Aussie's Abroad Star at the Pointy ends of the Pitch

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Hello and welcome to the first episode of the Aussie Football Passport,

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your one stop pod for updates on your favorite Aussie menace and women

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footballers who are playing their club careers abroad. I'm your host

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Alex and each week I will take you through the men and women getting minutes

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influencing their club season with their performances. So you

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know who will be in the running for the Matildas and Socceroos squad selections as

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the internationals come up. Each episode will have segments

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such as the News Headlines, Weekly Wrap and Players of the Week.

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This week we've got plenty to get through so here are the headlines.

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There's a leg injury to the Brick wall. Mackenzie Arnold, her coach

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at the Portland Thorns, has asked whether it would be a long term injury,

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to which the reply was no, I don't think so. So fingers crossed

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we see Makar Arnold back on the pitch very soon because that would

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be a very big loss to the Matildas. Speaking of Matilda's keepers,

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Tegan, Micah Confir confirmed after Liverpool's final match of the WSL

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season that she would be leaving. When interviewed after the game,

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she stated that she wanted to go to a club that valued her. Very surprising.

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She was also asked where she would go and she said that

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she would like to stay abroad. So she more or less ruled out a return

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home. So it will be very interesting to see where

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Tegan lands. Hopefully she can find a club soon and get her

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club career sorted over to the men and

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Nectar Triantis picked up the Young Player of the Year award for Hibs.

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Great recognition for his breakout season with the club

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where he has been converted from a center back to a central midfield role

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and broken into the soccero squad. So well done Nectar.

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As we're going to record, Nicholas Milanovic's move to Aberdeen

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from Western Sydney Wanderers in the A League looks to be finalized.

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The reported figure is a fee of 800,000 Australian

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dollars. So that's massive news for the

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Wanderers and for Aberdeen as well. They're picking up a wonderful winger there and

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a very good fee for him as well. A breakout season

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for Milanovic for Western Sydney and hopefully a little bit

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of a sweetener considering that they were knocked out of the A League

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men's for the season. Now let's go over to some coaching news

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and l' Equipe in France is reporting that Joe Montemuro

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will depart from Lyon Feminine at the end of this season.

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So again, another worst kept secret. It looks like all roads

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lead for him to the vacant Matilda's job. Whether he

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gets in in time for The June international window,

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I very much doubt it. But whether he will be

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in contact with, of course, Tom Simani, the interim will be interesting to see

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and it will be a very interesting squad in June. So that

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looks like an almost done deal there.

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We'll await for further news on that one. Now over

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to the men's again, Aussie and Postecoglou. Well,

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he's done a fantastic job guiding Tottenham to the Europa League

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final against Manchester United. So a poor season

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in the EPL for Tottenham, of course, as we well know and it's been

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well reported and documented. But a

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cup final? Nothing to be sneezed at, especially when you consider Tottenham's

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trophy record of late. That game will be

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played on the morning of Thursday 22 May Australian time.

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So if you're interested in that one, mark it in your diary in your calendar

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and take a look at Aussie Andrews

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Tottenham. All right, so that's the news headlines for this week.

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Let's move on to the week of the Wrap shortly.

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Okay, the weekly wrap for the ladies side of things. Alana Kennedy,

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well, she played the full game in Angel City's 2 nil win over the Utah

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Royals. She also laid on an assist for Christine

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Press in the NWSL game there.

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All right, now going across the Atlantic over to Sweden and

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it was great to see Amy Sayach continue her return from

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that devastating ACL injury. She managed 66

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minutes for Christian Stud in their 32 win over Vitscho in

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Sweden. Of course she was joined

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by Remy Seimensen on the pitch for 18 minutes. Remy got

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in that one. So great to see there staying in

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Sweden. Well, Jada Wyman, she kept a clean sheet in Ajax 1

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nil win over Hammerby. So great stuff there from Jada and she

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looked looks to be well positioned for this upcoming Matilda's

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squad by the looks of things. Moving over to

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Polly Doran, who played 45 minutes for Linkoping

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in their 21 loss to Jurgarden there.

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So that was the wrap from Scandinavia.

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Now heading down to the WSL in England. There were

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no goals to report as the season wrapped up, but there were plenty

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of minutes. Our Aussie lasses at Arsenal,

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Steph Catley and Caitlin Ford, they both played the full game as

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Arsenal played out a 43 thriller against Man United.

