The Young Socceroos return home from Argentina today after completing the warm up tour for the U-20 World Cup. So how did they fare?
The Squad:
Jan Versleijen, Head Coach of the Young Socceroos, named his squad to compete in Copa Ciudad de Rosario in Argentina, a warm up event for the U-20 World Cup to be [...]

The Socceroos have rocketed into the top 20 in the latest FIFA rankings. A successful end to our World Cup campaign, including wins over Bahrain and Japan, saw the Green and Gold jump a mighty 13 places to be in our highest ever ranking of 16th.
We are now firm leaders in Asia, with our nearest [...]

Happy Easter everyone! Can I still say that? Or is it considered un-PC nowadays? Either way, religious or not, I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday. On the Socceroos front, FFA boss Ben Buckley has said this week that the title of “Socceroos” will stay, despite the allusion to calling the sport “soccer” and not [...]

The FFA have scheduled a rematch for the Socceroos against the Netherlands on October 10. The last time the two teams faced off was in September 2008, when the Green and Gold took advantage of an early red card for Dutch keeper Maarten Stekelenburg to record a 2-1 win.
The World Game reports that the game [...]

An interesting article caught my attention this morning as I perused the Daily Telegraph. Ian Payten wrote an opinion piece commenting on the sudden “holier than thou” attitude of the new age Socceroos. Now, in amongst all the football bashing which the Telegraph regularly engages in (the Rebecca Wilson article, anyone?), this one stood out [...]

The Socceroos have a two month wait before they can officially pop the champagne after Bahrain nipped Qatar for a 1-0 win in Manama overnight. A 2-0 win against Uzbekistan in Sydney earlier left the Socceroos as group leaders with 13 points, and a draw between Bahrain and Qatar would have meant that the Socceroos [...]

Australia have all but secured a spot for their second consecutive World Cup Finals appearance with a somewhat fortunate 2-0 win over a fighting Uzbekistan tonight at Stadium Australia.
57,000 fans braved the atrocious conditions to witness the Socceroos’ stirring second half performance after a cagey and disappointing first half. Two goals midway through the second [...]

John Aloisi, with 32 years of history on his shoulders, stands proud. He stands defiant. He stands determined. Sweat pours down his face, seeping through his golden jersey. But he doesn’t care, he barely notices. Since the very first time he laced up football boots, he has dreamt of being [...]

It’s obviously not very sporting to cheer at your opposition’s injuries, so in my most subdued voice, Uzbekistan’s main scoring threat Maxim Shatskikh will not be playing on Wednesday night.
The World Game reports that the Dynamo Kyiv striker will miss the crucial match due to sickness, and won’t even be on the plane for [...]

The Socceroos took one giant step closer to World Cup Qualification overnight, and they didn’t even have to play. With results in other matches going our way in Japan and Uzbekistan, the Green and Gold are left in an envious position where we only need four out of the remaining possible twelve points in order [...]