Socceroos Shake-Up, Tough Draw for Young Matilda's and Vote 1, Step Cately!

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Foreign hello

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

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favourite Aussie men and women who are playing their club careers abroad. I'm your

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host Alex and it's another big week for our Aussies abroad.

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We find out the young Matilda's opponents for the Asian cup next year.

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The Socceroo squad is announced for the games against Venezuela

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and Colombia. The Joey squad is also announced for their Asian cup

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qualifiers. And there's also more awards for our Matildas and

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a whole lot more. So let's get straight into it with the headlines.

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Headlines time and let's start with our

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award. Steph Catley has been nominated for the Best Best FIFA Women's

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Eleven players have been nominated due to their performances from 11

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August 2024 to 2 August

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2025. The defender has been named on

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the 88 player shortlist for the awards with fans able

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to vote. So we will put the link in the show notes so you can

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go and vote for Steph. I do believe you have to have a FIFA

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account to do so. Now moving on to the young Matildas and

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as is Australian tradition when it comes to football tournaments,

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they have been drawn in a tough pool for next year's Under 20s Asian

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Cup. They will play Japan, Chinese Taipei and India.

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The tournament will take place from April 1 to April

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18, 2026 across three stadiums in Thailand.

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We wish our girls all the best and we will of course bring you

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that squad and the build up to that tournament over the

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months. Karl Viet, he has named his 23

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player squad to represent Australia in the upcoming Under

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17 Asian Cup 2026 qualifiers

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in Jordan this month. There are two not only

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new faces in the squad but ones who are playing their club football overseas and

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they are Jiraiya Shah who is playing for Manchester

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United's under 18 side and he'll be familiar with a particular lad that

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we will talk about later in the podC and Lenny van Heer who plays

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for Jurgardens in Sweden. The boys will be

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playing in group E and face off against host

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Jordan before games against Bhutan, Philippines and Iraq.

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And that begins on November 24th local

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time to November 30th local time.

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All games will be hosted at the Akbar Stadium

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in Akbar, Jordan. And of course we will keep you updated with how the lads

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get on in the qualifiers. Now to the seniors and

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Tony Popovich has made 11 changes for

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the upcoming matches against Venezuela and Colombia in the United States.

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What's a just a little bit of

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change in in this new squad, isn't it? There's seven potential

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debutantes and five Australian based players that have been named in the

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Socceroo squad. Keeping true to his word about casting the net wide,

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Popper has picked this young man who we alluded

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to just a moment ago. James Overy who plays his club football for

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Manchester United in the under age squads

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and Danny Urich who plays for Whistler Plok.

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I guess they received their first Socceroos call ups. Craig Goodwin

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from Adelaide United is the only capped A leagues men's player

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chosen is joined in the team by Sydney FC pair

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Paul Ocon Engslar or Paul Ocon Jr. Of course his dad

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is the assistant coach to Tony Popovich. Although I don't think this selection

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is nepotism, I do believe Paul Ocon Engsler has been picked on pure

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merit. If you've caught any of Sydney FC's games this season so far in

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the A League, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. And Al

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Hassan Ture, he will join his brother Mo Toore

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in this squad of course Al Hassan scoring a hat trick for Sydney

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FC a couple of weeks ago against Newcastle jets

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and looking in great form. The other two A leagues

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men's players chosen Melbourne City duo Patrick Beech and Kai

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Truan. So Patrick beach getting in in

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front of Joe Gauchi I believe in this squad there's also

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recalls for Jackson Irvine who of course plays for St. Pauli and

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Riley McGree who plays his club football for Middlesbrough.

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It's the first time that we've seen Jackson Irvine since the

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international squads and Riley McGree since the June squads

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I believe. So of course the lads will play Venezuela first

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up on Saturday Australian time and then face Colombia on Wednesday

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Australian time. And we will bring you a wrap of

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both games in upcoming episodes of the Aussie Football

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Passport. So stay tuned for those.

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Now to the newish segment Injury News

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and this week it has been confirmed that Jada Wyman's injury

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is a knee injury injury. No further details on the

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severity or length of time she will be out for, but once

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that news comes to hand we will certainly let you know.

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Now in terms of Harry Souter, there is a little bit of an update on

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that one. He's continuing his rehabilitation refused clubside.

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Leicester City transfer market has listed his return as

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the end of the year so let's hope he hits that target and

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he is raring to go for the March international window for

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our Socceroos. Now another update and another

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defender, Alessandro Circati. Tests have revealed

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his injury. The scans have confirmed that there is a significant ligament

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tear in his right ankle. Unfortunately, the defender has

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begun treatment and rehabilitation on this injury,

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though his recovery is expected to take at least six weeks and it

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rules him out for the remainder of 2025 and

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will be targeting a return to club football in

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January. So we wish Alessandro a speedy recovery.

