Matilda's Mixed Performances, Transfers and Socceroos Derbies in Club Land

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Foreign hello

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and welcome to the Aussie football passport, your one stop pod for updates

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on your favorite Aussie men and women who are playing their club careers abroad.

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I'm your host Alex and this week we've got national team action to cover with

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the Matildas playing two games against Slovenia and Perth. The the men

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return to club action in North America, Japan, Korea and Scandinavia.

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And also there are some confirmed transfer and transfer

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whispers that we will fill you in on. Let's get straight into it with the

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news headlines.

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All right, let's start with the confirmed transfers and Noah

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Bottic. He has signed for Austria Veen on a three year contract.

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Of course Noah Bottic had a breakout season at

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Western United, the A League joint top

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goal scorer in the competition and no wonder he earned a

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move overseas. There were rumors of course he was going to end up in the

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Bundesliga with fellow Australians Jackson Irvine and Connor

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Metcalfe at St. Pauli. But he has ended up not too far away

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in Austria. So we wish Noah all the best there.

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Now right back Keely Adamson has signed a three year deal

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with QPR leaving his former side at MacArthur FC.

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They will receive a 250,000 pound transfer

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fee for his services. So well done

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to Keely and he will join two fellow Australians at qpr.

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Of course, Western Australian boys Daniel Benny and Jalen

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Pearman. So we will have quite a number of Australians

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in Portsmouth. Portsmouth, yes, we already we knew that,

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but we will have quite a number of Australians in the championship next season.

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Now speaking of transfer fees, Sydney FC will receive

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450,000 Australian dollars in compensation

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for Adrian Sega's move to Portsmouth. So for those unfamiliar,

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when a player is under the age of 23 and

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their contract expires, they can move to another club. However, the club

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that wishes to acquire their services or

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signs them now that they no longer have a contract does have to pay

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a compensation fee to the club, their previous club basically

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to cover the supposed training fees

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or I guess funds that go into developing that player. So that

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is why Sydney FC get a fee for Adrian Segicic despite

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the fact that his contract with Sydney FC

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expired on 30 June and

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one that had sort of slipped under the radar. But it is Craig Goodwin.

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He will be returning to Adelaide United in the A League after a second stint

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in Saudi Arabia. He was playing at Alvada

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there in Saudi Arabia. So they are the confirmed transfers.

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Now let's take a look at the rumor mill and

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let's start with a manager. Let's start with our

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Best mate Big Ange Postecoglou. Now he is being lined

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up as a potential replacement for Lafc who recently

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departed with the services of

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their current manager. So that'll be one to watch. We'll keep you informed on

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that one. No doubt Ange would prefer to stay in Europe but look,

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any job is a good job that is overseas in

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this instance. Now Matt Ryan, he's attracting

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the interest of a couple of clubs. In particular Fulham are one that are looking

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at him. They have recently just lost their second choice keeper Marcus

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Bettinelli to Manchester City and therefore they are looking for a number

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two. Of course Bern Leno is the first choice keeper at Fulham so

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probably not the wisest move for Matty Ryan I

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would say in my humble analysis there.

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But let's see if he is lured

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back to the Premier League. Of course he had a stint at Arsenal as a

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number two there and he also was at Huddersfield and

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Brighton so. No, not Huddersfield, he was just at Brighton so apologies

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there. Now there is another club that is

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looking at his services and that is FC Copenhagen. So Matty has

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already played there. He only lasted six months of a two year contract

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and unfortunately he fell under that spell of becoming the second

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choice keeper behind self confessed best keeper in the world

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Camille Grabara. I'm sure everyone remembers his outstanding

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efforts on social media declaring how good he was. If anyone

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knows where he is actually don't send it to me because I don't really care

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anyway. All right, Another one, Adam Drustic,

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he is potentially looking at return or coming home to

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play in the A League for the first time in his as of

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course his club Salernitano were relegated to the Italian third division

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last week. So we will keep you posted on that one.

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Now for that man Alex

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Robertson who is yet to declare his allegiance to Australia. However,

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we will cover, we'll cover the news with Alex. Until such

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time he is believed to be in a bit of a tug of war between

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QPR and Portsmouth. So interesting there. Of course we've

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got now three Aussies at QPR and

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we've got four at Portsmouth. Could be five. Now the interesting factor

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here is that Alex Robertson actually went on loan to Portsmouth

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a couple of seasons ago from his parent club Manchester

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City. Now that Cardiff, well they purchased

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him after that successful loan period at Portsmouth

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he, well he'll be familiar with the, with the

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club and no doubt will want to potentially return there. Okay.

