MELBOURNE (15 Jan 2020) – Melbourne Victory have announced the appointment of Carlos Salvachua as head coach until the end of the 2019/20 Hyundai A-League season. Salvachua has served as Victory assistant coach to both Kevin Muscat and the recently departed Marco Kurz since the beginning of the 2018/19 Hyundai A-League campaign. The UEFA Pro…
NEWCASTLE (7 Jan 2020) – Former Premier League boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has put his name forward for the vacant Newcastle Jets role following Ernie Merrick’s dismissal on Monday. Newcastle chief executive Lawrie McKinna confirmed Eriksson, who managed Manchester City and Leicester City in England’s top division, and guided England at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA…
PERTH (2 Jan 2020) – Perth Glory have terminated the contract of Brandon Wilson by mutual consent. Wilson joined the WA club in 2016 following stints with Burnley and Stockport County in England, featuring for Perth’s youth team before making his senior debut in August that year. The 22-year-old midfielder and Australian youth international would…
SYDNEY (30 Dec 2019) – Princess Ibini’s wonder strike clinched all three points as Sydney FC bounced back from their derby woes with a 2-0 win against Adelaide United in Round 7. With the scores locked at 0-0, the six-cap Westfield Matilda was introduced from the Sky Blues bench on 66 minutes to replace Veronica…
NEWCASTLE (19 Dec 2019) – Newcastle Jets stalwart and local boy Ben Kantarovski has signed a two-year contract extension. Kantarovski, 27, had put pen to paper on a deal that will keep the midfielder in the Hunter Valley until at least the end of the Hyundai A-League 2021/22 season. “Newcastle is my home, the Jets…
SYDNEY (17 Dec 2019) – Football Federation Australia [FFA] and New Zealand Football [NZF] have unveiled their vision to host the first-ever FIFA Women’s World CupTM in the Asia-Pacific region in 2023, in what would also be the first ever co-confederation hosted FIFA World Cup. The plans, which would see the tournament’s opening game take…