Apr 10 2009
Australian Socceroos - World Cup Bound?
The Australian Socceroos could be on their way to the Soccer World Cup in 2010 but they won’t know for weeks yet. The national soccer team is an oddity in Australia -an under-dog sports team. The Australian’s are used to winning at most sports they seriously compete in but soccer has a lot of competition against the big boys of AFL (Aussie rules) Rugby Union and Rugby League.
Soccer is having a bit of a come back though as AFL struggles with bad off-ground publicity around their players inability to behave around women, drugs and booze and rugby has a well deserved reputation for dangerous injuries which leave young men in wheelchairs. Soccer is seen by women as a more skilful and less violent option for their sons to play at school and this is starting to show at the national level.
The Socceroos won 2-0 to Uzbekistan recently but didn’t get an early qualification because Baharain defeated Qatar a few hours later. The Australian Socceroos will now have to wait weeks to see if they qualify for 2010
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