Mary Fowler's Stellar Extension with Manchester City

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Foreign welcome

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to the Aussie Football Passport, your one stop pod for updates on your favorite Aussie

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men and women who are playing their club careers abroad. I'm your host Alex and

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this week we've got a lot of national teams news to get through.

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This includes our under 20 lads who played out their two

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group games, the Socceroo squad announcement for the upcoming

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friendlies with Canada and the US and a the announcement of the

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Junior Matilda squad for the upcoming Asian cup qualifiers and

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the under 23 men find out who their opponents are for

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the 2026 AFC Asian Cup. Then of course we

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have our usual updates from clubland for our Aussies abroad.

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So let's get into the headlines.

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All right, headlines time and let's start with some headlines for

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our ladies where Mary Fowler has signed a new contract with Manchester

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City in the wsl. It'll see her continue her

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stay in Manchester until the summer of 2027.

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The 20242025 season saw Fowler

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score six goals and record seven assists. She was the only Manchester

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City player to hit double figures for goals and assists across all competitions

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and that was despite her suffering that ACL injury in April.

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Fowles record breaking season in Manchester saw her selected

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for the 20242025 PFA WSL team of

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the Year, voted for by professionals across England's

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top division and named on the list for the first time in her career.

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So congratulations to Mary. Now into

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some sad news for Emily Gilnick who posted

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a message on her Instagram page yesterday about trusting the

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process does look as though she has torn her calf.

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That's pretty much confirmed in terms of her not

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being in Monterey's squad for their 21 loss to club

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America on the weekend. We don't yet have a timeline on her

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recovery but we will keep you posted. Now Junior

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Matilda's head coach coach Michael Cooper has confirmed the 23

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woman playing squad for the AFC Under 17 Women's

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Asian cup qualifiers in October. Australia will

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face Singapore and the Northern Mariana Islands in Group

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E which will be held at Bishan Stadium

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in Singapore with qualification offering a pathway to the FIFA Under

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17 Women's World cup which is being hosted by Morocco

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next year. The players will enter a pre camp in Sydney

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on 8th October. The AFC Under 17 Women's

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Asian Cup Qualifiers will kick off on Monday 13th October with

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Australia opening its campaign against Northern Mariana Islands

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before facing host nation singing Singapore on 17 October.

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The group winners advance to the finals. So good luck to

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our girls and we will keep you posted on that in the next episode.

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All right, now to the men's game where our under 23s

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team has been drawn in group D against top seed and

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2013 champions Iraq, as well as Thailand and

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China, of course carrying on the tradition of getting a tough

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draw in true Australian style. But of course,

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Australia have qualified for every edition of the tournament since its inception

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in 2013 after finishing top of their group in the qualifiers

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thanks to a 14 nil win over that side again, Northern Mariana

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Islands, a 60 win against Timor Leste and a nil

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or draw against China in early September. You may remember that

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from a earlier episode. The top two finishes of each group will progress

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to the knockout stage with the final set to be contested on

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January 24, 2026. And of course we

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will keep you updated as those games roll on

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by. No doubt it will be just around the corner, the way this year has

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flown. All right, now let's get to Under 20s World

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cup action where our young socce were heavily

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defeated by Argentina 41 in their second group

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game of that World cup tournament. Daniel Benny

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scored Australia's first goal of the tournament and halved the deficit

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in the second half, but it wasn't enough against a strong Argentina

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side. There were some var interventions that went against the Socceroos,

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including Argentina's first goal which was initially ruled out for foul but was overturned.

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Well, Australia's first goal was chalked off due to Thiago Quintal committing

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a foul when winning the ball back before scoring his goal.

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The lads brushed it off in their third and what turned out to be

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their final game of the tournament, defeating Cuba 3

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1. Max Caputo scored a brace while Daniel Benny added his second

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of the tournament to help Australia to that victory.

