The all-domestic selection features eleven (11) players from the team that helped Australia qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in January this year, when Australia finished third in the AFC U-23 Championship in Thailand
While at camp, the Australia U-23 group will play two friendlies against Australian League clubs – the first against Sydney FC on Thursday, November 12, 2020 (kick-off 7:00 pm EST) at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium in Cojara, and the second in Tuesday, 17th November 2020, in front of the newest club in the tournament, Macarthur FC (kickoff at 3:00 pm EST) in the same venue
Players who have AFC Champions League commitments with their clubs in Doha, Qatar (Sydney FC and Perth Glory FC) will leave the rally after their first match at Camp later this week.
The team began meeting in Sydney on Sunday, and the team’s coach, Graham Arnold, said the players had reached a spring in their stride.
« After a year of activity for the junior national team, yesterday the players arrived eager to return to the camp and resume the trip to Tokyo, » Arnold said.
« Australia’s history in the men’s soccer competition at the Olympic Games goes back to Melbourne in 1956, and this generation of players helped secure the Australian men’s team’s return to the Olympic Games for the first time since Beijing 2008.
“This group of players – and many more that we observe in Australia and beyond – have the opportunity to be part of a special period in Olympus’s history as we work towards Tokyo The next nine days and the upcoming A-League season mark a new beginning and a great opportunity for all players to advance their cause for choosing Olympus in Tokyo »
A limited number of tickets will be available (due to COVID-19 protocols) for the first match between Australia U-23 and Sydney FC, with tickets now sold through Ticketek all patrons are reminded to follow the latest health advice and observe safe COVID-19 protocols, including staying home if Sick
Australia U-23 matches against Sydney FC and Macarthur FC will be streamed live and free by FFA, and matches will be available on Facebook, Kayo Sports and the My Football Live app
Prominent Australian football commentator, Simon Hill, will call for action during the two matches during the Sydney FC broadcast, joining Hill Trevor Morgan (national coach and lead coach of Joys) to discuss the challenges and opportunities in the men’s elite pathways in Australian football, highlighting Many clubs and programs that have contributed to the development of the talented players on display November 2020 | TRAINING CAMP Friendly Games & | Sydney, Australia
Australian U-23 men’s national football team vs Sydney FC
Where: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Kogara, NSW
Date: Thursday 12 November 2020
Starting time: 7:00 PM EST
Tickets: Get your tickets here (limited number of tickets are available due to COVID-19 protocols online only)
Broadcasting: Facebook Live (Socceroos, Sydney FC, A-League), Kayo Sports, My Football Live App, My Football YouTube, Australia U-23 Men’s National Football Team v Macarthur FC
Where: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Kogara, NSW
Date: Tuesday 17 November 2020
Starting off: 3:00 pm EST
Broadcasting: Facebook Live (Socceroos, Macarthur FC, A-League), Kayo Sports, My Football Live App, My Football YouTube * Please note that this match will not be open to the public
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