Written by Thomas Esamie and Nick Guoth
| Australia were in camp preparing for the playoff to determine the sole Oceania representative at the U17 World Cup to be held in Trinidad & Tobago later this year. The Japanese were probably looking for a bit of a hit out as well but these games kind of snuck up on me so I don't know how much planning was involved. | ||||
| Played : March 25 | Venue : AIS Athletics Stadium, Canberra | |||
| Australia Jacob Rex, Alex Wilkinson (Michael Brown 71), Brett Studman (Pedraj Bojic 71), Matthew Hunter, Ben Stevens (Spase Dilevski 60), Mario Karlovic (Steven Baveas 39), Carl Valeri (Nick Stavroulakis 80), Fred Agius, Massimo Murdocca, Jay Lucas, Matthew Engele (Steven Manceski 77) Goals : Murdocca 47, Engele 60 |
2 | - | 2 | Japan Kenta Tokushige, Ryosuke Ishizaka, Takahito Chiba (Junichi Takayama 62), Kiyohiro Hirabayashi (Yuki Nakashima 46), Takuya Muguruma (Sho Kitano 70), Kohei Kuda (Shingo Nejime 80), Masatomo Kuba, Naoya Kikuchi, Kazumaza Takagi, Hiroti Mogi (Sho Naruoka 74), Yutaro Abe (Kisho Yano 62) Goals : Mogi 13, Nejime 88 |
| Referee : Ben Williams Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia) | ||||
| Match Report by Nick Guoth Match Report by Soccer Australia | ||||
| Australia were in camp preparing for the playoff to determine the sole Oceania representative at the U17 World Cup to be held in Trinidad & Tobago later this year. The Japanese were probably looking for a bit of a hit out as well but these games kind of snuck up on me so I don't know how much planning was involved. | ||||
| Played : March 28 | Venue : West Belconnen Sports Centre, Canberra | |||
| Australia Nathan Coe, Spase Dilevski, Massimo Murdocca (Michael Brown 71), Alex Wilkinson, Rodney Madigan (Adam van Dommelle), Matthew Hunter (Pedraj Bodric 62), Carl Valeri (Mario Karlovic 81), Anthony Danze (Nick Stavroulakis 71), Brett Holman (Terry Smith 46), Fred Agius (Steven Baveas 71), Jay Lucas (Matthew Engele 58) Goals : Holman 13, Agius 28, Smith 56, Engele 60, 80 |
5 | - | 2 | Japan Atsushi Kimura (Nobuhiro Kato 46), Junichi Takayama, Ryosuke Ishizaka, Sho Naruoka, Kohei Kuda, Masatomo Kuba (Takuya Mugurama 87), Naoya Kikuchi (Yuki Nakashima 87), Shingo Nejime (Kiyohiro Hirabayashi 37 (Takahito Chiba 65)), Kazumazu Takagi (Junga Fujimoto 60), Hiroto Mogi (Sho Kitano 75), Yutaro Abe (Kisho Yano 46) Goals : Mogi 24, Kikuchi 75 |
| Referee : Ben Williams Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia) | ||||
| Match Report by Nick Guoth Match Report by Soccer Australia Match Report by Chris Kunz | ||||
| So we come to the usual playoff against the Kiwis to make it to the world stage. | ||||
| Played : April 4 | Venue : West Belconnen Leagues Club, Canberra | |||
| Australia Jacob Rex, Alex Wilkinson, Matthew Hunter, Brett Studman, Carl Valeri (c), Fred Agius, Anthony Danze, Massimo Murdocca (Spase Dilevski 68), Sean Walsh (Michael Brown 85), Brett Holman, Jay Lucas (Matthew Engele 68) Goals : Holman 47, Agius 66, 92 |
3 | - | 0 | New Zealand Kaz Townsend, Daniel Mortensen, Mark McGinley, Wayne Rooker (Mark Bland 90), Russell Kamo, Dalin Wilson (Dane Rayner 74), Craig Wylie, Thomas Reece (Liam Smith 60), Peter Howe, Jason Rowley, Matthew Adams |
| Referee : Harry Atisson (Vanuatu) Crowd : 1400 | ||||
| Match Report by Soccer Australia Match Report by Markian Jaworsky Match Report by Chris Kunz | ||||
