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THE BEGINNING
The 1999 Joeys that travelled to the Youth World Cup in New Zealand were an enigma and arguably the greatest collection of Australian underage talent ever - including the superb groups of 1991 and 1992 that came so close to glory on the Iberian peninsula.
In what proved to be perennial failure Les Scheinflug's last games as a coach/manager in Australian national team setups, the young Aussies stunned the world to defeat more highly fancied opponents before succumbing to Brazil in the final on penalties. The samba boys were later found to be guilty of fielding a few overage players throughout the tournament, but FIFA responded with no more than a slap on the wrist and the cup stayed in South America.
THE SQUAD
KEDWELL-VAN STRATTEN, Jess. (19-07-1982) Goalkeeper Northern Spirit (Australia)
MILOSEVIC, Matthew. (29-10-1982) Goalkeeper SASI (Australia)
BYRNES, Mark. (08-02-1982) Defender Parramatta Power (Australia)
CANSDELL-SHERRIFF, Shane. (10-11-1982) Defender Leeds United (UK)
FYFE, Iain. (03-04-1982) Defender SASI (Australia)
GOULDING, Aaron. (29-04-1982) Defender SASI (Australia)
LOCKHART, Shane. (26-09-1982) Defender NSWIS (Australia)
MADASCHI, Adrian. (11-07-1982) Defender Atalanta Bergamo (Italy)
DOUMANIS, Anthony. (01-02-1982) Midfielder NSWIS (Australia)
GROVES, Bradley. (29-01-1982) Midfielder Leeds United (UK)
JOHNSON, James. (21-05-1982) Midfielder QAS (Australia)
NORTH, Jade. (07-01-1982) Midfielder AIS/Brisbane Strikers (Australia)
PANTELIS, Lucas. (12-03-1982) Midfielder AIS (Australia)
SRHOJ, Wayne. (23-03-1982) Midfielder AIS/Brisbane Strikers (Australia)
BRAIN, Louis. (09-05-1982) Striker Adelaide Force (Australia)
DI IORIO, Joseph. (08-04-1982) Striker Werder Bremen (Germany)
KENNEDY, Joshua. (20-08-1982) Striker AIS/Carlton (Australia)
MacALLISTER, Dylan. (17-05-1982) Striker Sydney Olympic (Australia)
McDONALD, Scott. (21-08-1983) Striker VIS (Australia)
THE GROUP PHASE
Brazil 2 - 1 Australia
Played: November 12
Venue: Christchurch, New Zealand
Brazil
Rubinho, Marquinhos, Ricardo, Eduardo, Anderson, Leo, Walker, Souze, Caca, Leandro (Wellington 92), Carlos Henrique
Goals : Marquinhos 31, Ricardo 64
Australia
Jess Kedwell-van Stratten, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Aaron Goulding, Adrian Madaschi, Mark Byrnes, Jade North, Louis Brain, Joe di Iorio, Scott McDonald (Joshua Kennedy 65), Bradley Groves (Dylan Macallister 59), Wayne Srhoj
Goal : Macallister 78
__________
Germany 1 - 2 Australia
Played: November 14
Venue: Christchurch, New Zealand
Germany
Jan Schlosser (Dennis Eilhoff 43), Florian Thorwart, Hannes Wilking, Florian Kringe (Daniel Niemann 74), Thomas Hitzlsperger, Florian Heller, Andreas Hinkel, Leonhard Haas, Michael Fink, Stefan Beckert, Andreas Gorlitz (Markus Feulner 35)
Goal : Haas 9
Australia
Jess Kedwell-van Stratten, Shane Cansdell-Sheriff, Aaron Goulding, Adrian Madaschi, Mark Byrnes, Jade North (Iain Fyfe 93), Louis Brain, Joe di Iorio (Lucas Pantelis 46 (Joshua Kennedy 82), Scott McDonald, Wayne Srhoj, Dylan Macallister
Goals : Hitzlsperger 65og, Byrnes 70
__________
Mali 0 - 1 Australia
Played: November 17
Venue: Christchurch, New Zealand
Mali
Cheick Oumar Bathily, Mintou Doucoure, Ousmane Diakite, Dalla Mane Diallo, Amadou Diallo, Djibril Sidibe, Idrissa Kone, Mohamed Sidibe (Mamadou Diallo 73), Mamadou Diawara, Koly Kante (Abdoul Traore 73), Souleymane Diamoutene
Australia
Jess Kedwell-van Stratten, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Aaron Goulding, Adrian Madaschi, Mark Byrnes, Jade North, Louis Brain, Scott McDonald, Bradley Groves (Joe di Iorio 66 (Iain Fyfe 86)), Wayne Srhoj, Dylan Macallister
Goal : McDonald 23
__________
THE KNOCKOUT PHASE
Qatar 0 - 1 Australia
Played: November 21
