Comenzó la O-League, el torneo de clubes más importante de Oceanía, cuyo campeón disputará el
Mundial de Clubes de la FIFA 2010. Se trata del nuevo formato que en 2007 adoptó la antigua Copa
de Campeones de Oceanía, imitando a la Champions League europea.
Participan ocho equipos de siete paíes, lo que demuestra un constante crecimiento.
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Morning all, and greetings from one of the South West's nicest towns ... Dunsborough.
This and Busselton, used to be FP's old stomping ground when he used to be a foot-in-the-door
journo for one of the local papers.
Not much has changed to be honest, which is something that doesn't surprise FP one bit.
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With Ange Postecoglou now installed as coach of the Brisbane Roar, all one can say is that the
off-field ethos of the club will probably endure a shake-up.
Even before Frank Farina's encounter with the booze-bus, things had not been going swimmingly for
the club in 2009/10, to put it mildly.
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Football Federation Australia (FFA) today announced that twenty eight Socceroos will be presented
with ‘caps' prior to the Australia v Bahrain FIFA 2010 World Cup qualification match at Stadium
Australia in Sydney.
The caps are awarded to every player who has played an 'A' international for Australia.
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Please forgive that awful pun.
Needless to say, the FFA's mooting of a second-tier competition has been the hot issue in
Australian football over the past few days. It is a natural enough response to the draconian (and
largely political) new requirements put in place by the AFC regarding places in the revamped Asian
Champions League, and was bound to come onto the agenda at some point in any case.
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Time for FFA to bring two overseas clubs to play a pre-season tournament?
Pre-Season competition is dumped, but what will fill it? And why the late notice from the FFA?
Is it merely, as I suspect, a cost-reduction exercise for the clubs as an extended season awaits or
do we have a real plan?
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Southern Cross FC are bidding to be an A-League team in 2010. Same as Canberra. And Les Murray from
SBS is an Ambassador for the bid.
Biased? Hardly...couldn't be more Canberra friendly....
SBS reported today on Les' show that Les Murray was with the bid team when they presented to the
FFA last week.
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Simon Kravis "The best game I've seen."Singkok Captain Kim Jae Heon in action.
Simon Kravis, a signed-up Canberra A-League Foundation member, was so impressed by the Korean side
Singkok at the recent Kanga Cup he sent through this reflection.
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National Show: The new and the old.
Ivan Slavich on the bid for Canberra. Paul Mavroudis talks about one of Australia's oldest clubs,
South Melbourne. All the news and football discussion from Fitsum Michella and Russ.
Locally:
Andrew Barr on the bid, hear the voice of the fans, and Russ and Chris cover all the news; A-League
Kanga Cup and more.
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The Weekender:
Where else can the players from the AIS play?Paul Mavroudis is a passionate South Melbourne fan and football blogger. and Paul is making the
journey to Canberra this weekend for his sides Sunday VPL clash with the AIS.
Paul writes the Weekender this week:On Saturday, I and 30 odd other South Melbourne fans will be
making the trip up to Canberra by bus.
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And thirty loyal fans are making the journey. Paul Mavroudis writes a South Melbourne FC blog and
he sent the pre-match travel report which you can read below.
These were the teams when South Melbourne and Man Utd met in the World Club Championships in Rio in
2001. Just seven years later the furthest they travel is Canberra.
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A busload of South Melbourne fans are heading to Canberra for the AIS v South Melbourne clash on
June 22nd. Great to see their dedication.
How many fans would come from Melbourne or Sydney for A-League clashes if we had a Canberra team?
Sorry, just wishful thinking.
This weekend the AIS take on Heidelberg United.
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