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Just depending on what package suits him and what place

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in what team suits him best. So another one to keep an eye out for

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as for former Vanderkind Nestry,

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Iran Kunda, well it looks like he might stay in Switzerland and he might

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stay at Grasshoppers. They are the ones leading the race to secure

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his services for next season so it's most likely to be

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another loan for him. Bayern Munich do not want

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to sell him at this time. They still see him as a bit of a

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prospect or probably more so in their case,

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they can make a bit of a profit out of him. So we will keep

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you updated on that one as well. Now one that's

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just come to the news just before I've

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recorded this one Anthony Pantazopoulos is

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the subject of transfer speculation.

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So he had a breakout season with the Western Sydney

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wonders, which is no doubt the reason why he's attracting

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this interest. Apparently several clubs in England, Poland and the USA

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are looking at his services there. So the preferred

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move from his management according to this rumor is the

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USA in the MLS in particular. But we

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will keep you informed on that one as well. Now to a

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rumour of another kind and it's believed that the Socceroos are attempting

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to line up a friendly with one of the host nations,

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USA for the October

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international window. Of course last week it was announced that Australia playing New Zealand

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in a two match series in the September international window. So I think this would

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be a great move by the Socceroos. Quite smart considering they

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could get posted to the usa. Of course the USA is joint hosting

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next year's World Cup Men's World cup with Canada and Mexico.

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So not a bad idea to go and recce the situation usa

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provided a certain president lets him in the country of course.

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But let's not get political. This is a football podcast. All right,

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well that is it for the news headlines. Let's move on to the weekly wrap.

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All right, so as we mentioned at the start of the show, the Matildas

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were in action in two games in Perth, which means that it is

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international window or international break time for the ladies

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and their club sides. So this week's weekly Wrap

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will have a bit of a recap on the Matilda's two games against Slovenia.

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So the first game on Thursday night the Matildas win beat

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Slovenia 30 and they followed it up on Sunday evening

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with a 10 draw. So let's talk

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a little bit about the players and I guess my thoughts on

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the two games and in particular it was great to see Emily Gilnick,

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Holly McNamar and Haley Razzo as the goal scorers. Was it

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great? Well yes, of course it was but good to see them on the score

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sheet. And Michelle Heyman, she scored the only goal in the second game

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in that one old draw. So of course first games of

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Joe Montemuro's tenure as the Matilda's coach

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and the game plan was quite clear to see. I thought it's

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a possession based progressive, that sort of modern style

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of play, very attacking and, and sort of,

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you know, looking to keep the ball and recycle it and work it

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down the field. So I thought the third, the, the first game,

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you know, the scoreline really flattered the Matilda's three nil.

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You know they, they turned a lot, there was,

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you know, lots of force passes and Slovenia,

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you know, when they did apply a little bit of pressure, it did look like

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the team somewhat cracked under that pressure and Slovenia had plenty of

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really good chances but just it seemed like

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the shooting boots didn't turn up from that long haul flight with

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them for that first game. But look,

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you know, it was rectified to a degree in that second game.

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The girls looked a little bit more comfortable and I guess, you know,

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hopefully we'll see them be even more comfortable with this new style

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of play under Joe Montemuro in the two games coming up against Panama.

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But definitely really good to see some opportunities

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for the fringe and squad players as well with some of the regulars out

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being rested or out injured at the

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moment. So you know, I guess one of the interesting points from

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the game I thought was Alana Kennedy moving into midfield. Of course

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we know that she plays there for her club side Angel FC

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in the nwsl. So that

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that could be a move that becomes a little bit more permanent. And we did

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see Joe talk about that a little bit more after the second game where he

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was talking about the importance of one of the holding

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midfielders dropping in between the two centre backs when the Matilda's

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have the ball. And it allows them, the fullbacks to be released and

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play further up the pitch. So it gives a bit of COVID in

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those defensive areas of course. So Alana partnered Kyra

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Cooney Cross who has become a bit of a mainstay in that midfield.

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So that'll be interesting of course. And we're yet to

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see Katrina Gorey as part of the squad as

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well. So how that sort of midfield jigsaw piece

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or puzzle works will be quite interesting. But look,

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plenty of positives to take from the first two games against Slovenia. I thought now

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there will be a bit of a turnover in the squad so we'll

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see eight players leave and eight players replacing them. So the

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eight players that will be leaving after these two games against Slovenia will be Mackenzie

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Arnold, Ellie Carpenter, Kyra Cooney Cross, Winona Heatley,

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Alana Kennedy, Remy Siemenson, Caitlin Torby and Jada Wyman.

