♔ ♕ ♚ ♛ Australia U17/U20/U23 National Team Tournaments & Discussion Thread ♔ ♕ ♚ ♛

[grazorblade]

Will be interesting to see how the u18s go with Richard Garcia coaching.

Trevor Morgan has done a tremendous job with the young socceroos and we saw how good they look a couple of years ago in these mini tournaments. Will be interesting if Richard Garcia can also get something similar going with this group.

Interesting we now have 4 age groups. Hope this is the new norm rather than a dign that morgan is leaving

 

[HappyGuus]

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How many of these guys will go on to play for another nation?

 

[grazorblade]

How many of these guys will go on to play for another nation?

Australia A is a good idea to tempt them with the aussie setup

but yes its getting a bit depressing half fixing our development pathways only to benefit other nations...

 

[melbcityguy]

Full calendar

Date	Team	Time	Opponent
28-May	Joeys	4pm AEST	Vietnam
30-May	Joeys	4pm AEST	Saudi Arabia
30 May	Matildas	9pm AEST	Argentina
1-June	Joeys	9:35pm AEST	China
1-June	u18s	6:30pm AEST	Argentina
2-June	Matildas	8:30pm AEST	Argentina
4-June	u18s	11:30pm AEST	France
5-June	Olyroos	8pm AEST	Korea
5-June	Socceroos	9pm AEST	Japan
7-June	u20s	4am AEST	Argentina
7-June	u18s	7pm AEST	USA
9-June	Olyroos	TBC	Korea
10-June	u20s	4am AEST	Argentina
10 June	u18s	TBC	TBC
10-June	Socceroos	3:15AM AEST	Saudi

State of origin happening next week too, so tricky to watch the u18s vs france though maybe i do split screen

Wow we're going to be busy on here. I expect a full match summary 30 mins after each match finishes

 

[grazorblade]

Wow we're going to be busy on here. I expect a full match summary 30 mins after each match finishes

442 used to use match reports to recruit new members. The comment section would take you straight to the forum

need volunteers to do the match reports though

 

[melbcityguy]

442 used to use match reports to recruit new members. The comment section would take you straight to the forum

need volunteers to do the match reports though

That would be awesome If anyone is interested to do them

 

[grazorblade]

Just realized no kasey bos for the olyroos

senior team call up?

In any case that makes the left back role very weak for the olroos

 

[onedaywinners...]

Full calendar

Date	Team	Time	Opponent
28-May	Joeys	4pm AEST	Vietnam
30-May	Joeys	4pm AEST	Saudi Arabia
30 May	Matildas	9pm AEST	Argentina
1-June	Joeys	9:35pm AEST	China
1-June	u18s	6:30pm AEST	Argentina
2-June	Matildas	8:30pm AEST	Argentina
4-June	u18s	11:30pm AEST	France
5-June	Olyroos	8pm AEST	Korea
5-June	Socceroos	9pm AEST	Japan
7-June	u20s	4am AEST	Argentina
7-June	u18s	7pm AEST	USA
9-June	Olyroos	TBC	Korea
10-June	u20s	4am AEST	Argentina
10 June	u18s	TBC	TBC
10-June	Socceroos	3:15AM AEST	Saudi

State of origin happening next week too, so tricky to watch the u18s vs france though maybe i do split screen

Are all these live on Paramount?

 

[JS96]

Good to see all players being named on at least one of the squads but Irankunda and Mo Toure not being in for the qualifiers is unfortunate.

 

[JS96]

Just realized no kasey bos for the olyroos

senior team call up?

In any case that makes the left back role very weak for the olroos

Didn't he go off hurt last week? With the number of left backs in camp I doubt it.

 

[grazorblade]

Didn't he go off hurt last week? With the number of left backs in camp I doubt it.

he played a full 90

 

[melbcityguy]

Are all these live on Paramount?

Under 18s are on uefa YouTube channel not sure about others. Keep an eye on YouTube and tenplay. Paramount usually only show the socceroos or Matildas

 

[SocceroosFan]

So Aussie born pavlešić has been picked for Croatia under 21s

Turncoat

 

[ossi]

u20 World Cup draw this Thursday

https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/u20worldcup/chile-2025/articles/draw-how-to-watch-live-stream

FIFA+

www.plus.fifa.com

 

[ossi]

Probably want Columbia, NZ and Cuba

 

[grazorblade]

Probably want Columbia, NZ and Cuba

philosophical question - do we want a hard group, a challenging group but one we back ourselves against or an easy group?

 

[ossi]

Use the full squad and play deep into the tournament/knockout phase. Aka soft group!

 

[grazorblade]

Use the full squad and play deep into the tournament/knockout phase. Aka soft group!

the more games the more chances to stand out to scouts. Also should raise all their transfer values which helps clubs back home

 

[ossi]

Brazil is the only continental champion in pot 1

 

[HappyGuus]

philosophical question - do we want a hard group, a challenging group but one we back ourselves against or an easy group?

Could go either way. Depends if there's prize money the deeper you go. Or maybe we want a tougher group because that would make for easier opponents in the knockouts... if we get that far.

But really... I'll take the easy group, please. Let the other tough nations take each other out. Happy to do a Bradbury ⛸