Australian Under 13 team...Aren't we getting serious?

Aussie Under 13 boys and 14 girls teams will be selected from this weeks State trials in Canberra starting Sunday.....oh and btw the fields chosen for our nation's best should suit the least talented!

Fixtures and squads below....


As part of our new place in Asia apparently we need a young girls and boys team. We're getting serious now aren't we!

What age should one start preparing to win a spot in the National Under 13 team?

And as the teams head to Malaysia and Vietnam to represent Australia in June is it really important to be on that team for your development? Really? I think not!





Canberra
10 April 2009



The next generation of Qantas Socceroos and Westfield Matildas will be on show in Canberra from this weekend at the inaugural Football Federation Australia (FFA) National Junior Championships for Under 13 Boys and Under 14 Girls.



241 representative players from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern NSW, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia will have their first taste of national competition at the O’Connor Football Fields.



This new competition has been specifically developed to select national teams at the Under 13 Boys and Under 14 girls age groups for the first time. Both teams will compete at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Festival of Football tournaments which will be held from 24 May to 6 June 2009 in Sabah, Malaysia for the Under 13 Boys and 24 June to 1 July in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam for the Under 14 Girls.



FFA CEO Ben Buckley acknowledged the important role that such events play in the FFA talent identification program .



“While the championships are not the only means of being spotted as a player with potential, this tournament is as important component of our talent identification for young talented players and will be the basis from which we will select national teams for the first time in these two age groups.



“As a member of the Asian Football Confederation, we have more opportunities than ever to participate in high quality opposition that benefits the entire football family in Australia.



“High quality opposition helps us to improve our own standards, quality of play, coaching and facilities; and as the quality of the national teams improves, the impact will be felt down the line to the grassroots players which gives us better standards of competition as a well as a larger pool of potential players for the National Youth League, the Hyundai A-League, Westfield W-League and the national teams,” concluded Buckley.



To coincide with this tournament, FFA today also announced that former Qantas Socceroo Ante Juric has been appointed the Head Coach of the Qantas Australian Under 13 Boys National Football Team and Westfield W-League Coach of the Year, Jeff Hopkins, appointed the Head coach of the Westfield Australian Under 14 Girls National Football Team, with Perth Glory W-League & FFA Scholarship coach Nicola Williams as his assistant coach. In addition, recently retired Westfield Matilda Joey Peters will also work with the Australian Under Under 14 Girls National Team as well as participate in Women’s Football Coaching Course during the festival.




Juric, Hopkins, Williams, along with Westfield Matildas Head Coach Tom Sermanni and FFA Technical Director, Han Berger, will select the respective national teams at the completion of the tournament.




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2009 FFA National Junior Championships

Boys Under 13 and Girls Under 14

12-18 April, 2009

O’Connor Fields, Canberra - ACT



2009 FFA National Junior Championships - Boys Under 13 - Official Draw



Day One – Sunday 12th April 2009

9.30am
Northern NSW
v
Victoria

11.00am
New South Wales
v
Queensland

12.30pm
South Australia
v
Tasmania

2.00pm
Western Australia
v
Australian Capital Territory




Day Two – Monday 13th April 2009

9.30am
Australian Capital Territory
v
New South Wales

11.00am
Northern NSW
v
Western Australia

12.30pm
Victoria
v
South Australia

2.00pm
Tasmania
v
Queensland




Day Three – Tuesday 14th April 2009

9.30am
Victoria
v
Tasmania

11.00am
Australian Capital Territory
v
Northern NSW

12.30pm
Western Australia
v
New South Wales

2.00pm
South Australia
v
Queensland




Day Four – Wednesday 15th April 2009

9.30am
South Australia
v
New South Wales

11.00am
Queensland
v
Australian Capital Territory

12.30pm
Northern NSW
v
Tasmania

2.00pm
Victoria
v
Western Australia




Day Five – Thursday 16th April 2009

9.30am
Australian Capital Territory
v
Victoria

11.00am
Northern NSW
v
South Australia

12.30pm
Queensland
v
Western Australia

2.00pm
Tasmania
v
New South Wales




Day Six – Friday 17th April 2009

9.30am
Queensland
v
Victoria

11.00am
New South Wales
v
Northern NSW

12.30pm
Tasmania
v
Australian Capital Territory

2.00pm
Western Australia
v
South Australia




Day Seven – Saturday 18th April 2009

9.00am
Tasmania
v
Queensland

10.30am
Northern NSW
v
Western Australia

12.00pm
Victoria
v
South Australia

1.30pm
Australian Capital Territory
v
New South Wales






2009 FFA National Junior Championships - Boys Under 13 – Squad Lists



Australian Capital Territory: 1.Nicolas Everett, 2.Antonio Barbaro, 3.William Boag-Taylor, 4.Robert Dojcinovski, 5.Michael Fowler, 6.Alex Gelonesi, 7.David Jenkins, 8.Nicholas Matkovic, 9.Alex Moscaritillo, 10.Andrew Nguyen, 11.Jak Olim, 12.Alex Popovich, 13.Nikolas Popovich, 14.Alex Tilley, 15.Jordan Tskenis, 16.Marin Ugrinic