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And the players that will be coming into the squad to replace

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them will be Alexia Apostolakis. And yes,

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listeners from last week and previous weeks, I have been taking

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Greek lessons to get that surname. Here's another tongue twister.

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Jacinta, Gala, Badarachi,

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Briley Henry, Sally James, Grace,

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Kui Lamu, Chloe Lincoln and Adriana Taranto

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will be joining the squad. Another one to note with this

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Matilda squad is Sian Fryer. She has been medically ruled

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out from the squad with a lower leg injury and she will not be replaced.

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So don't be expecting to see Sian in the upcoming

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games against Panama. So a bit unfortunate for her,

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but no doubt she'll be firmly in Joe Montemuro's

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plans moving forward. All right, so that's it for the women for this this week

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let's jump over to the men and let

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start in Japan. So Thomas Deng, he got

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a full game against FC Tokyo in midweek. It was a 3 nil

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loss there as Yokohama F

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Marinos continued to struggle on the weekend they played Shonan

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Belmar and it was a one all draw. So slightly

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improved but still a long way to go if Yokohama F Marinos

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are to starve off relegation. How the mighty have fallen.

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Of course they were champions only a couple of seasons ago.

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Now Jason Jerria, he was in the match

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day squad for Albert Niigata against Kawasaki

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Frontale, but that did not make

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the pitch unfortunately in that midweek game. Some are saying

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it was a tactical move to save him for the soccer derby against Mitch Dukes

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Machida Zelvia. But I'll let you be the judge of that so

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I probably should cover that game. And Jason did play the full game

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in that one on the weekend, but unfortunately Mitch

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Duke's side prevailed four nil in that one. Juki came

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off the bench and got 14 minutes in that game. So interesting

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results there in Japan. Now let's jet over to Finland and Mitchell

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Glasson, he got 18 minutes for his side KTP as

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they won 32 over FF E arrow there.

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Now let's head to the US and A and some

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are calling him Super Sub Smithy. Yes, that's right. Brad Smith

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in midweek he got 5 minutes in FC Cincinnati's

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31 win over CF Montreal there

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in midweek. He then got 11 minutes on the weekend in FC

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Cincinnati's 21 win over Orlando City. So maybe

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a good luck charm. We're not too sure there but well done

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to Brad for continuing continuing to push for some

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minutes there for his club side. Now Patrick Yazbeck, he got

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a full game for Nashville in midweek against New England revolution in a 32

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away win there. He followed it up on the weekend

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in yet another Socceroos derby as Nashville

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went out one nil winners over D.C. united. So the

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other soccer we should talk about in that game was Kyros

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who played the full game in defense for D.C. united but unfortunately

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was unable to keep out Patrick Yazbeck's Nashville side there.

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Nashville it should be noted on a 13 game undefeated

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streak. So well done to Patrick and his side there in the mls. They are

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absolutely flying now to a couple of young guns.

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Ariyaf piol. He got 26 minutes for Al Salt Lake in their 10 draw

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with Sporting Kansas City. Unfortunately his fellow Australian

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Lachlan Brook, he didn't make it onto the field in that game. But it

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is good to see Piol continue to get his minutes in his

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legs after his move from MacArthur in mid season.

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Mid season in the A League I should say now to another Aussie,

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Jake Girwood Reich. He was on the bench for St. Louis 42

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loss to Orlando City in midweek. However he did get 76 minutes

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at the weekend in a one nil loss to Houston Dynamo.

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All right, so that is it for the weekly wrap. Next up

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we'll have our players of the week.

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It was a tough choice this week for our women's player but

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it, you know we, we could have went with the fairy tale return of Emily

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Gilnick. Scoring within a couple of minutes of her return to the Matilda

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squad could have been the return of Hayley Rasso and her rasping

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goal. But let's go with Holly McNamara,

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the second goal scorer in the first game against Slovenia.

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In that 30 win, she finally broke her duck

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on her 10th appearance for the Matildas which is really great to see.

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Hopefully it's the first of many for Holly in green and gold. She's certainly

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one to watch for the future and she's also just announced her re signing

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for Melbourne City in the A League women. So a

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great week for Holly there. Now as for the men,

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we've we've managed to find a player of the week this week.

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It was a really tough search. If, if I'm honest I had to had to

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go to every corner of the globe to find this man but the

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award goes to John Iredale who is playing in

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the Korean Republic second Division. He was

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called upon off the bench, he came on and he scored for his side Seoul

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Eland in their one all draw against Changnam Asan

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fc. So good to see from John and hopefully

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lads you can pick up your game and give me some more options next week.

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I beg of you. Anyway, all right, well that is

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it for another week of the Aussie Football Passport. I hope you enjoyed the

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next episode and goodbye for now.