| Oh dear, quite a pasting...no wonder none of the Kiwis want to own up to having played... | ||||
| Played : April 8 | Venue : McKinlay Park, Mt Wellington, Auckland | |||
| New Zealand (lineup unknown) |
0 | - | 6 | Australia Nathan Coe, Alex Wilkinson, Matthew Hunter, Predrag Bojic, Carl Valeri (c), Anthony Danze, Fred Agius (Terry Smith 71), Massimo Murdocca, Spase Dilevski (Steven Baveas 56), Brett Holman (Nick Stavroulakis 72), Matthew Engele Goals : Howe 14og, Danze 39, Engele 56, 78, Hunter 70, Smith 74 |
| Referee : Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia) | ||||
| Match Report by Soccer Australia | ||||
| To prepare for their appearance at the U17's World Cup Australia played a series of warm up games, starting with this one against a US College side. | ||||
| Played : August 24 | Venue : Florida, USA | |||
| St Leo College (lineup unknown) |
0 | - | 5 | Australia (lineup unknown) Goals : Anthony Danze, Fred Agius x2, Michael Brown, og |
| Referee : unknown Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia) | ||||
| Played : August 27 | Venue : Miami, USA | |||
| Blackwatch U18s (lineup unknown) |
0 | - | 7 | Australia (lineup unknown) Goals : Fred Agius, Adam Van Dommele, Jay Lucas, Terry Smith, Ben Stevens x2, Matthew Engele |
| Referee : unknown Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia) | ||||
| Played : September 2 | Venue : Miani, USA | |||
| IMG Academies Select (lineup unknown) Goal : unknown |
1 | - | 10 | Australia (lineup unknown) Goals : Brett Holman, Carl Valeri x2, Terry Smith, Anthony Danze, Matthew Engele, Jay Lucas x3, Nick Stavroulakis |
| Referee : unknown Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia) | ||||
| Played : September 4 | Venue : | |||
| Tampa Bay Mutiny (lineup unknown) Goals : unknown |
4 | - | 1 | Australia Coe (Rex), Bojic, Wilkinson, Hunter, Broxton, Dilevski, Valeri, Danze, Agius, Smith, Holman Subs used were : Van Dommele, Walsh, Stevens, Lucas, Studman, Engele, Brown & Stavroulakis Goal : Lucas |
| Referee : unknown Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia) | ||||
| Match Report by Soccer Australia | ||||
| In the final match of their warm up series the Joeys faced off against their US counterparts. | ||||
| Played : September 7 | Venue : Miami, USA | |||
| USA (lineup unknown) |
0 | - | 0 | Australia Nathan Coe (Jacob Rex 46), Predrag Bojic (Van Dommele 83), Alex Wilkinson, Matthew Hunter, Darren Broxton (Brett Studman 46), Spase Dilevski (Ben Stevens 80), Carl Valeri, Anthony Danze, Patrick Agius (Matthew Engele 72), Brett Holman (Sean Walsh 72), Jay Lucas (Wayne Smith 46) |
| Referee : unknown Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia) | ||||
| Match Report by Soccer Australia | ||||
| Before the World Cup kicked off the Australians were first inconvenienced by the decision to stage the match against the hosts at 1pm in the blistering sun, in direct contravention to FIFA guidelines. Then, as a result of the destruction of the World Trade Centre, Graham Arnold was left stranded in Los Angeles. Meanwhile Brazil bettered the Joeys. | ||||
| Played : September 14 | Venue : The Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago | |||