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The result means that the young socceros finished third in group D and

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as mentioned earlier, it was not enough for them to to

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get one of those best third place finishes to progress to the

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round of 16. An interesting tournament for the lads, no doubt a learning curve and

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let's see if any of these lads get picked up, particularly the ones

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that are a league based by an overseas club, either in January or

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next transfer window of course in the middle

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of next calendar year. So congratulations to

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the lads on qualifying. We'd like to see a little bit more progress in

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future of course, if we're being harsh judges on that

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one. Now let's head over to the senior squad where Tony Popovic

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has made eight changes from the September

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window into this current October international window. These include

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recalls for Matt Ryan, Jason Garrier Daniel Arzani

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and Mitchell Duke. They were all part of that June squad that

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got Australia to the World cup next year. Nicholas d' Agostino and Cameron

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Devlin are called up for the first time under current coach Tony Popovic,

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while Fran Karasic was initially recalled after

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missing the September window due to injury. However, he has yet again

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fallen the wrong side of the injury curse and he has

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now been replaced by Jacob Italiano,

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who is yet to be capped by Australia. But he has been performing quite

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consistently for Grazer AK in Austria. As you'd well know

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if you are a regular listener now for the bolter or

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the surprise selection that is Alex Robertson, who of

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course is actively being courted by Peru as well. A bit

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of a tug of war. He can play for either Australia,

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Peru or Scotland given his bloodline,

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so a couple options there for him, even England as

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well. But fair to say he probably won't get picked up by England,

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particularly given the strength of their midfield currently. But Robertson

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of course has previously played twice for Socceroo.

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However, even if he does play minutes in these friendlies,

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Peru can still select him in the future and he can switch allegiances

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because these games are friendlies and not

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competitive matches, so one that will continue to play

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out. No doubt Popper will make up his mind after this international

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window as to whether Alex Robinson has a green and

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gold future. Anyway, that is it for the headlines this week.

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We will move over to the Weekly Wrap in just a second.

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All right, weekly Wrap time and let's start with our ladies in the US

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and A where Mackenzie Arnold played a full game in goal for Portland

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thorns in their 10 draw with Chicago's Stars.

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Caitlin Torpy was an unused substitute for for

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the Thorns. Now to that weird other top

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tier competition, but isn't the NWSL the

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usl? Morgan Aquino she started and played the full game between the

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posts for DC Power in their 32 loss to Carolina.

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Ascent now north of the border to Canada where

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Carly Johnson continued to increase her minutes after injury

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earlier on in the year. She came on at halftime in Calgary Wild 21

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defeat to AFC Toronto. Now let's head across

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the Atlantic to Sweden where Courtney Nevin played the full

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game and picked up a yellow card as her side Malmo went down 30

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to BK Hacken in midweek. AV Lewick was

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not in the matchday squad for BK Hacken in that one.

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Nevin then backed up at the weekend helping her side bounce back with

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a 21 win over Rosengard. She played the full game at

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left back once again Jada Wyman she played the

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full game in goal for AIK as they lost 1 nil to Hammerby.

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Now Christian Stud grabbed a nail biting

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come from behind two one win over Vitzio which included three

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of our Australians. Remy Siemenson played 74 minutes for

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the winning side Christian Stud while Daniela galic

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played at 17 minutes for the losing side. And yes that is right there is

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one more player but she will be mentioned later in the show

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so you'll have to stick around to find out who that is. All right.

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Now to England where Chelsea drew one all with

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Manchester United. Ellie Carpenter started and played the full

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game for Chelsea while Sam Kerr came off the bench in the second half.

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Playing 19 minutes. Now to Manchester City where they defeated

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Arsenal 32 in another nail biter.

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Steph Cutley started and played the whole game in defence whilst Caitlin

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Ford started and played 67 minutes on the wing.

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Kyra Cooney Cross was a late substitute getting 11

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minutes for Arsenal. And of course Mary Fowler the with her

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freshly inked contract remains unavailable for City as she

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continues her ACL rehabilitation.

