Socceroos Secure Sixth World Cup Qualification!

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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 what a week it was for

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the mighty Socceroos. They only went to Saudi Arabia and

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won. Can you believe it? Six straight World Cups.

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I'm in shock. I mean if you told me this all those years

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ago as a kid, I dead set would not have believed you.

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Look, incredible stuff. But look, we've got plenty to get through this

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week so let's jump straight into the headlines.

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Foreign now

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let's start with transfer news because there is plenty this week.

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Let's kick it off with Casey. Boss, he as we mentioned last week

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he was looking to move to FSV mines and that has been

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confirmed. So we will have another Aussie in the Bundesliga

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next year. He signed a four year deal with the club and it is

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believed that Melbourne Victory will receive 5,500,000 Euros as the

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transfer fee. Even though it is undisclosed

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in some sources. Some sources are saying that is what Melbourne Victory will

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get for Casey. So that's incredible stuff.

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Looking forward to tracking Casey's progress next season.

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Now to the UK and Cameron Burgess.

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He has left Ipswich Town on a free transfer and

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signed a three year deal with Swansea City in the championship,

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the second tier in England. So, so he will not

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move up or down a division. He will be in

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the championship which is where his former side Ipswich will also

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play. No doubt Cameron's made that move to get a few

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more minutes as he looks to secure his side in his

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spot in the soccero side for the upcoming World Cup.

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Now that we've qualified Daniel Arzani, well, he has joined

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Feren Cavasi. Oh, sorry, that is terrible

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pronunciation but it is in Hungary, the club he is joining on a

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free transfer from Melbourne Victory. So Daniel will be looking to relaunch

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his career in Europe after the stint in Scotland

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that was. He had a few issues of course,

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but we wish Daniel all the best. So that will be one we will

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keep an eye on in future pods. Another one. Well, guess what,

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we've got another Aussie heading to Scotland. Can you believe it?

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This time it's Zach Sapsford. He's joining Dundee United

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from Western Sydney. Wonders for an undisclosed fee.

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It's a three year deal for the forward, so very

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good stuff. He will be joining fellow Australian Ryan Strain at the club and

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they will be participating in Europe in this upcoming

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season. So hopefully Zach will get a few minutes there and

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he'll look to put himself in the Socceroos conversation with that move no

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doubt. Now another one we drop down to the lower

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tiers of England and Gethin Jones has left Bolton at

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the end of his contract and he will join MK Dons on a free transfer.

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So he will actually drop down a division to the fourth division

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in the English football pyramid or as it's known League

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2. So well done to Gethin for

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the move but yeah, would have thought he would have stayed in League one.

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But anyway that is what is happening. All the, all the confirmed

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transfers for this week I should say. Let's head to the rumor mill

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and it looks like Grasshopper and Rapid Veen

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are the clubs that believe to be the front runners to take Nestery

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Iron Kunda on a loan from Bayern Munich for

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next season with Bayern not wanting to sell the winger.

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So we will keep you posted with that one as we know transfers can move

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and change very quickly. Speaking of Adrian Sega,

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well he was on the verge of a move from Sydney FC

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to Rapid Vienna in Austria. However, he had his head turned

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by interest in the English section division and

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the front runner is believed to be Portsmouth who of course bought

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in two Australians in the January transfer window in Thomas Waddingham

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and Hayden Matthews. So let's see how that one plays

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out. It does look like Adrian will get a move one way

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or another. I highly doubt we will see him in sky blue for Sydney FC

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next season, so let's hope Adrian can find a

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club. All right. Nectar Triantis.

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He's getting a lot of interest from clubs despite his parent

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club Sunderland winning promotion to the English top flight.

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So he did have that successful second loan spell at Hibbs.

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Yes, that's right. He's been there twice on loan. He became a bit

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of a club favorite this season. Got plenty of, you know,

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minutes and a call up to the Socceroos squad as well, which was well

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earned. There's clubs both sides of the Atlantic looking at him

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in the MLS and all throughout the

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uk, so it will be very interested. Sunderland reportedly want

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a fee of £1,000,000 for his services if

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a club were to take him off their hands. So no doubt there

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will be more to come into this story as we roll

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forward with that one. Just a side note, with Nectar, it is

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believed that his club future was the reason for him withdraw drawing from

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the latest Socceroo squad. So let's see if he does have a change

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of heart in terms of national team representation and

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where he ends up in clubland.

