially due to be held in March/April but was postponed due to the situation in the Middle East at the time. Many of the current Socceroos have played at the tournament in the early part of their international careers. Players such as Mark Viduka, Brett Emerton, Craig Moore, Paul Okon as well as current national team coach Frank Farina have all helped Australia be one of the most successful nations at Under-20 level. Australia are set to compete for the 11th time at the FIFA World Youth Championship having missed only three tournaments in the 26-year history of the competition. http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=3356 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew W Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 I think it's necessary to clarify that the Newcastle United mentioned above is in the Aussie NSL, not the Premier League club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDN4EVR Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 The U-20 squad will be in Vancouver next week for what might be their last training camp before going to the UAE. Most likely practice time for A-league players that have been without much training in the last few weeks (other than Panama).Starts on Oct-28 to Nov-6. Lets hope they can get a few good hard games in at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 quote:Originally posted by CDN4EVR The U-20 squad will be in Vancouver next week for what might be their last training camp before going to the UAE. Most likely practice time for A-league players that have been without much training in the last few weeks (other than Panama).Starts on Oct-28 to Nov-6. Lets hope they can get a few good hard games in at the same time. So they won't have a camp in Turkey (or elsewhere) prior to going to the UAE? This sounds like far from ideal preparations if the last camp is 3 weeks before the tournament. Do you know if the full U20 squad (Hume, Godfrey, Belotte, etc.) will be in Vancouver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ed Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 The plan was have a camp in Turkey prior to the tournament. The tournament starts at the end of November, not October as erroneously posted above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 I think the October dates posted above were meant to be the dates for the Vancouver camp for the NA-based players, rather than the dates for the U20 tournament itself. As far as I know, there is the Vancouver camp for the off-season players, then the Turkish camp in mid-November then the tournament itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ed Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 Sorry, I guess I misread that. The point I'm trying to make is that the plan is not changed. A mini-camp in Vancouver for North American based players. Over to Turkey a week or two before the tourney to link up with the Euro based players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDN4EVR Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 My bad Guys, It's actually a U-23 Squad Training camp with Bruce Twamsley. Dale Mitchell will also be going. Sorry for the confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 quote:Originally posted by CDN4EVR My bad Guys, It's actually a U-23 Squad Training camp with Bruce Twamsley. Dale Mitchell will also be going. Sorry for the confusion. Regardless of whether it is an u23 camp, we need several U20 players there to stay in game shape. Players like Hutchinson, Harmse, DiTullio, Arango, Matondo, Fernandes, Chin and Lemire will probably also be there because they are very good and will help the U23s prepare in the absense of DeGuzman, Nsaliwa, Klukowski, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDN4EVR Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 I fully agree. Here is the roster of players from the eastern sea board. Dont know who else will be present from out west or abroad. Note they are almost all U-20 players. They left yesterday so the CSA should have something on the site late today. WILLIAMS, Chris Montreal Impact 1-Jun-81 FRONIMADIS, David Montreal Impact 13-Oct-82 OLIVIERI, Andrew Montreal Impact 27-Mar-81 DI TULLIO, Jason Montreal Impact 6-Jan-84 MATONDO, Sita Taty Montreal Impact 28-Dec-84 ARANGO, Andres Montreal Impact 23-Apr-83 LEMIRE, Chris Montreal Impact 3-Nov-83 HAINAULT, Andrew Quebec 17-Jun-86 HARMSE, Kevin Tromso 4-Jul-84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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