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Leicester City they drew one all against Everton in a battle

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of the Aussie midfielders. Emily van Egbon played 79

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minutes for Leicester while Claire Wheeler played 68 minutes for Everton

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in that stalemate. Now Katrina Gorey she started and played

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the full game in midfield for West Ham as their woes continue.

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They lost two nil to Aston Villa.

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Tottenham Hotspur remained in the top three with a one nil victory

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over Australian coached Brighton and Hove Albion.

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Claire Hunt started and played the full game for spurs while Charlie Grant was

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a second half substitute. She got three minutes. Charlize Rule

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played the full game for the Seagulls. Now Alana

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Kennedy, she was a stoppage time substitute for London Lionionesses

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in their 1010 win over Liverpool to round

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out the action in England. Now to Germany where Eintracht

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Frankfurt Defeated Carl Zeiss Jenner 3:1

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with a couple of Aussies being involved making appearances

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off the bench in this one. Hayley Russo got a whopping one minute for

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Frankfurt whilst Anna Margareth played 24 minutes

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for Jenna in that one. Jamila Rankin she scored her

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first goal for TSG Hoffenheim as they defeated Hamburg SB4

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1. Jamila also played the full game

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in that one. Well done Jamila in scoring your first goal for

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your club as well. Alana Murphy she played the

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full game for SC sand as they belted WA Bevin 71

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in the German second division. So a

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nice way to round out the action there in Germany.

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Now to Italy where Jessica Nash was at the heart of Sassuolo's

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defense, starting and playing 90 minutes while Jacinta Galabadarrachi

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was an unused substitute as their side kept Juventus

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to a nil or draw. In a bit of an upset there, of course.

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Juventus, heavily favored to win the Serie A feminine this

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season, now dropping down to the second division where Chloe Berryhill

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or Chloe Legasso as she used to be known, was part of the

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comfortable Victory for Como 1907 over FrozenOne

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all right, that is it for ladies this week. Let's head

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over to men's action and let's start with championship

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action in the UK where Cameron Burgess starred.

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Playing the full game in Swansea City's 21 win over Blackburn Rovers.

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In midweek championship action, the central defender

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made 16 clearances and a last man challenge to secure his side

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a narrow victory. Speaking of defenders, Lewis Miller played a full

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game for Blackburn in that one. He then backed it up on the

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weekend, playing in central defence yet again for Blackburn Rovers as they drew one

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all with Stoke in league action. He made six clearances

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and five interceptions and looks like he's fitting into that

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centre back role quite well for his new club. Now going back

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to Cameron Burgess, he played a full game for Swansea at the weekend in

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their 31 loss to Leicester City. Adrian Sega

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he scored in the 79th minute of Portsmouth's two all draw

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with Watford. Of course Adrian's goal was the one that leveled the

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game. Nesary Iron Kunda he played 35 minutes for Watford in

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that one and was absolutely furious when he was withdrawn by his coach

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as were the Watford fans. There's some

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footage going around of Nestry taking it out on one of the seats on the

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bench and a poor drink pool as well. However, back to the game.

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Aiden Matthews was on the Portsmouth bench in that one. Now at

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the weekend Adrian Sega chic was subbed on in the 64th minute

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as Portsmouth beat Middlesbrough 1 nil. On Sunday Hayden Matthews was on

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the Portsmouth bench and Sam Silvera was also on the Middlesbrough

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bench. Neither of them getting any minutes. But going back to midweek, Sam Silvera

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did actually get some game time. He came on in the seventh minute of

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Middlesbrough's nil or draw with Stoke City. Now back

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to Nestry. If you can keep track of all those changes there, apologies.

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There's a lot going on in the championship with these midweek and

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weekend fixtures. Nestry he played 87 minutes

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for Watford as they beat Oxford United 21 on

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the weekend. Now Derby's Callum Elder he played a full game for

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his side as they drew one all with Charlton Athletic.

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Ashley Maynard Brewer remains on the bench and it looks like

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he is the backup keeper these days for Charlton.