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Now talking of national teams Big

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news for the Joeys or the under 17s men's squad.

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Brad Maloney has actually stepped down as the coach. A bit

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of a shame. He was in charge for three years and did some wonderful work.

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He guided decide to two AFC under 17 cups

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or appearances at the AFC Cups,

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I should say, as well as winning the under 16A championship.

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So his last three games in charge were 21 win over

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Vietnam, 21 win over Saudi Arabia. Seems to be a bit of a theme

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for our men's sides and a 52 loss to

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China. So we wish Brad all the best in his future endeavors.

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And he did wonderful work with the junior

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sides, junior national sides. So good stuff there.

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Now over to the under 20 boys.

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They went down to Argentina, unfortunately this time

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it was a 2 nil loss. So there will be plenty of work

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for the lads to do as they build towards that under 20

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World cup in September. And we will keep you updated on what is

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happening with that squad as it is very exciting times after that

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Asian cup win earlier in the year. Now, as we step

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up an age group to the under 23s. They beat

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the South Korean under 23s 2 nil in Korea

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in that one. So they ended the series of two games undefeated

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with the nil or draw, as we reported last week. So the

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goal scorers in that two nil victory were Garon Qual, the forgotten man at

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Newcastle United. Over in England, another one that no doubt will be

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looking to move to greener pastures considering his limited game

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time there. And Alessandro Lana, who of course plays

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in the A League now, as we reported at the top

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of the show. How about those socceroos? Incredible stuff.

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They're off to the World cup next year with that 21 victory over

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Saudi Arabia. Conor McCarth and Mitchell Duke, where the goal scorers in

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that one. And who'd have thought the two toughest games of that draw have ended

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with soccero's wins. Just, just incredible stuff, really.

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And it all means that Tony Popovich remains undefeated

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as the Socceroos coach since he's taken charge.

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So great stuff from Popper, great stuff from the Socceroos.

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And that is a perfect way to wrap up the news headlines.

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Let's head over to the Weekly Wrap in just a sec.

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All right, it is weekly wrap time and let's start with the ladies

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in Sweden, Polly Doran. Well, she had a pretty tough

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week at the office for her club side Linkoping there.

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First of all, it was a five nil loss to BK Hacken. She got

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five minutes in that One. So lots of fives in that game and

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then she followed it up on the weekend with 19 minutes in a three

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nil loss to Rosengard. So very tough week for Polly.

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We our hearts go out to her. AV Luik,

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she plays for BK Hacken and she got the full game in that 5 nil

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win against Polydorens. Linko ping there.

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AV backed it up on the weekend with another full game in a 60

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win over Aika. And guess

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who was in goal for aok? Yes, it was Jada Wyman.

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So another tough day at the office. So yeah,

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not, not particularly great for our ladies in Sweden,

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but there are two more that we need to report on and they are Amy

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sayer, she got 82 minutes and two assists for Christian Stud

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in a two all draw against Brom Polkiana.

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Uh, so yes, that is a bit of a mouthful and apologies to all

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of our Swedish listeners out there. Uh, Remy siemenson, she got

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70 minutes in that same game as well. So great to see from both

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of them. In Denmark, Winona Heatley,

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she played the full game for FC Nordschland in their nil or

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draw with Fortuna. So playing in centre

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back in that one. Well done to Winona, keeping that clean sheet.

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Let's head across to the Atlantic. And Alana

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Kennedy, she played 85 minutes for Angel

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City in a 21 loss to North Carolina Courage in

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what we are calling the Matilda's derby for this week purely

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because we didn't really want to draw too much attention to that

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Polydoren vs. AV Lewick game and that 5 nil thumping.

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But also yes, because there was a significant performer

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in that game and we will get to that one later in the show.

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All right, let's head over to the men and we will stay stateside

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where Jake Girdwood Reich, he got 25 minutes for St.