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Adrian Sega he is listed to return from his injury

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at the start of December. Of course that is according to transfer markets,

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but we will keep you updated if there is any more news on that one.

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So that's it for the news headlines this week. We'll get

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into the weekly wrap shortly.

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It's weekly wrap time and let's start with our ladies in USA the

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Portland Thorns through to the next round of the NWSL

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playoffs after they defeated san Diego wave 1 nil after extra

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time. So an absolute nail biter in that one.

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MacKenzie Arnold played the full game and kept a vital clean

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sheet in that one. Of course playing in goal, Caitlin Torpy

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started and played an hour against her former club and was very

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good. From all reports, Morgan Aquino started in goal for

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DC Power in the USL. They went down 1 nil

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to Brooklyn so that is not ideal for

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Morgan. It looks like her side season is falling apart at the

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business end. Now let's go to Mexico where CF Monterey

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drew one all with Club America in the first leg of the Apertura

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playoff quarterfinals. Emily Gilnick came off the bench in

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the 64th minute and had a positive effect helping her side grab

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the equalizer and put the tie on the knife's edge

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as it headed to the second leg. However, it all

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fell apart. She was an unused substitute as her side suffered a heavy

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five nil defeat in that second leg match.

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It means their season is over. They went down to 10 players

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in that one with a red card, eventually ending the game with nine and

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you can start to see why it was a 5 nil defeat. So unfortunate

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end to the season for Emily and it will be interesting to see if she

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sits around with CF Monterrey next season or

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if she returns to Australia or somewhere else abroad. We will certainly let you

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know once we know. Now let's head to Sweden where Courtney

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Nevin started and played 78 minutes at left back for

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Malmo in their comprehensive 40 win over North Kopping,

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which means Malmo will play in European

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football next season, which is great to hear and

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that is regardless of the result in the final match day next weekend.

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Daniela Galic she started, played the full game and picked up an

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assist for Vizio as They were defeated 2:1 by Vaxio

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the positive is that she continues her good form and keeps the pressure

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on Mr. Joe Montemuro to select her in the next international

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window. Surely she gets her chance.

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Amy Sayer she started and played 62 minutes while

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Remy Seemson came off the bench in the second half to play 28 minutes

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in Christian Studs to all draw with Linkoping.

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Polydoran played the full game at right back for link opening

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in that one. Now let's head to England where Arsenal drew one all

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with Chelsea in a hard fought contest at the Emirates.

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Caitlin Ford and Steph Cutley both started for the Gunners.

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Steph played the full game while Caitlin played 77 minutes.

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Kyra Cooney Cross came into the game as a second half substitute

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and played 20 minutes for Arsenal. Ellie Carpenter

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and Sam kerr both were second half substitutes for Chelsea.

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Ellie played 30 minutes while Sam played 19 minutes.

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The London City Lionesses defeated Tottenham Hotspur

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42 in a bit of an upset there it must be said, of course.

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London City Lionesses, newly promoted for this season in

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the wsl now getting back to the game

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

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an unused substitute. Alana Kennedy entered late in

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the second half for London City playing five minutes in that

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very good win for her side. West Ham finally

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earned their first point of the season with a one all draw against Leicester

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City. Katrina Gorey started for the hammers and played 76 minutes

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in midfield while her compatriot Emily Van Egbon started for

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Leicester and played 68 minutes also in midfield.

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Claire Wheeler started and played the full game in midfield

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for Everton in their 21 loss to Manchester City. Mary Fowler was

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not in City squad as she continues to work her way back from injury

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now to round out the action in England. Charlie's rule played 87

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minutes at right back for Brighton in their one all draw with Liverpool.

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Now to Germany where Hayley Russo played 18 minutes off

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the bench in Eintracht Frankfurt's one all draw with Cologne

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in midweek German league action. She then backed it up at the weekend

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in another league game, starting and playing 62 minutes in Frankfurt's

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32 win over Wolfsburg. Jamila Rankin she started and

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played the full game at left back for hoffenheim in their 21 win over

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Freiburg in midweek league action. She then backed it up on

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the weekend in another league game. This time she played at centre back but

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unfortunately for her and her side they went down 1

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nil to Cologne. Now to Italy where we

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must continue to talk about defenders, but unfortunately it's not

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a positive story. It is Winona Heatley who was sent off

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in the first half after a second yellow card in the 21st minute

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which left her side vulnerable. Roma suffered a

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52 defeat to Fiorentina as a result and

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not ideal for Winona. Hopefully she bounces back soon once she

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serves her suspension. Sassuolo came back from two goals

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behind to draw two all with Inter Milan. Jessica Nash started and

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played the full game while Jacinta Galabadrachi was an unused

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substitute. Alex Chidiak started and played 76 minutes

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helping her side FC Como to a 42 win over Ternana

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to round out the women's action for this week. Now let's

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get some updates on how our men abroad are going and let's start in the

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championship where Cameron Burgess played a full game for Swansea

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City in a 21 loss to Preston North End in midweek.