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Getting the win in that one. Great to see. They now have two

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weeks to prepare, of course, for their Champions League final against Barcelona

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on 25 May local time in Australia,

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of course. So again, make sure you mark that one in the

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calendar that should be an absolutely cracking game as we cheer

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on our Aussie girls for Arsenal there in the CLA.

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Well, what I'm calling the CLA Derby. Claire Wheeler

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played 87 minutes for Everton in their 1 all draw with Tottenham

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for Tottenham. Claire Hunt, well she played the full game and

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picked up a yellow card as she tried desperately to keep Everton

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out. Charlie Grant, she came off the bench for 29 minutes

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for Tottenham in that one. Also moving over

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to West Ham. And Katrina Gorey played 89 minutes in what

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should have been another Matilda's derby. However, Courtney Nevin

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didn't get off the bench for Leicester City in that game.

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Now to Germany where Jamila Rankin got 90 minutes

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for Hoffenheim as they beat Karl Zeiss Jaina 4 nil on

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the opposing side. Anna Margraf came off the bench but she couldn't

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help her side despite playing 33 minutes against Jamila

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and Hoffen in that one. Now to France. Of course we mentioned

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Lyon earlier in the news headlines. Well there Matilda, Ellie Carpenter,

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she played a full game for Lyon as they won 41

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in that game and of course as we know she is

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deadly on crosses. She did whip in five crosses

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in that one but was unable to get an assist or goal

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unfortunately. All right, now let's move over to the men and

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let's start in Scotland. Well, Martin Boyle continued his red hot

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goal scoring form for Hibbs. Unfortunately,

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however, he couldn't get Hibbs across

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the line. They did lose 3:1 to the machine that is Celtic.

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It has now taken his tally to 13 goals in

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the league and 18 in total for Hibbs this season. He is

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certainly hitting his stride at the right time for Socceroo's selection

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in June. Of course we have two others Aussies

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at Hibs. Lewis Miller didn't make it off the bench unfortunately,

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but Nectar Triantis continued his wonderful season for Hibs,

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playing the full game in midfield. All right.

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Over to the other side of Edinburgh and we

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have a couple of Aussies at hearts. Of course. Cameron Devlin,

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he got back into the starting side and played a full game in their 30

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win over Motherwell, who was missing Johnny Contrembras

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because of a red card from last week. Callum Nieuwenhof came

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off the bench and played 10 minutes in midfield for Harts as well in that

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one. Now Ryan Strain, he faced his former side,

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Saint Mirren and unfortunately Dundee United,

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his current side, it went down 2 nil. He did get the full game in

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that one down that right hand side. But unfortunate news for Ryan Strain.

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Now Josh Nisbet, well he got a full game for Ross

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county in their 21 loss to St Johnson so he is continuing

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a strong season in the Scottish Premier League there. Speaking of Premier

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leagues, let's head down to England where Cameron Burgess played the full

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game for Ipswich in their one nil loss to Everton.

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That will leave him with three more opportunities to play in the Premier

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League before the season ends and his club side Ipswich get

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relegated. Hopefully those three performances put him in the shot window

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for a move to another Premier League side or abroad.

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All right, let's head to the European continent where we

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start with Paul Itzo making eight saves for Randers

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as they went on to win 31 against AGF in Denmark.

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Mark what a performance for Paul Ito who is really going

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to push Batty Ryan for that number one keeping spot in this

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June window, you would imagine To Switzerland and

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Nestry Irancunda played 60 minutes for Grasshoppers.

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Unfortunately they went down three nil to FC Zurich in

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that one. Now to the Spanish second division and we've got a couple of

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Aussies plying their trade there. Our Mobile played

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the full game for Castellon in their 32 loss to CD

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Mirandes. So unfortunate for Allah

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but he looks to have rediscovered his form in Spain

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Now Denny Jeanroux played 45 minutes for

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Deportivo La Coruna in their 21 loss to Sporting

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Gijon, also in the Spanish second division.

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Now speaking of second divisions, let's go to the Netherlands where

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former Western Sydney youth player Marcus Yunus scored for

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Jung PSV in their 31 win over Jung Utrecht.

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So great to see Marcus getting involved there for a

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wonderful youth club side in the second division there.

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Over at Aidou Den Haag.

