Greece have no played (8?) matches over the past two months in an attempt to improve their squad for the upcoming Olympics. On Jan 8th and 10th they will host Ireland (in Chalkida, Greece). They recently beat Cyprus 4-0 and 7-0. I am sure Ireland will give Greece most of a test then Cyprus did...
They seem to have added a few new players. The roster for the games on Oct 25+27 only had two North American based players. It appears someone with the Greek F.A. has been doing a little homework... Don't forget about the one Greek-Canadian...
Does anyone know the result for the game that was supposed to be played on Jan 8th? I am curious to hear how the new look Greek team played....
Jan 8th Greece 0 Republic of Ireland 1 Jan 10th Greece 0 Republic of Ireland 0 Better results for Greece....
I think I have found her. She goes by the name of Stacey Janetos and she plays midfield for the W-League Toronto Inferno. She posted a message on an Italian web site, identifying herself as a member of the Greek national team.
oooo...if in fact Tzanetakou is stacey, wow!! i've seen her play with the inferno last year, and i liked her play!!! thanks for the info donzerly! elaine
there's a short profile feature about stacey at the inferno site, and makes mention to her being in the pool for the greece team...cant believe i didn't notice that earlier when i first read it awhile back... http://www.torontoinferno.com/columnist/Jan05-Janetos.htm elaine
Did the Greek FA just make a mistake with her last name? Why would she have a different name with the Greek national team?
maybe she's going by a different name. like how karvlesson (sp??) goes by another last name on the icelandic team. (that is more "proper" in iclenadic tradition) elaine
I believe the "Tz" digraph is the English transliteration of the letters used in Greek to represent the sound of a "J". Using a J makes it easier for Canadians to pronounce it. But I can't explain the difference between the endings "-os" and "-akou". Anyone know how Greece did against Israel today?
Results of Greece and Israel matches 1st. game in Stylida Greece February 6, 2003 Greece 5 Israel 1 2nd. game in Malesina, Greece February 8,2003 Greece 0 Israel 1 Full stats on... http://www.womensoccer.com/refs/uefa/uefa-greece_8feb03.html
Interesting to see that Greece beat Israel with ease in the first match, but then they lost the second....
good for her! i've always like stacey's game with the inferno, and i'm glad she's getting involved at a higher level no matter which country she's representing! elaine
Greece to play in Albena Cup April 2-10 in Bulgaria Greece will play Russia on April 3rd and Israel on April 6th. http://www.womensoccer.com/refs/uefa/uefa-greece_30mar03.html