I got this one off the Football Federation Victoria website. Seems Capital Football didn't think this was worth announcing - why - just because we (ACT) weren't able to get a player into the initial train on squad? The game is bigger than that and people are interested!
While the Australian U13 train on squad was in camp a couple of weeks ago at the AIS, I had a chance to see them trial against our Under 14 Boys squad (which of course did not have the depth of playing strength as their opponents). Since then I have met numerous people who wuld have made the effrot to see them play. People are interested and where they acan they will attend because they know their is a real chance of seeing something a bit special. And so it was! And let me tell this - our lads did particularly well! They played 3 x 30 minutes of football on a beautiful evening for football at the AIS on grass, against the best in Australia at theU13 age level. Itw as the place to be if you wanted to see good football, good coaching and an exemplar for the 1-4-3-3 system of play. The step up in performance from 2009 among the U13 boys was obvious. It was an evening of some of the best football I have seen for a long while. Our U14 boys seem tobe well on track for a competitive performance at their National Junior Championships.
Qantas Australian Under 13 Boys Football Team
Qantas Australian Under 13 Boys National Team Head Coach, Ante Juric has selected a squad of 22 for the tournament, which will be held in Sabah, Malaysia from the 24th May to 6th June 2010.
Juric initially identified the players at the 2010 FFA National Junior Championships for Boys and made his final selection at a training camp which was recently held in Canberra.
Juric was very happy with selection process and the calibre of all the players involved.
“The recent selection camp was very successful and allowed us to gauge the performance of the players within the system that we will use at the tournament,” Juric said.
“I’m very happy with the final group of players that we have selected with all possessing a high level of technical ability.
“Having been to the tournament last year, it will be much tougher this time due to us taking a younger team, but this is something that will be prepared for and above all it will be a great learning experience for the boys,” concluded Juric.
FFA National Technical Director Han Berger was also pleased with the standard of the players selected.
“Again we have a good group of talented players that will represent Australia in Asia,” Berger said.
“But as with anything in relation to football development, there is always room for improvement.
“Later this year we will launch a new free skills acquisition program around the country using highly trained coaches that will help raise the technical ability of players leading into this National Team age group, which is an important step in the Talented Player Pathway.
“Another issue that we will be addressing in conjunction with the implementation of the skills acquisition program is that we feel there are a large number of talented players who we have not identified because they are currently outside the system.
“It is important that all players have the opportunity to have their talents identified for potential future selection in national teams such as this one,” concluded Berger.
The Qantas Australian Under 13 Boys National Team will depart Australia on the 29th May and will learn their opponents shortly before their opening match on the 2nd June.
Qantas Australian Under 13 Boys Football Team
Player Name - Club - State / Territory
Bai Antoniou - West Sydney Berries - NSW – Metropolitan 1
Adam Berry - Blacktown City FC - NSW – Metropolitan 2
Nathan Bertolissio - West Sydney Berries - NSW – Metropolitan 1
Antonee Burke – Gilroy - Newcastle Football - Northern NSW
Daniel DeSilva - Stirling Lions - Western Australia
Anthony Duzel - Melbourne Knights - Victoria – Metropolitan
Milan Egic - Gold Coast Football - Queensland
Scott Halliday - Football Brisbane - Queensland
Anthony Kalik - Manly United FC - NSW – Metropolitan 2
Anthony Krkovski - Sutherland FC - NSW – Metropolitan 1
Steve Kuzmanovski - Sydney Olympic - NSW – Metropolitan 2
Martin Lo - Project 22 - NSW – Metropolitan 1
Austin Ludwik - Gold Coast Football - Queensland
Ross Millard - ECU Joondalup - Western Australia
Connor O’Toole - Project 22 - NSW – Metropolitan 2
Jordan Pokler - Perth City - Western Australia
Liam Rose - Sydney United FC - NSW – Metropolitan 1
Lucas Spinella - Bulleen - Victoria – Metropolitan
Matthew Stewart - Marconi Stallions FC - NSW – Metropolitan 2
Jacob Tarasenko - Broadmeadow - Northern NSW
Lachlan Wales - Manly United FC - NSW – Metropolitan 2
Thomas Waller - Macquarie - Northern NSW