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Apologies for the pronunciation. Cameron Pepignon he played a full game in

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a 72 thrashing of Vivi Venlo there.

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So good to see Cameron making strides in

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the Netherlands as well. Now to Austria and Jacob Italiano played

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the full game for Granaza AK in their two or draw with SCR

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Altak. Meanwhile Jed Drew who of course moved in

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January from MacArthur to Hartberg. He got 28 minutes off

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the bench in the Nil all draw with Lask in

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Austria. Now over to Italy and in the Seribi

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action, arden Rustic played 45 minutes for

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Solanitana in their 1 nil loss to St. Doria.

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Sticking with Seti B and Jace Novello played 34

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minutes for Cosenza in their 1 nil loss to Cesena.

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And of course also good to see just a quick

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shout out to of course Alessandro Circati who made

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the bench for the fifth time after that ACL return or return from

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the ACL injury I should say for Parma in the top flight

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of Italy. Now over to Germany. And Conor Metcalfe made his return

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from suspension for St Pauli in a two all draw with Einstech

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Frankfurt. He only managed seven minutes, so might be

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in the naughty book. Still with the gaffer there I'd imagine. Now to

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France and Matty Ryan, he played a full game between the sticks for Lons

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against Toulouse. The game ended in a 10 draw, but Matty

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Ryan did his best to help his side, making five saves

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there. So it should be a great contest between Idso and Matt Ryan

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for the gloves for the Socceroos in that June international window.

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Now let's hop on a plane and head across to the Atlantic where

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Aidan O' Neill made his debut for New York City FC

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playing 61 minutes in their loss to Montreal CF

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1 nil. That one ended. Patrick Yazbek,

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he played 81 minutes for Nashville in their 21 win over Charlotte.

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So that is great to see from Patrick Kyrols,

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well he was on the other side unfortunately he lost two

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nil to Toronto fc of course playing for DC United

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there, Ariaf Piol, he got seven minutes off

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the bench for Rail Salt Lake in their one old draw with FC Dallas.

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Unfortunately was not able to make an impact in that very

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short AM of time. He was on the pitch. Now rounding

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out the Aussies in action, let's head to Japan where Mitchell Duke,

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well he had a bit of a rough one. He had the unfortunate

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honor of being substituted on the pitch and then off again playing

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31 minutes in Maida Zelvia's two all draw against Shimizu

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Espous. Jason Guerrier, he had a full game for

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Albert niigata in their 10 draw with the Uroa Red

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Diamonds. And Thomas deng, he played 79 minutes in

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Yokohama F Marinos's one nil loss to Cheddarza

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Osaka. All right, so that is the weekly

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wrap of players and players getting minutes.

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Next we will give our players of the week

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stick around for that one.

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So players of the Week, let's start with our women's player of a

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way of the week, I should say. And this was a tough one.

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There was only really two candidates, let's be honest with this one.

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It was Alana Kennedy and well, I mean her

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transformation into a midfield maestro continued on the weekend

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with that wonderful assist that we covered earlier. But it was difficult

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to go past the one and only Jada Wyman in goal.

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They're keeping a clean sheet and helping her club side Ajax to a

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win in Sweden. It looks like she's timing her performances

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quite well as of course we just heard about Mackenzie Arnold's

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injury earlier in the pod and of course Tegan Micah's

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lack of minutes for Liverpool playing against her. So I think this could

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be a great time for Wyman to step up and take that number one spot

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off the aforementioned Mackenzie Arnold

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and Tegan Micah there. All right, so Jada Wyman,

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well done. Now to our men's player of the week. Of course this was another

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tough choice. Matty Ryan and Paul Itzo again contributing

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well to both of their respective sides performances,

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both making multiple saves and

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both helping their sides to a win.

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Slightly controversial maybe, but I'm going to pick Martin

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Boyle for the player of the men's player of the week, I should say,

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of course, adding to his goal tally, although unfortunately

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Hibbs did go down to Celtic in that one. But Martin

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Boyle is showing the kind of consistency in front of goal that the soccer

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is desperately need going into a very crucial June international window

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as they face Saudi Arabia and Japan in the World

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cup qualifiers. So long may it continue for Marty

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Boyle in that one. All right, so let's

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wrap it up. In that case and thank you for listening to the first ever

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episode of the Australian football Passport. I really hope you enjoyed it and I

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really hope you do stick around. So please like subscribe and

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