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Massimo long way. He returned to Millwall's team for

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their three nil win over West Brom. He played a full game in

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Midfield for that one. All right, let's drop down a division to

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Ligue 1 where Joe Gauci kept a clean sheet for

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Port Vale in their nil or draw against Northampton Town.

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Rafael Borges Rodriguez played until stoppage time in

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Wigan's 10 draw with Plymouth Argyle. He also played in an unfamiliar

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role playing at right back even though he's normally a wing up.

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He took to his new position like a duck to water.

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He won all three of his tackles and won 10

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of 12 of his duels. So well done Rafael

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in his new position. Now let's stay in the UK and head

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up to Scotland where Kasuni Yangi came on in the 85th minute in Aberdeen's

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32 loss to Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Conference League.

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Continuing Aberdeen's miserable start to the season,

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Nicholas Milanovic and Nick Suman were on the bench for that game.

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Now fast forward to the weekend where they return to Scottish League action

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and Nicholas Milanovic came on after the 68th

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minute of Aberdeen's 40 win against Dundee FC,

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finally breaking their duck for their first win of the season.

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Nick Suman was on the bench as the reserve goalkeeper

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while Kasuni Yangi was not in the matchday squad for that one.

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Martin Boyle and Jack Idahl both played a full

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game for Hibbs as they lost 1 nil to hearts. The Edinburgh

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Derby Cameron Devlin made the difference in midfield

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for Hearts, completing 66 of 73

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passes and playing the full game for his side.

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Keanu Backus came on at halftime in St Mirren's

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2 nil loss to Kilmarnock on the weekend.

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Now Apostolos Damatilopoulos he managed to score

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a brace in his 76 minutes on the pitch as his side Motherwell

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unfortunately went down 32 to Celtic. The striker

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has three goals and one assist in his last two matches and is in

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red hot form so a bit of a surprise not to see him in

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that Socceroos side. He was joined by Johnny

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Katrombus who also started and played 67 minutes while Oscar

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Priestman played 11 minutes off the bench for Motherwell.

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Rounding out the Aussie action in Scotland.

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Livingstone and Dundee United played out a one all draw with Teti

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Yangi playing 54 minutes up front for Livy and Zach Sapsford

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playing the full game for Dundee United up front. Also Ryan

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Strain was on the bench for Dundee but did not see any

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minutes. Now let's head to Italy where Alessandro

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Cicati played a full game for Parma as they beat Torino

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21 in their first Serie A win this season.

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The defender was crucial at the back for his side, winning seven of eight

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aerial duels and making four blocks. He then backed up

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and played a full game for Parma as they went down 1 nil to

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Lecce on the weekend. Now to Germany where Conor Metcalfe

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was subbed on in the 71st minute for St. Pauli's one

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nil defeat to Werder Bremen. Still no update

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on Jackson Irvine's fitness at this stage either.

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Now let's head to Spain where our Mabil came on in the

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81st minute of Castellon's 10 win over Leganes in

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Spanish second division action. Now to the Top flights where Maddie

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Ryan earned a clean sheet in a strong performance for Lavante as they

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beat Rail Oviedo 2 nil to

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Croatia where Fran Karasic played 75 minutes for

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Hardik Split in their 1 nil win over Vukovar 91.

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Anthony Kalik played 10 minutes off the bench in the same

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game. Now to the Netherlands where Jordan Boss had

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some weak he was subbed on in the 86th minute as Feyenoord 21

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to Aston Villa in Europa League action. He then backed it

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up playing a full game for feyenoord in their 32 win over Utrecht

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in Dutch league action. Boss then claimed

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the Etavardisi Player of the Month for September. The fullback

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is the first Australian to win the award, so congratulations

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and that's quite impressive considering some of the Australians we've

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had play in the the Netherlands over the years. Of course Brett Hamilton

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being the one that springs to mind. Off the top of my head,

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Adam Rustic picked up an assist playing a full

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game as Heracles Alamello lost 21 to FC

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to Fuente. The midfielder has assisted in back to back Edvardisi

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matches heading into the October international window, so hopefully he carries

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that form forward into those games coming up against Canada and

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the usa. Now let's head to Austria where Marco Tillio

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played the second half of Rapid Veens 41 loss

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to Lech Pozdan in the UEFA Conference League. He then

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continued the sub role as he came on in the 69th

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minute for Rapid Veens 21 loss to Red Bull Salzburg

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in Austrian League action. Jacob Italiano he

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played a full game for Gaza AK as they lost 31 to Wolfsburger

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Noah Bottic he played 74 minutes for Austria Wien

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as they lost 1 nil to BW Linz.

