Football Stars of Tomorrow Episode 8
This week, Football Stars of Tomorrow catches up with one of Australia?s greatest ever Socceroos Tim Cahill at his home in Manchester, England. The 2009 FFA Professional Footballers Association Player of the Year has scored 16 goals in 33 caps for his country. Football Stars of Tomorrow host Stephanie Brantz sits down with the Everton midfielder to chat about his difficult move away from Australia, football at Milwall and Everton, his coaching academy in Dubai and the media in Australia and the UK.
Football Stars of Tomorrow this week highlights all the action from the Junior National Titles held earlier this year. Football NSW once again dominated the competition with both the U13 boys and U14 girls finishing the tournament undefeated. Overall, 29 Football NSW players were selected for Australian National Teams; six U13 boys, eleven U14 girls and twelve U15 boys.
?Celebrity Shootut? this week features former Australian Netball Captain Liz Ellis. Retired for almost 18 months, Liz did extremely well in between the sticks, using her superior height and reach advantage against juniors from Manly.
?One to Watch? ? is actually two ? with Sykes twins Ashley and Nicole featured. Ashley (17) has played four internationals for Australia, scoring two goals. Nicole has represented the Young Matilda?s, and just last May scored an international hat-rick. Both sisters featured in the inaugural W-League season representing Canberra. Living in Dubbo, the Sykes sisters travel far and wide to continue their dream of representing Australia at full international level.
This week?s ?Star of the Week? is Jan Santa Cruz of the Woodbridge Robelli Football Club in Brisbane. Jan has been at the Uruguayan based club for 25 years and provides an avenue for under privileged kids to play for free. With the help of wife Lillian, Jan provides a barbeque for his players each and every Friday; for free. Jan is a worthy winner for this week?s ?Star of the Week?.
This week?s ?Goals for Grassroots? visits Central Coast club the Woongarrah Wildcats Football Club. Playing in their inaugural season in 2010, President Kevin Wilson accepted the $1,000 cheque courtesy of Hyundai from Central Coast Mariner Shane Huke. So far, 200 juniors have joined the Wildcats for their debut season.
?Coaches Corner? this week sees the return of Young Socceroos Coach Jan Versleijen, along with High Performance Unit Manger Paul Bentvelzen, they demonstrate a 5 v 5 situation as well as 1 on 1 skills all aimed at improving and enjoying the round ball game.
This week?s ?Goal of the Week? entries come from William Kontanidis (Wenty Warriors), Adrian Rizzo (Dulwich Hill U15) and Yousef Souwala (Stanmore Hawks) ? all amazing efforts.
For all this and more be sure to tune into Football Stars of Tomorrow.
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