HO CHI MINH CITY (1 May 2015) – The Australian Under-20 team made a bright start to their Group A campaign of the AFF Women’s Championship when they pummeled Thailand 3-0 this evening at the Thong Stadium. Using mostly players from the university league with a smattering of players from the senior side, Thailand just…
SYDNEY (20 April 2015) – The penultimate round of the Hyundai A-League season had a little bit of everything. Epic comebacks, red cards, 20 goals and a milestone man delivering the goods. What a thriller at the ‘Cake Tin’. Phoenix produced an astonishing fightback to overturn a two-goal half-time deficit to win 3-2 thanks to…
SYDNEY (1 April 2015) – Australia are the only ASEAN team to get an automatic ticket for the AFC U23 Championship 2016 after winning all their matches in Group F of the qualifiers. Andrew Hoole scored a hat-trick as Australia downed ASEAN neighbours Myanmar 5-1 last night to complete their nine points haul from three…
SYDNEY (31 March 2015) – Australia were held to a dour 0-0 by Macedonia on Monday but coach Ange Postecoglou insists it bodes well for their joint 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying campaign. The home side’s stubborn defence and a bumpy pitch blunted the Socceroos’ attack and there was to be no…
SYDNEY (26 March 2015) – James Troisi and Mile Jedinak were both on target as the 2015 AFC Asian Cup winners earned a highly creditable 2-2 draw with world champions Germany on Wednesday. The Socceroos, who were crowned champions of Asian in January thanks to their 2-1 defeat of Korea Republic in Sydney, fell behind…
SYDNEY (5 March 2015) – Guangzhou Evergrande came out on top in a battle of the past and present Asian champions as the 2013 AFC Champions League winners defeated current title holders Western Sydney Wanderers in a 3-2 victory in Australia, thanks in large part to Brazil international Ricardo Goulart’s hat-trick, that capped an enthralling series of encounters on Matchday Two of…