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He then played the full game for Swansea in their 41

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loss to his former club Ipswich Town on the weekend. It was

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however continuing the theme of Winona Heatley, a difficult outing

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for Cameron who was involved in both of Ipswich's second

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half goals and by that I mean they were own goals.

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So it extended their unbeaten run

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to four matches at Ipswich Town. That is so unfortunate returns

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for Cameron in that one. Now Nestry Erin Kunde came off the bench in

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the 83rd minute for Watford as they drew one all with Ipswich Town.

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That was in midweek. He then started and played 61

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minutes for his side Watford as they drew one all with Bristol City on the

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weekend. So history repeating itself this week for Nestor Iron Kunda

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Bit of Groundhog Day Lewis Miller he continues his

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impressive form for Blackburn Rovers playing the full 90 minutes

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in their one nil win over Bristol City in midweek. It marked his

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fourth consecutive full match and Blackburn's third straight

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victory as they continued to climb the table.

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However, his luck was to change on the weekend and

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Blackburn's for that matter as well. He still managed to play a full game

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but they lost 21 to Callum Elders. Derby County

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Elder completed the full 90 minutes in that

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one and provided an assist for one of Derby's goal,

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capping off an excellent week after earning

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that pre call to the Socceroo squad going back

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to midweek. Callum Elder did play the entire match for Derby county

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and guess what, they had another 21 win this time over Hull City who of

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course was Callum Elder's former club as well. So some

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weird sort of inception stuff happening there. But anyway

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that's Football for you, isn't it? Riley McGray he came off the bench in the

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63rd minute as Middlesbrough drew one all with Leicester City.

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Sam Silvera also came off the bench for the final 10

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minutes in that one. Riley McGree then started and played 61 minutes

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as Mills were beat highly fancied at Birmingham City 2 1.

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It was the midfielder's first start of the season after returning from

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injury and it's fair to say he made an immediate impact with his

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energy and sharpness and we look forward to seeing that in green and gold

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in this upcoming international window. Sam Silvera

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he also came off the bench against Birmingham city and played 26

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minutes in that one. Of course Millsborough having some

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interesting times with their coach in the frame for

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the Wolverhampton Wolves job in English Premier League,

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so let's hope it doesn't disable Middlesbrough's season and

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particularly of course Riley McGree and Sam Silvera's minutes for

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that matter. Now let's head down a division to League one where

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Joe Gauche was in goal for Port Vale in a heavy 4 nil

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loss to Bolton. Alex Robertson, he started and

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played 68 minutes for Cardiff City in a 31 loss to Blackpool

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FC on the weekend and rounding

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out Ligue 1 action, Rafael Borges Rodriguez played the full game for

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Wigan Athletic in their one all draw with Exodus City now

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staying in England but dropping to the underage category

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where we're keeping an eye on James Overy who of course

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was called up to this Socceroos squad for the November international

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window. He featured for Manchester United's under 18 side in a

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nil or draw with Leeds under 18's side.

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Now let's head to Scotland where Nicholas Milanovic came

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off the bench in the 75th minute whilst Kusuni Yengi and

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Nick Suman were unused substitutes for Aberdeen in their Conference

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League. Neil all draw with AEK Lanaka FC

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then at the weekend we had a one all draw between

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Aberdeen and Motherwell. Apostolos Stomatilopoulos played

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65 minutes, Johnny Katrumbas played the full

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game and Oscar Priestman played 12 minutes for Motherwell.

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Drasuni Yengi and Nick Suman were again unused

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substitutes for Aberdeen while Nicholas Milanovic was not

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in the matchday squad altogether, which is a little bit of

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a worrying sign for Nicholas, but let's hope he bounces

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back into the squad sooner rather than later. All right. Martin Boyle

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he played 69 minutes while Jack Iredale played a full game for

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Hibernian in a three nil win over Keanu Backus St.

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Mirren on the weekend. Backus played the full game

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for his side. Cameron Devlin played a full game for Hart

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in a 10 draw with Dundee United for whom Zach Sapsford played

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the full 90 minutes. Also Tetty Yangi played the full game

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for Livingston in their one all draw with Falkirk. And of course Ryan McGowan

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continues his rehabilitation from that nasty injury

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infection. Rounding out the action in Scotland. Now let's

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head to Germany where Conor Metcalfe started and played 82 minutes. He also

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provided an assist whilst Jackson Irvine came off the bench in the 68th

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minute in St Pauli's 21 loss to SC Freiburg.

