Australian U16 Women Thread [R]

el-capitano · Oct 18, 2009

Australia clinched the ASEAN Football Federation under-16 women's championship title in convincing fashion with an 8-0 victory over Thailand in the final in Myanmar.

The Australian team dominated the first half but only led 1-0 at halftime, before pouring on the goals in the second.

Caitlin Foord and Sam Kerr both scored doubles while Heidi Makrillos and Brittany Whitfield scored one a piece to equal Caitlin Friend as top scorers for the tournament with seven goals.

"I am very pleased with the team performance tonight and through the tournament," coach Robbie Hooker said.

"I still think there are some things we need to work on including finishing, but it was a good result and valuable experience heading into the AFC Championships next month."
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http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/aussie-u16-women-scoop-soccer-title-20091019-h3su.html

el-capitano · Nov 9, 2009

Australia fought back from a goal down to defeat Japan 3 – 1 in the final game of the group stage in the AFC U16 Women’s Championships in Thailand.

Australia finished top of Group B and set up a semi-final clash with defending champions DPR Korea, who finished runners-up in Group A.

The second half went by without much incident as Australia held onto their two goal advantage to finish the group stage with 14 goals for and only 1 against.

"We already knew we were through to the semi-finals but for the girls to fight back from one goal down so early in the match is testament to how much the players want to win and how unified they are as a group," said Australia U16 Women’s coach Robbie Hooker.

"We'll look to continue working on the technical side of our game but tactically we are playing very well and the players are now focused on the semi-final against DPR Korea."

Australia’s next game is against DPR Korea on Thursday 12 November at 7.00pm local (11.00pm AEDT) at the Supachalasai National Stadium. Japan will face Group A winners Korea Republic.
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http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/australia/u-16-aussie-women-beat-japan-255447

cmedina1983 · Nov 10, 2009

I thought you were reposting bits of Kaiserslauten for a second there, ECE.

Grinners89 · Nov 16, 2009

cmedina1983 said: ↑

I thought you were reposting bits of Kaiserslauten for a second there, ECE.
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Same. I thought El-Cap just lost it.