Coach - Anthony Radford



Northern NSW: 1.Jake Fairhall, 2.Ryan Bailey, 3.Willis Nadfalusi, 4.Ben Butler, 5.Daniel Andrews, 6.Benjamin Hay, 7.Jayden Walker, 8.Andrew Pawiak, 9.Stefan Barrie, 10.Darcy Owens, 11.Reece Papas, 12.Liam Parker, 13.Mitchell Neskovski, 14.Kalen Petrie, 15.Zachary Sneddon, 16.Sam Kerry

Coach - Brett Cowburn



New South Wales: 1.Dylan Vandenberg, 2.Sipan Berti, 3.Bright Appiah, 4.Jordan Nadalin, 5.Kevin Ly, 6.Giuseppe Camera, 7.Richard Blanco, 8.Taron Pelligra, 9.James Baldachino, 10.Mitchell Walker, 11.Adrian Lara, 12.Jake Adelson, 13.Vincent Giannini, 14.Noah Chianese, 15.Brandon Lundy, 16.Blake Tuxford

Coach - Tim Wilson



Queensland: 1.Jordan Thurtell, 2.Reece Dalton, 3.Hayden Dow, 4.Jack Gleadhill, 5.Logan Grillo, 6.Mitchell Hore, 7.Ryan Lee, 8.Aiden Naughton, 9.Conor O’Neill, 10.Stephen O’Neill, 11.Morgan Saunders, 12.Samuel Sibatuara, 13.Fraser Stevens, 14.Tyler Wagstaffe, 15.Mark Willett, 16.Michael Haydock

Coach - Pat Hedges



South Australia: 1.Sam McKechnie-Merrick, 2.Dylan Centrone, 3.Thomas Dama, 4.Jerome Dunphy, 5.Sam Georgiadis, 6.Declan Hamilton, 7.Thomas Hector, 8.Zac Hristodoupoulos, 9.Marc Marino, 10.Christos Poundenis, 11.Shahwali Rezaee, 12.Chris Skull, 13.Dylan Smith, 14.Ante Markulic, 15.Ben Warland, 16.Harrison Stoneham

Coach - Rod Del Nido



Tasmania: 1.Nicholas Becker, 2.Joshua Garland, 3.Alessandro Bellini, 4.Paul Stevens, 5.Tyler Wooldridge, 6.Samuel Ross, 7.Bradley Martin, 8.Nicholas Morton, 9.Joshua Williamson, 10.Jesse Curran, 11.Samuel Orchard, 12.Connor Parke, 13.Digby Ayton, 14.Hayden Jackson, 15.Conor Brownless, 16.Karl Otte

Coach - Mike Denton



Victoria: 1.Nabi Tuna, 2.Jordan Brown, 3.Jarrah Clear, 4.Keiran Dover, 5.Ajdin Hrustic, 6.Anthony Laus, 7.John Maclean, 8.Dimitar Mitkov, 9.Milos Ridesic, 10.Lewis Smirlis, 11.Simon Soumelidis, 12.Harris Stamboulidis, 13.Adem Turcan, 14.James Vafiadis, 15.Ardian Vuniqi, 16.Luke Gallo

Coach - Michael Pichner



Western Australia: 1.Pasquale Gioffre, 2.Leo Athanasiou, 3.Tom Beadling, 4.Gareth Crawley, 5.Daniel De Silva, 6.Anton De Francesch, 7.Harrison Hawkins, 8.Ben Hombert, 9.Jack Iredale, 10.Ben Johns, 11.Billy Jones, 12.Pearse Mckee, 13.Matthew Ntoumenopoulos, 14.Rocco Pizatta, 15.Dejan Spasevski, 16.Daniel Passarelli

