Australia - Upcoming Fixtures

Can't wait, it's gonna be a great match before the World Cup kicks off!

 

I'm assuming it will be in St. Louis. Missouri apparently has the largest concentration of Croation's in the US.

Unless of course they play somewhere in Brazil.

 

Yep, It's scheduled to be played in Brazil on June 6th, one week out from the World Cup. I don't know where in Brazil though, as they will probably announce the venue closer to the date.

 

It was later confirmed (it was not in first text I read) that it will be played in Brazil. I hope it to be a great game, I like Australia and Soceroos.


Just to mention, biggest Croatian population outside of Croatia is in Pittsburgh area, Bosniaks are in St. Louis so BiH played there few times.

 

May 31 Bolivia vs Australia in Bolivia

Match is not confirmed yet.

http://www.la-razon.com/marcas/FBF-gestiona-Australia-Grecia_0_1980401972.html

 

Possible Bulgaria friendly on March 5.

 

Bulgaria will play Belarus on March 5.

Very few good European opponents available for March 5 friendly : Albania, Northern Ireland and Lithuania.

 

March 5 Australia - Ecuador in London

http://studiofutbol.com.ec/chiribog...te-australia-en-londres-el-proximo-5-de-marzo

 

I've heard possibility of Australia playing home friendlies against Palestine in Perth and Venezuela in Sydney in November.

 

Australian U19 boys join AFF U19 Cup, starting on 05/09/2014 (GMT+7):

http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/2014-aff-u-19-youth-championship.2010808/

 

Japan friendly on November 18, who are they playing on the first FIFA match day Nov 14 ?

 

Nothing's been said, so we don't know if they're even playing.

 

There was talk of them playing a Japanese club side, but nothing confirmed yet.

 

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2014/09/20/socceroos-chase-clash-japanese-club-side

 

No friendlies before Asian Cup ?

 

The coach didn't want any other games than what we've had.

 

I'm looking forward to the game against Germany. I would like to see us get a respectable result this time around.

 

We did beat them last time we played them.

 

Oh yes. I did forget about that game. All I can remember is the 4-0 in 2010 then they beat Portugal 4-0 in 2015. [emoji17]

 

Be interesting to see how we perform. We only lost 2-0 to Belgium a few months ago, and the team was no where near as strong as it is now.

Will Ange continue to experiment? Or only try a few players out every now and then? Will the A-League players make the journey (is it during finals?)

 

The First 2018 FIFA/Asian Cup qualifier (in June or September) will be played in Perth ! FINALLY

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/article/Perth to host Socceroos' first home World Cup qualifier/1aaa3ylmxdhhz1uvtx4n8p6i5q

BUT WAIT . . . . .

Won't know opponent until the draw on 11-April, but if the format is the same as AFC usually does for 5 team groups, we are going to be a first seed, and so facing :
Matchday 1 : 11 June 2015 : BYE
Matchday 2 : 16 June 2015 : away to 4th seed
Matchday 3 : 3 September 2015 : home to 5th seed

so we may be looking at one of these fantastic sides according to some research by jonny63 [http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/2018-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers-afc.2005728/page-10] : Pot 5 : from amongst . . . Guam, Bangladesh, (India or Nepal), (Yemen or Pakistan), (East Timor or Mongolia), (Cambodia or Macau), (Taiwan or Brunei), (Sri Lanka or Bhutan).

Might as well move the game to a smaller venue than nib Stadium and get some atmosphere - Percy Doyle Reserve anyone ?

And some (old) noise on the USNMT bigsoccer forum on a possible USA vs. Socceroos friendly in USA on July 3rd.
Cannot really seeing that occur as its outside FIFA windows.

 

We will be in pot 1 as the Asian Cup has increased our rating and we wont fall out of the top 8 by April (or March)

 

With the long ALeague season break I can see this fitting in. It is part of the USA run up to the Gold Cup