All the squad news for this weekend’s round of National Youth League
Weekend Matches
Newcastle Jets v Central Coast Mariners
Friday 26 December
EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Local kick off 5.15pm AEDT
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
Newcastle Jets Squad: Jordan GRIFFITHS (gk), Jon GRIFFITHS, Joel WITHERDIN, Simon MOONEY, Jarrad ROSS, George STROGYLOS, Taylor REGAN (c), Matt HARPER, Jesse PINTO, Adrian KARAKOLEVSKI, Brodie MOOY, Ben MARTIN, James VIRGILLI, Jacob PEPPER one to be included
Unavailable: Ben McNAMARA (back – indefinite)
Central Coast Mariners Squad: Ashley BALCOMB, Laurence BRAUDE, Nick KAPSIS, Matthew LEWIS, Tim McGOWAN, Sean MITCHELL, Matthew NASH (OA), Ty OWENS, Brady SMITH, Steven TIBBETTS, Glen TRIFIRO, Scott WRIGHT, Darko VIDOVIC one to be included
Unavailable: Nathan SHERLOCK (knee – season)
Perth Glory v Adelaide United
Friday 26 December
Members Equity Stadium
Local kick off 5.15pm AWDT (6.45pm ACT)
Referee:
Perth Glory Squad: Dejan ALEKSIC (gk), Ludovic BOI, Dean EVANS, Lewis HALL, Liam HARVEY, Steven HESKETH, Adam LUCA, Scott NEVILLE, Ryan PEARSON, James SAMMUT, Anthony SKORICH, Reece VITTIGLIA three to be included
Unavailable: Brent GRIFFITHS (groin – season), Howard FONDYKE (foot – 1 week), Andrija JUKIC (promoted to Hyundai A-League)
Adelaide United Squad: Michael DOYLE, Scott WEIDENBACH, Michael MARRONE, Alex SUNASKY, Joel ALLWRIGHT, Matthew MULLEN, Francesco MONTEROSSO, Osama MALIK, Shane TOBIAS, Angelo ARAMBATSIS, Andrew CIARLA, Michael DE BONO, Lucas ANDREUCCI (gk) two to be included
Unavailable: Nil
Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC
Sunday 28 December
Epping Stadium, Harvest Home Road, Epping, VIC
Local kick off 4.00pm AEDT
Referee: Alex Azcurra
Melbourne Victory Squad: Fabio DI LIZIA, Matthew FOSCHINI, Mathew THEODORE, Sebastian MATTEI (gk), Stephen HATZIKOSTAS, Cameron DRAKE, Dimitri HATZIMOURATIS, Mifit BOJKU, Nathan ELASI, Robert WYNNE, Damir LOKVANCIC, Aziz BEHICH, Tedros YABIO two to be included
Unavailable: Antonio LA VERDE (knee – season), Andy JEREZ (broken leg – season), Mijo MARINOVIC (knee – season)
Sydney FC Squad: Luke AUSTIN, Adam BIDDLE, Kerem BULUT, Zach CAIRNCROSS, Kofi DANNING, Ibrahim HAYDAR, Vedran JANJETOVIC (gk), Matthew JURMAN, Steve LUSTICA, Robbie MILESKI, Sam MUNRO, Chris PAYNE, Jacob TIMPANO (OA), Chris TRIANTIS (c), Nikolas TSATTALIOS one to be omitted
Unavailable: Brendan GAN (promoted to Hyundai A-League), Antony GOLEC (promoted to Hyundai A-League), Rhyan GRANT (promoted to Hyundai A-League)
BYE: Queensland Roar
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Note.
– Squads subject to change
– Match date and kick-off times are subject to change without notice.
Queensland Roar Squad: Matt ACTON (gk), Matt MUNDY, William TUMUSIIME, Ben GRIFFIN (OA), Andrew PACKER (OA), David DODD (OA), Adam SAROTA, Luke BRATTAN, Josh McVEY, Tim SMITS (OA), Tommy OAR, Daniel BOWLES, Robbie KRUSE, Michael ANGUS, Mitch BEVAN, Tyler THURTELL, Brad McDONALD, Michael RYAN four to be omitted
Unavailable: Luke MUIR (long-term injured)