Coach - Warren Grieve





2009 FFA National Junior Championships - Girls Under 14 - Official Draw



Day One – Sunday 12th April 2009

10.00am
New South Wales
v
Queensland

11.30am
Northern NSW
v
Victoria

1.00pm
Australian Capital Territory
v
Western Australia

BYE
South Australia




Day Two – Monday 13th April 2009

10.00am
Australian Capital Territory
v
New South Wales

11.30am
South Australia
v
Western Australia

1.00pm
Queensland
v
Northern NSW

BYE
Victoria




Day Three – Tuesday 14th April 2009

10.00am
Northern NSW
v
South Australia

11.30am
Western Australia
v
New South Wales

1.00pm
Victoria
v
Queensland

BYE
Australian Capital Territory




Day Four – Wednesday 15th April 2009

10.00am
Western Australia
v
Victoria

11.30am
Queensland
v
Australian Capital Territory

1.00pm
New South Wales
v
South Australia

BYE
Northern NSW




Day Five – Thursday 16th April 2009

10.00am
Australian Capital Territory
v
Victoria

11.30am
New South Wales
v
Northern NSW

1.00pm
Queensland
v
South Australia

BYE
Western Australia




Day Six – Friday 17th April 2009

10.00am
Victoria
v
New South Wales

11.30am
South Australia
v
Australian Capital Territory

1.00pm
Northern NSW
v
Western Australia

BYE
Queensland




Day Seven – Saturday 18th April 2009

9.30am
Western Australia
v
Queensland

11.00am
South Australia
v
Victoria

12.30pm
Australian Capital Territory
v
Northern NSW

BYE
New South Wales








2009 FFA National Junior Championships - Girls Under 14 - Squad Lists



Australian Capital Territory: 1.Teah Fogarty, 2.Hayley Armstrong, 3.Chloe Gash, 4.Rebecca Collins, 5.Kadee Hollis, 6.Bronte Carlin, 7.Lauren Keir, 8.Monica Cerro, 9.Meg McLaughlin, 10.Amy McLachlan, 11.Gabriella Ciardullo, 12.Stephanie Coates, 13.Carly Nelson, 14.Natalie De Marco, 15.Nia Southwell, 16.Faina Bariesheff

Coach - Erin Frewin



Northern NSW: 1.Sophie Thompson, 2.Emmalee Harris, 3.Jordan Evans, 4.Taylah Smith, 5.Nadja Squires, 6.Claire Cummings, 7.Mikaela Howell, 8.Grace MacIntyre, 9.Madeline Smith, 10.Adianna Jones, 11.Annie Senkalski, 12.Kiera Plumbe, 13.Izzy Cootes, 14.Olivia Price, 15.Iesha Veness, 16.Emma Hayes
Coach - David Smith



New South Wales: 1.Georgia Rowntree, 2.Alisha Bass, 3.Madison Burgin, 4.Melissa Caceres, 5.Annika Clayton, 6.Yvonne Illioglou, 7.Alanna Kennedy, 8.Christina Palumbo, 9.Kristi Pavlicevic, 10.Elizabeth Ralston, 11.Natalie Tobin, 12.Natasha Sterjovski, 13.Jessica Dominello, 14.Lucy Metcalfe, 15.Kristina Janeska, 16.Sharamin Khamis

Coach: Nadine Shiels



Queensland: 1.Eliza Campbell, 2.Riannon Bettini, 3.Sophie Boller, 4.Marnie Boraso, 5.Lauren Brown, 6.Sarah Byers, 7.Stephanie Harrison, 8.Sophie Maguire, 9.Amy Morland, 10.Bronte Rose, 11.Sofie Spelta, 12.Jamie Stanton, 13.Alicia Van Laarhoven, 14.Harriet Withers, 15.Isabella Wyman, 16.Chantelle Ryder

Coach: Keren Thomas



South Australia: 1.Natasha Shelton, 2.Tori Battersby, 3.Ellie Bills, 4.Charlotte Dawe, 5.Kiara Fragomeli, 6.Monique Iannella, 7.Tahlia McGrath, 8.Zoe Michael, 9.Zoe Sgargetta, 10.Katherine-Anne Sortini, 11.Ashleigh Spear, 12.Monique Varricchio, 13.Mariah Vladimirov, 14.Jessica Waterhouse, 15.Madeline Cool, 16.Sophie Kitt, 17.Jesse Williams

Coach: Jonathan Ruse



Victoria:1.Megan Thompson, 2.Alexandra Natoli, 3.Zoe Courtney, 4.Elise Manassa, 5.Alyssa Sproule-Carroll-Tyler, 6.Carla Versace, 7.Allison Clarke, 8.Kate Fotopoulos, 9.Kariah White, 10.Julia Sardo, 11.Ebru Hasan, 12.Claudia Dimasi, 13.Claudia Fruscalzo, 14.Helina Vunderl-Messis, 15.Greta Low, 16.Madeline Hince

Coach - Andrew De Petro



Western Australia: 1.Evie Gooch, 2.Emily Burton, 3.Zoe Covell, 4.Hope Compton, 5.Korien Stanbridge, 6.Beth Wimbush, 7.Sarah Carroll, 8.Amy Smedling, 9.Giorgia Alford, 10.Thia Eastman, 11.Monique Saunders, 12.Caitlin Doeglas, 13.Alexandra Lovelock, 14.Emily Henderson, 15.Toni Walden, 16.Lauren Blackledge

Coach - Ann Gourley