The Y-League - The A-League’s U21 cousin - split into conferences for the 2015/16 season. It has remained this way since, and it hasn’t been a good thing. There are only the 10 teams in the league. Split them into 2 conferences, and make it so that each team plays every team in their conference … Continue reading The Y-League Imbalance →

The second half of this squad is a little more intriguing. There are players who - whilst in the squad - never featured at the U17 World Cup, and some whose names have almost completely disappeared.  12. Nicholas Sorras - Goalkeeper2015 Club: Central Coast Mariners2019 Club: Rockdale City Suns Sorras was signed by CCM from … Continue reading Where Are They Now?: What happened to the 2015 U17 World Cup Joeys? Part 2. →

The last time the Joeys made the U17 World Cup, was back in 2015. This was also the last generation of talent to come through the FFA Centre Of Excellence (COE) A specialist footballing schools set up at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra The players in this squad are now between the ages … Continue reading Where are they now?

: What has happened to the 2015 U17 World Cup Joeys? Part 1. →

Later this year, Australia’s U17 Men’s team ‘The Joeys’ will take part in their first major tournament since 2015. As the tournament will be in November, those contracted to A-League teams will miss A-League or Y-League matches to participate. A similar point was raised for The U23 Olympic Qualifiers at the start of the year, … Continue reading Does The U17 FIFA World Cup Matter? →

There is plenty of talent developing through the A-League clubs’ respective youth teams, working towards a chance in the A-League. Given the various objectives and competition for positions of the senior teams, the best players won’t necessarily get the most game time at senior level. But the best talent across the country is getting plenty … Continue reading Top 8 Y-League Players To Keep An Eye On →