Chrissy Walters played for the Young Matildas, most of whom are Under 18 against a China Under 20 side about to play at the World Cup.

China are a powerhouse in women's football but Australia won 2-1 on Saturday with a standout performance from Canberran Bronywn Studman, according to Coach Alen Stajic and 2-0 tonight. Click to continue reading...

Canberran Stephen Domenici opened the scoring for the Joeys in Tashkent yesterday. Danai Gapare also got game time. I'm assuming Chris Bush was injured.See release below.

Question: How many other Canberran or Goulburn Under 16's or younger have ever even been to Uzbekistan?
And who in that age range from this region,if anyone, has ever played a sporting contest in that country? Click to continue reading...

Opportunities for Aussie women on the rise.

Heather Garriock has just returned from an invitation 7-a-side tournament in the UAE. And next she'll be off to America to play.

Young Matildas win, and Aussies off to play in USA league.
FFA Release below.


Three stars of the Westfield Matildas Sarah Walsh, Heather Garriock and Lisa De Vanna are in demand not only in Australia but also internationally. Click to continue reading...

A day before the friendly match against Chile on Wednesday, Sept. 24, members of the Mexico National Soccer Team visited the adidas Sports Performance store in Santa Monica to sign autographs, meet fans and take pictures. Prior to the autograph signing new El Tri head coach Sven-Goran Eriksson walked the floor and shopped for new Adidas threads. Click to continue reading...

After earning his 100th cap for the Croatia National team during a friendly match with Slovenia, Dario Simic has decided to end his national career. He entered the world stage with Croatia in 1996, and he had his big moment in the World Cup of 1998 when he helped his ... Click to continue reading...

Amid the frenzy surrounding Manchester City and the transfer of Robinho sending shockwaves through the world, Glauber Berti was another Brazilian international travelling through the revolving doors at Eastlands. The ‘one-cap wonder' arrives to strengthen Mark Hughes' defensive options. Click to continue reading...

http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/futbol-guille-franco-altidore-cogen/dasftb/20080906dasdaiftb_13/Tes Jozy Altidore nets a hat trick in Villareal's 7-1 victory over San Rafael in a friendly match played this saturday. With all the problems the US is having up front why not give Jozy a call? Click to continue reading...

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Marking one year since the takeover, QPR Chairman Flavio Briatore was the guest last night on BBC Radio London. It was an interesting interview in which Briatore came across very "grounded" and that QPR wouldn't be repeating some of the financial mistakes it made in years past; but certainly not one in which QPR sounded like it was "The Richest Club in the World" or would be spending big any time soon. Click to continue reading...

Friendly internationals, we are told, are not about the result. They're about the performance, and about preparing the team for competitive matches to come. What, then, are we to make of a match when more or less the only thing to come from a friendly match that can so much as remotely be regarded as [. Click to continue reading...

Don't let the above picture fool you. Despite the "friendly" intentions of Austria's nº16 on Gennaro Gattuso (sorry, couldn't resist...), Italy vs. Austria seemed, at times, anything but friendly. In fact as soon as they were up by two goals, the Austrians thought this could very well be exploit-day for them. Click to continue reading...

The respective U21 sides of Finland and Sweden had nothing between them as their friendly match in Turku drew to a close, and the result - one goal for each - reflected the proceedings quite well. The hosts started the game well, with Tomi Petrescu, Perparim Hetemaj, Berat Sadik and Tim Sparv all causing trouble to [. Click to continue reading...

• It's clear that England is really lacking in two positions – left wing and center forward. Steven Gerrard is a very good player and performed well on the left today, but that's not his natural position and he doesn't give England much width. He needs to play in the position Frank Lampard occupied today. Click to continue reading...

• Well, I had it wrong earlier when I said Gareth Barry would be on the left and Steven Gerrard in the middle. The two were reversed to start, though Gerrard ended up drifting inside anyway. Ashley Cole and Wes Brown, the left and right backs, respectively, both needed to get forward and provide some necessary width to the team. Click to continue reading...

Yes, you read correctly.

We've seen this story before. Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard can't play together in the same midfield, but yet England boss Fabio Capello is going to give it another try in today's friendly against the Czech Republic. This should be interesting.

The other surprise in the starting lineup is Gareth Barry, not because of his inclusion but because of his position. Click to continue reading...

• I was disappointed to see how many empty seats there were at Hull City's KC Stadium. I know this was only a friendly, but come on. These players are the future of England's national team, and the already small stadium wasn't even half-full to watch them. • I liked the 4-3-3 employed by Pearce. Click to continue reading...

• I was disappointed to see how many empty seats there were at Hull City's KC Stadium. I know this was only a friendly, but come on. These players are the future of England's national team, and the already small stadium wasn't even half-full to watch them.

