2000 National Soccer League results
2000/2001 Season Round 02 Results
written by Thomas Esamie and John Punshon

Played (20/10/2000) Ericsson Stadium
Referee : D Rugg, Crowd : 4366
Football Kingz
Chris Marsh, Aaran Lines (Dennis Ibrahim 75), Levent Osman, Jonathon Perry, Chris Jackson, Paul Urlovic, Heremai Ngata (Gerard Davis 69), Ivan Vicelich, Michael Cartwright, Riki van Steeden, Tim Stevens (Aaron Silva 62)
Goal : Stevens 21, 53
2 - 1 Eastern Pride
Bojo Jevdjevic, Dean Fak, Dong Ki Kim, Ante Deak (Naum Sekulovski 65), Michael Katz, Clayton Bell, Neville Roach, Robbie Puca, John Hutchinson, Juan Nilo (Brian MacNicol 85), Paul Wearne
Goal : Hutchinson 10

Played (20/10/2000) North Sydney Oval
Referee : C Diomis, Crowd : 10254
Northern Spirit
Paul Henderson, Michael Cunico, Matthew Langdon (Jack Sobczyk 87), Matthew Bingley, Robbie Slater, Gabriel Mendez (Robbie Enes 65), Troy Cranney, Ben Burgess, Noel Spencer, Paul Bilokapic, Graham Arnold
0 - 0 Sydney Olympic
Clint Bolton, Sebastian Sinozic, Lindsay Wilson, Paul Kohler, Scott Baillie, Ante Juric, Kresimir Marusic (Elias Augerinos 87), Ante Moric, Mass Sarr (Greg Owens 65), Troy Halpin, Nick Carle
Match report by Arlo White
Match report by Chris Dunkerley

Played (20/10/2000) Marathon Stadium
Referee : S Micallef, Crowd : 15123
Newcastle United
Brad Swancott, Andy Roberts, Chris Zoricich, Todd McManus, Travis Dodd, Mark Wilson (Vasko Trpcevski 75), John Buonavoglia, Peter Tsekenis, Brad Wieczorek, Anthony Surjan (Daniel McBreen 67), Esala Masi
0 - 2 Brisbane Strikers
Daniel Duke, Shane Stefanutto, Jon McKain, Matthew Bell, Peter Grierson, Paul Foster, Wayne Srhoj, Stuart McLaren, Jade North, Jeromy Harris, Nick Meredith
Goals : Meredith 40, Grierson 42
Match report by Don Apostolovski

Played (20/10/2000) Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee : A Nardi, Crowd : 3467
Adelaide Force
Adrian Cagalj, Gianluca Lagati (Scott Tunbridge 46), Ante Kovacevic, Fabrizio Bucciarelli, Louis Brain, Carl Veart, Nick Sabljak (sent off 56), Bradley Hassell, Kristian Rees, Lucas Pantelis, Nathan Day
0 - 2 Sydney United
Brett Hughes, Damien Foxe (Vince Savoca 74), Danny Burt, Richard Plesa, Zlatko Arambasic (Mark Silic 89), Nahuel Arrarte, Tom Pondeljak, Aytec Genc, Francis Awaritefe (Commins Menapi 79), Goran Talevski, Terry Palapanis (sent off 76)
Goals : Awaritefe 17, 28

Played (21/10/2000) Perth Oval
Referee : M Breeze, Crowd : 14081
Perth Glory
Jason Petkovic, Robert Trajkovski (sent off 69), Jamie Harnwell, Gareth Naven, Scott Miller, Brad Maloney (Gary Faria 77), Slobodan Despotovski, Kasey Wehrman, Edgar Aldrighi Junior, Damian Mori, Shane Pryce
Goal : Despotovski 10
1 - 0 South Melbourne
Michael Petkovic, Steve Iosifidis (Robert Liparoti 14), Fausto De Amicis, Mehmet Durakovic, Steve Panopoulos (sent off 82), Vaughan Coveny, Paul Trimboli, John Anastasiadis (Con Boutsianis 59), Vas Kalogeracos (David Clarkson 71), Zeljko Susa, Patrick Kisnorbo

Played (21/10/2000) Marconi Stadium
Referee : B Hugo, Crowd : 4083
Marconi-Fairfield
David Aceski, Chad Gibson, Angelo Costanzo, Dominic Longo, Darren McDonald (Josaia Junior 82), Norman Tome, John Maisano, Raphael Bove, Buddy Farah, Brendan Renaud (John Gibson 87), Simon Bell
Goal : Costanzo 51
1 - 0 Canberra Cosmos
Barney Smith, Toplica Popovich, Andrew Ravanello (Mark Hagger 76), Nicholas Purdue, David Milin (sent off 38), Alex Castro, Jon Angelucci, David Arranz (Shane Lyons 84), Marcus Phillips, Robbie Hooker, Brad Scott (Naoki Imaya 84)
Match report by Chris Dunkerley

Played (22/10/2000) Knights Stadium
Referee : P Mur, Crowd : 5980
Melbourne Knights
Lupce Acevski, Rodrigo Vargas, Sasa Ognenovski (Zoltan Zold 37), Jason Vudakin, Joey Rajher (Michael Bosevski 84), Joel Porter, Ivan Zelic, Xhezair Sulemani, Paul Magdic, Alex Kiratzoglou, Andrew Vargas
Goals : Kiratzoglou 44, Porter 55
2 - 1 Parramatta Power
Les Pogliacomi, David Barrett, Ahmad Elrich, Nick Orlic, Alex Tobin, Steve Eagleton (Milan Blagojevic 68), Joe Miller, Joel Griffiths, Steve Berry (Lachlan Campbell 84), Andrew Clark, David Lee (Matt Thompson 68)
Goal : Griffiths 75pk

Played (22/10/2000) Bob Jane Stadium
Referee : E Lennie, Crowd : 1446
Carlton
Dean Anastasiadis, Dave McPherson, Craig Deans, Andrew Marth (sent off 13), Robert Middleby, Lubomir Lapsansky, Archie Thompson, David Terminello, Steve Horvat, Daniel Vasilevski (Con Anthopoulos 60), Andrew Packer (Angelo Motsiopoulos 82)
Goals : Thompson 30, Terminello 87
0 - 3 Wollongong
Daniel Beltrame, George Souris, David Cervinski, Matt Horsley, Paul Reid, Saso Petrovski, Stuart Young (Jay Lucas 78), Scott Chipperfield, David Huxley (Robert Stanton 69), Ben Blake, Dino Mennillo
Goals : Chipperfield 58, Stanton 80
Match awarded on walkover after Carlton folded in December 2000
Match report by David Arnold
Match report by Alan Clark
Match report by Markian Jaworsky