| Australia Nathan Coe, Predrag Bojic (Ben Stevens 82), Alex Wilkinson, Matthew Hunter, Adam Van Dommele, Spase Dilevski, Carl Valeri, Anthony Danze (Jay Lucas 84), Sean Walsh, Brett Holman, Fred Agius |
0 | - | 1 | Brazil Luis Felipe Ventura Dos Santos, Marcus Vinicius Lourenco Da Silva, Wendel Raul Goncalves Gomes, Wescley Pinal Goncalves, Alceus Rodrigues Simoni Filho, Rodrigo Vaz Fernades, Leandro Do Bonfim, Bruno Dos Santos Moraes (Caetano Prosperi Calil 66), Francisco Terra Alberoni, Jose Antonio Miranda Da Silva, Anderson Costa Goal : Costa 76 |
| Referee : Michal Benes (Czech Rep) Crowd : 10800 Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia), unknown (Brazil) | ||||
| Match Report by Soccer Australia | ||||
| Australia kept their hopes of advancing alive with a narrow win over the hosts despite the ungodly hour of the match. | ||||
| Played : September 16 | Venue : The Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago | |||
| Trinidad & Tobago Marvin Phillip, Lee Haynes, Devon Bristol, Terrence McAllister, Kenwyne Jones, Roderick Anthony (Kahlil Mathura 64), Devon Leacock, Kerron Phillips (Cyrone Edwards 77), Jamal Hamid, Andre Alexis (Jerol Forbes 35), Nkosi Blackman |
0 | - | 1 | Australia Nathan Coe, Alex Wilkinson, Predrag Bojic, Spase Dilevski (Ben Stevens 88), Adam Van Dommele, Carl Valeri, Anthony Danze, Fred Agius, Sean Walsh (Terry Smith 46), Brett Holman (Matthew Engele 87) Goal : Agius 55 |
| Referee : Alexandru Dan Tudor (Romania) Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia), unknown (T&T) | ||||
| Match Report by Soccer Australia | ||||
| Australia sealed their progress to the next stage with this win against a more than competent Croatian side. | ||||
| Played : September 19 | Venue : The Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago | |||
| Australia Nathan Coe, Alex Wilkinson, Matthew Hunter, Predrag Bojic (Brett Studman 77), Spase Dilevski, Adam Van Dommele, Carl Valeri, Anthony Danze, Fred Agius, Terry Smith (Matthew Engele 57), Brett Holman (Jay Lucas 65) Goals : Smith 37, Danze 40, 46, Lucas 66 |
4 | - | 0 | Croatia Dario Kresic, Drago Papa, Hrvoje Cale, Domagoj Skeja (Asmir Orascanin 43), Silvio Cavric, Marko Basic, Dejan Prijic (Igor Lozo 79), Mario Grgurovic, Niko Kranjcar, Ivan Grivicic, Ahmad Sharbini (Tomislav Lukasek 65) |
| Referee : Chukwudi Callistus Chukwujekwu (Nigeria) Crowd : 20228 Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia), unknown (Croatia) | ||||
| Match Report by Soccer Australia | ||||
| The Australians bowed out of the tournament following this heavy defeat in the quarterfinals. | ||||
| Played : September 24 | Venue : The Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet, Trinidad & Tobago | |||
| Nigeria Akpan Bassey, Kennedy Chinwo, Ndala Ibrahim, Emmanuel Baba (Cyril Gona 90), Joseph Eyimofe, Richard Eromoigbe, Austine Nnamdi (Victor Brown 52), Femi Opabunmi, Soga Sambo, Omonigho Temile, Suleiman Mohammed Goals : Opabunmi 24pk, 69, 79, Mohammed 81, Temile 85 |
5 | - | 1 | Australia Nathan Coe, Alex Wilkinson, Matthew Hunter, Predrag Bojic, Spase Dilevski, Adam Van Dommele, Carl Valeri, Anthony Danze, Fred Agius, Terry Smith (Jay Lucas 58), Brett Holman (Matthew Engele 71) Goal : Engele 86 |
| Referee : Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland) Crowd : 8000 Coach : Ange Postecoglou (Australia) | ||||
| Match Report by Soccer Australia | ||||