• I liked the 4-3-3 employed by Pearce. Click to continue reading...

David Beckham trained withe the English Team yesterday to prepare for a friendly match against the Czech Republic tonight August 20, 2008. Beckham will also be at the Olympic Games in Beijing after for the closing ceremonies when China passes the torch to England for the 2012 Games in London. Credit Beckham Groupie. Click to continue reading...

International friendly match: Portugal are meeting  Faroe Islands Wednesday August 20th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today   Click to continue reading...

International friendly match: Sweden are meeting France Wednesday August 20th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today   Click to continue reading...

Oh, to spend a day living inside Fabio Capello's head. The presumption had been that he would wait until after the friendly match tomorrow night against the Czech Republic at Wembley, but it now seems as if he just control himself, and the announcement has been made. The England captain for the next two years [. Click to continue reading...

International friendly match: Slovenia are meeting Croatia Wednesday August 20th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...

International friendly match: Italy are meeting AustriaWednesday August 20th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...

International friendly match: England are meeting  Czech Republic Wednesday August 20th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today   Click to continue reading...

International friendly match: Scotland are meeting Northern Ireland Wednesday August 20th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today   Click to continue reading...

International friendly match: Denmark are meeting Spain Wednesday August 20th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...

International friendly match: Turkey are meeting Chile Wednesday August 20th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...

International friendly match: Romania are meeting Latvia Wednesday August 20th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...

International friendly match:Russia are meeting Netherlands Wednesday August 20th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...

International friendly match: Norway are meeting Ireland Wednesday August 20th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...

International friendly match: Belarus are meeting Argentina Wednesday August 20th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today   Click to continue reading...

International friendly match: Morocco are meeting Benin Wednesday August 20th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...

Germany's Michael Ballack set up the first goal as Luiz Felipe Scolari's tenure as manager of Chelsea got off to the perfect start as his side sent out a message to the rest of the league Sunday with a highly impressive 4-0 victory over Portsmouth.
It wasn't just that Chelsea won that was so striking: it was the style of the victory. Click to continue reading...

Andrea Dossena has received a timely boost with the news that Italy coach Marcello Lippi has named him in his squad for Wednesday's friendly with Austria.

The Reds full-back completed his first 90 minutes of Premier League action in Saturday's 1-0 win at Sunderland and will now join up with the Italians for what will be Lippi's first match in charge since returning to the post in which he won the 2006 World Cup. Click to continue reading...

Turkish National Team will play a friendly match against Chile. The match will be played in Izmit Ismetpasa Stadium on 20 August.

Goalkeepers

Volkan Demirel (Fenerbahçe), Serdar Kulbilge (Kocaelispor), Tolga Zengin (Trabzonspor)

Defenders

Gökhan Gönül, Uğur Boral (Fenerbahçe) Sabri Sarıoğlu, Servet Çetin, Hakan Kadir Balta (Galatasaray), Serdar Kurtuluş, Gökhan Zan (Beşiktaş), Ceyhun Gülselam (Trabzonspor), İbrahim Kaş (Getafe)

Midfielders

Kazım Kazım, Emre Belözoğlu (Fenerbahçe), Mehmet Topal, Ayhan Akman, Arda Turan (Galatasaray), Selçuk İnan (Trabzonspor), Serdar Özkan (Beşiktaş), Mehmet Topuz (Kayserispor), Nuri Şahin (Dortmund), Caner Erkin (CSKA Moskova), Tuncay Şanlı (Middlesborough), Mehmet Aurelio,

Forwards

Semih Şentürk (Fenerbahçe), Gökhan Ünal (Trabzonspor), Halil Altıntop (Schalke 04), Mevlüt Erdinç (Sochaux)turkish national soccer team,futbol blogcusu, turk futbolu,avrupa kupasi2008,soccer,fenerbahce,turkey,turkish,chelsea,turk milli takim,turkey soccer,turkish soccer, turkey futbol,fenerbahce, besiktas, galatasaray, trabzonspor, turkey futbol, turkey soccer(football), turkish soccer-football, turkcell super league, ahmet turgut, fatih terim, hakan sukur, tff, hurriyet, futbol, soccer, fussball, football, gol, goal, live scores, canl, live, puan durumu, puan cetveli, standings, results Click to continue reading...

Fabio Capello has named his 23-man roster for England's friendly against the Czech Republic on Wednesday, and there were a couple of surprise absentees, one of which really bothers me.

I can't emphasize enough just how highly I rate Aston Villa's Ashley Young, who had a breakout season last year and was rewarded with a place in the PFA Team of the Year for his efforts. Click to continue reading...