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Now to Spain where Matt Ryan made eight saves in an impressive

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display for his side Levante. That is despite

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his side going down 31 to Atletico

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Madrid in La Liga action. Now dropping

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down to the Spanish second division where Alan McGill played the full

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game for his side Castellon in Daniel or draw with Bergos

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Croatia and Fran Karasic came off the bench in the 95th

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minute whilst Anthony Kallik was an unused substitute for Hajic

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Split in their two nil win over NK Ostrich in Croatian

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league action on the weekend. Now to the Netherlands where Max Ballard played a full

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game for NAC breda as they lost 21

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to FC Volden Dam, Denmark and Paul Ito was

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in goal for Randers while Mohamed Toure play also played

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a full game in an unfortunate 2 nil lost to second place FC

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Michieland. However in more positive news Mohammed Toure was

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joined on the field by Musa Toure. They both started a league

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match for the very first time. That was due to

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a late injury in the warm up that saw Musa Toure promoted

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to the starting lineup and it caps off a special week for

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the Toure family with Al Hasan Toure, the eldest of the

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three brothers receiving his first soccers call up of

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course on the back of his maiden professional hat trick for

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Sydney FC against Newcastle Jets a couple of weeks ago and as we mentioned

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earlier in the show. Now to Norway where Nick D' Agostino and Gianni

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Stenson both featured for Viking FK in their 30 win

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over Ham Chem on the weekend.

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Stenson played the full match in defense whilst D' Agostino

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came off the bench in the 79th minute as Viking moved a step

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closer to securing the Norwegian League title. That victory

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keeps Viking four points clear at the top of the table with two match days

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remaining. Those second place bodoglympt still have a game

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in hand so this one could go right down to the wire.

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The result on the weekend for Viking ensures that they

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qualify for the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds for next season.

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So well done to Viking and their players

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there. Now to Poland where Denny uric played the

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first half for second place Whistler Plock in a 10

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draw with Moto Lublin in Polish league action on the weekend

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and we look forward to seeing if Denis gets some minutes in

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this socceroos side in these

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upcoming games against Venezuela and Colombia. Now let's head to Czechia

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where Garon Qual came off the bench in the 78th minute for Sparta Prague

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in a two all draw draw with FK to plecche.

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Now to the US and A for

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MLS action where it is down to the business end where we're talking

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playoffs. Aidan O' Neill played the full game for New York City FC in

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a 31 win over Charlotte FC which secures

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their progression to the next round and unfortunately knocks Charlotte

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FC out. Fellow Aussie Archie Goodwin featured

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for Charlotte coming off the bench in the 61st minute to provide an

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assistant side's only goal in that one. Patrick Yazbek.

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He started and played the first half for Nashville in a four

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nil loss to Inter Miami in the decisive game

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three. Unfortunately it means Inter Miami go through to the next

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round and that means Patrick Yazbek season is over.

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Now to Japan to round out the weekly wrap where Jason Garia started

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and played 57 minutes for Alberto Niigata in a 52

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loss to Shonen Belmar. All right, that is it for the weekly

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wrap. We've got the Players of the week. Next up,

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Players of the Week and it was pretty hard to

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go past this one. We could have given it to Mackenzie Arnold of course,

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for her outstanding performance for the Portland Thorns in that

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playoff game, but we've decided to give it

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to Avi Luik, whose BK Hacken were

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crowned champions this week in the Swedish Women's League after defeating

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Joe Garden 2 nil. She played the full game and

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it looks to be a nice swan song to her career, making it

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three different countries that she's won league titles in.

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And of course she has played 45 times

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for the Matildas. Well done to Avi and

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let's hope her side finishes with

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another win next week. Just to really put the cherry on top of the

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icing on top of the cake in a wonderful season for BK Hacken.

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Now to our Men's Player of the Week and

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well, it's Arundh Rustic again. He's continued his impressive

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run of form for his club side Heracles Alamello. He provided an

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assist yet again in the 21 win away to Excelsior

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on the weekend. He also played the full match in that

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one and it's back to back league victories and three consecutive wins in all

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competitions for his side. They remain in last place but they're now in touching

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distance of the side above the sides above them I should say.

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And it is all being inspired by our man

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Adam Stitch and no doubts Popper will have his eye on

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him. Bit of bit harsh that he's not made this current socceroo squad in

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my opinion, but no doubt he'll be in the reckoning come World cup time.

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

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And we'll also look to do some more in depth analysis

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of the Socceroos games against Venezuela and Colombia in the

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coming weeks. All right, thanks for listening and I'll catch you in the next episode.

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It's goodbye for now,