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More mind games from new Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek who stunned the Australian media this morning
by announcing a 39-man squad for the Socceroos' upcoming World Cup qualifier against Qatar at
Melbourne's Telstra Dome on February 6.
Only 25 players were expected to be named.
The unwieldy size of the group can be attributed to the influx of 19 of Australia's Europe-based
stars which again does not include Newcastle United striker and World Cup captain Mark Viduka.
In his first contribution for Pitch Invasion, Eric Daams looks at the curious set-up of the Asian
Champions League, saying it needs to change to be truly representative of the best clubs in the
region.
Christmas, traditionally a time to both rejoice and overindulge, succeeded on both counts over
the A-League festive season.
The growing Australian support base rejoiced with confirmation the aggregate crowd figure for the
league's third season passed one million over the holiday weekend, a fortnight earlier than the
previous season.
Last week, five members of Fiji's Olympic football team enjoyed a crazy night night out did a
little drinking, blew off some steam, you know how boys are. Hey, they got back in time for
training the next day, surely there wouldn't be a problem, right? Wrong. The players left camp
without authorization, and [.
Things to read as you prepare to throw yourself at men for the sake of art: The rise of football in
Africa. (Times Online) It's Burley for Scotland. (Scotland World Cup Blog) Bolton? Want Adriano?
Bolton?! (Alice Sport) Match-fixing attempts at the African Cup of Nations? (BBC Sport) Ronaldinho:
Not fat.
Things to read as your grandma gets arrested for not pulling up in the McDonald's drivethru: "All
soccer, all the time" for Jozy Altidore. (NYX Goal blog) The truth about Fulham. (The Offside
Rules) Havant and Waterlooville are starting a builder in the net and garbage man at right back
against Liverpool tomorrow.
When he announced his first call-ups a week ago, few expected new Australia coach Pim Verbeek to be
quite so welcoming: He named 39 players to his squad ahead of next week's World Cup qualifier
against Qatar. Thirty. Nine. The squad is split almost exactly down the middle between the 20
A-League-based players, who will [.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVRERdAuK7I When the final day of the A-League season started, four
teams were level on points at the top of the table, and the title was anyone's to win. When the
dust settled, the regular season title was in the hands of Central Coast Mariners, who beat bottom
club Wellington Phoenix 2-0 to finish with 34 [.