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So not a happy week for Australians in Austria

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was it? Pretty fair to say I think. All right.

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Over to Denmark where Paul Itzo put in another strong performance

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as Randa's lost 21 to

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league front runners Micheland. He made three saves however,

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so it could have been a lot worse for his side. Mohamed Toure also played

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a full game for Raiders in that one. The lads then backed up

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at the weekend. Itzo was in goal again for Anders

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and produced a match winning display making eight saves in the

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21 win over Cyborg. Now to Norway when

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Nick D' Agostino came on in the 71st minute for Viking

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as they won 3 nil against Blan.

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Gianni Stenzness was in the matchday squad but did

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not get off the bench. Now to Czechia where Garen Kwol

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was subbed on in the 59th minute for Sparta Prague's 41

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win against Shamrock Rovers in UEFA Conference League

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action. Garang did not see any minutes at the weekend as

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Sparta Prague went back to check league action.

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Now to Northern America where Patrick Yazbek played and

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was taken off after the 80th minute of Nashville's 21 U.S.

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open cup victory against Austin. Well done to

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Patrick on winning his first bit of silverware with his American club.

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He then backed it up on the weekend coming on in the 78th minute of

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Nashville's 10 draw with Montreal. Giuseppe Bovalena

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was subbed on in the 85th minute of Vancouver White Cups 42

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win against Vancouver FC to claim the Canadian championship.

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So well done. A couple of Aussies winning some silverware in Northern America.

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Aidan O' Neill he played the second half for New New York City

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FC as they lost 1 nil to Philadelphia Ky Rolls

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he played a full game for D.C. united in their 1 nil loss to

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Charlotte FC where Archie Goodwin came off the bench 17 minutes

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for Charlotte. Ariof Piol got 1

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minute of game time for Al Salt Lake in their one win over

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the Colorado Rapids to round out action in Northern

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America. Now finally let's head to Japan where we had plenty of

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minutes for our players. Mitchell Duke he came on at halftime of

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Makaida Zelvia's nil or draw with Johor Daral Tazim in

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AFC Champions League elite action. He was then subbed on

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in the 65th minute net 4 of Makaida Zelvius 21

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loss to San Ferroce in the J League on the weekend.

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Jason Jerry he came on in the 84th

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minute of Albert's Niigata one all

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draw with Faggiano Okayama. Thomas Deng he

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came on after 64 minutes for Yokohama F Marinos in

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their 10 loss to Kashiwa. That is

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it for the weekly wrap. We got there in the end. Players of the Week

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coming up next.

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All right, Players of the Week, let's start with our

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Women's Player of the Week and there were a couple to pick from this week

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with goals and assist happening for our ladies, which is great to see.

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However, this week's award goes to Amy Sayer as

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she played a crucial role in Christian Stud's 21 victory over Vitio

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Gik. She scored and assisted,

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helping a side come from behind to get that

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21 win. So well done Amy and long may that continue

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that form. Continue now to our Men's Player of the

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Week. This was a tough week to pick a winner for. Once we had

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clean sheets, we had goals, we had assists and even a Player of the Month

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award to pick from. But we've gone with Mohamed Toure's

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performance, particularly at the weekend. He scored and assisted

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in Randa's 21 win against Vyborg before going

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off in the 84th minute right in time to pull

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on that green goal jersey and continue his goal scoring form there as well.

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All right, well, that's it for another week of the Aussie football passport.

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