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Louis in their 3 all draw with LA Galaxy

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in the MLS. And Patrick Yazbeck

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following up from his Socceroos day. Sorry,

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Socceroos appearances I should say. He got 15 minutes for Nashville in their

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2 nil win over Chicago Fire. So that is great

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to see for Patrick continuing that good form there. Ky Rawls,

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he played the full game for DC United in a 2 nil. Lost to Rail

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Salt Lake in another Aussie derby. And for Rail

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Salt Lake there are a couple of Aussies with Lachlan Brook

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coming on in stoppage time in that one and getting handful of minutes along

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with Ariaf Piol who continues to be a bit of an impact sub there.

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21 minutes. He got pharrell Salt Lake in that win

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and former socceroo Brad Smith he got

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seven minutes for FC Cincinnati in their one nil

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win over New England Revolution. And that wraps our

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boys in the States. Let's head over to Japan. And Mitchell

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Duke after his match winning goal against Saudi Arabia he got

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19 minutes for Makita. Sorry,

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Zelvia in their 21 win over Shonan Belmar in

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the J League. Thomas Deng, he got the full game for Yokohama

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F Marinos but it was a one nil loss against Albert

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Snegarta. Of course Yokohama, they're coached by Paddy Kiznorbo,

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the former Melbourne City coach and they are now rock bottom

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of the J League. Very unfortunate for them and it's

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been a really tough season. Also, just a quick note that Jason Garia

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did not take a part in Albert's side in

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that game. All right, now let's head to Europe and

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there were a couple of lads playing in Europe.

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Let's start in Finland where Mitchell Glasson got 45 minutes

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for KTP as they went down 21 to 159

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there. So Mitchell's continued to get

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minutes in Finland which is good to see. Now let's head to Italy

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where we have a Serie B playoff.

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And Adam Trustic, he got the full game for Salernitana in

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their two nil loss to Sampdoria. So it is

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played over two legs and it is between the 16th and 17th

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place sides in the Italian second division to see who will keep

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their city B status or who will be relegated to Seti Chi.

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So a big game for Aden and he will

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have his second leg of that game. Of course

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the first leg was, I should mention was played in Sampdoria in

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Genoa where they, where their stadium

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is of course and they will have Salernitana

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will play at home in that second leg. So it

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will be a bit of a tough one, you know, having to overturn that 2

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nil aggregate score. So they will need

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to win by 3 goals. And no doubt Salerni Tana will need

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some Adams rustic magic which, which we know he can produce as he has done

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in green and gold many times before. All right,

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so that is the weekly wrap. Next it will be players of

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All right, Players of the week. And as we alluded to earlier in

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that Matilda's derby, in that the usa,

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Courtney vine, she is our women's player of the week because it

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is great to see her come back progressing for North Carolina

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Courage. And it keeps going from strength to strength. She played

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68 minutes in that game and scored a goal in that 21 victory

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over Alana Kennedy's Angel City. So great stuff for Courtney

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Vine. Great to see her back and in amongst the

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goals now. So long. May it continue for her and we will keep you updated

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as she progresses presses through that season.

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Now to our Men's Player of the Week. It was a tough choice from the

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Socceroos action. We've made mention of the goal scorers, Connor Metcalfe

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and Mitch Duke earlier in the pod, but it was pretty difficult

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to go past our man at the other end, Matty Ryan. Not only

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was it his, not only was it his 100th cap in that game,

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he also made a crucial penalty save in the 21 win over Saudi Arabia.

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So the performance capped a wonderful 2025 for

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Matt who turned around his club career with that transfer from Roma to

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Lons. He also won his soccer spot back off Joe

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Gauchi. So well done captain. Fantastic.

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Of course there are a little bit of rumors about whether he will still be

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at launch at in the 2526 season.

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We will keep you updated. Of course his coach has left for Southampton so

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it may mean Matty will will be on the move yet

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again. But stay tuned here. We will keep you posted.

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Well that's it folks for another week of the Aussie

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Football Passport. I really hope you enjoyed the episode.

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and Matildas over the coming week with some special guests. I look forward to bringing

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that to you later on in the week or into next week.

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But for now thanks for listening and I'll see

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you in the next episode. Goodbye for now.