Venue: Christchurch, New Zealand
Qatar
Salman Al Ansari, Abdullah Al Asseiri, Essa Al Kuwari, Fawaz, Meshal, Mohamed Yasser, Waleed, Hussain, Seydna Ali, Ibrahim Al Ghanim (Ibrahim Al Romaihi 65), Bilal (Eissa Gholom 90)
Australia
Jess Kedwell-van Stratten, Aaron Goulding, Adrian Madaschi, Mark Byrnes, Jade North, Louis Brain, Lucas Pantelis, Scott McDonald (Joshua Kennedy 82), Bradley Groves (Joseph di Iorio 46), Wayne Srhoj, Dylan Macallister
Goal : di Iorio 55
__________
United States 2 asdet - 2 asdet Australia*
Played: November 24
Venue: Christchurch, New Zealand
United States
DJ Countess, Da Marcus Beasley, Nelson Akwari, Alex Vi, Kenny Cutler, Bryan Jackson (Adolfo Gregorio 105), Landon Donovan, Oguchi Onyewu, Kyle Beckerman (Abe Thompson 78), Jordan Cila (Bobby Convey 105), Seth Trembly (sent off 115)
Goals : Donovan 36, Onyewu 52
Penalties : Donovan, Beasley (saved), Convey, Akwari, Thompson, Gregorio, Yi, Cutler (miss)
Australia
Jess Kedwell-van Stratten, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Aaron Goulding, Adrian Madaschi, Mark Byrnes, Jade North, Louis Brain, Lucas Pantelis (Joe Di Iorio 46), Scott McDonald (Joshua Kennedy 69), Wayne Srhoj, Dylan Macallister
Goals : Goulding 3, McDonald 35
Penalties : Byrnes, Di Iorio, Cansdell-Sherriff, Srhoj (saved), North, Macallister, Goulding, Kennedy
__________
THE FINAL
*Brazil 0 asdet - 0 asdet Australia
Played: November 27
Venue: North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
Brazil
Rubinho, Bruno Leite, Marquinhos, Ricardo, Eduardo, Anderson, Leo, Walker, Caca (Wellington 75), Leonardo, Adriano (Souza 61)
Penalties : Leonardo, Marquinhos (saved), Eduardo, Walker, Ricardo, Leo, Bruno, Souza, Wellington
Australia
Jess Kedwell-van Stratten, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff (Iain Fyfe 93), Aaron Goulding, Adrian Madaschi, Mark Byrnes, Jade North, Louis Brain, Lucas Pantelis (Joe Di Iorio 55), Scott McDonald (Joshua Kennedy 99), Wayne Srhoj, Dylan Macallister
Penalties : Byrnes (miss), Di Iorio, Srhoj, Madaschi, North, Macallister, Goulding, Kennedy, Fyfe (saved)
__________
THE AFTERMATH
After coming so heartbreakingly close to Australia's first ever football world title the message seemed crystal clear. This crop of players were destined for great things and looked set to not only follow in the footsteps of Bosnich, Zelic, Okon, Kewell and Viduka, but maybe even surpass them in terms of talent and impact on the world stage.
Van Stratten emerged as the heir-apparent to Bosnich and transferred to Serie A powerhouse Juventus. Adrian Madaschi was widely acclaimed as the most talented centrehalf of the entire championships and a first team berth for his Serie A club Atalanta seemed inevitable. Cansdell-Sherriff was already highly-rated at Leeds and was tipped for big things. McDonald, Di Iorio and Kennedy all looked forward to suiting up for Southampton, Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg respectively. To put it bluntly - every kid in the squad had potential with a capital P and were already well on the way to fulfilling it.
FOUR YEARS ON... THE REALITY
Fast forward four years to 2003 and what a bitter disappointment this crop has proven to be. Not one player has secured a first team spot with a top-flight club in any of Europe's big leagues. Some remained in Australia, some have come home, some have carved a niche at smaller clubs in Europe's second-tier leagues and others have become journeymen with doors shutting in their face and limited opportunities at every turn.
Of those that participated in that ill-fated final against the Brazilians:
*Van Stratten - Has since moved to Verona, yet to break into the first team.
*Cansdell-Sherriff - After being rated one of the hottest young talents in England two seasons ago, Shane has since been ravaged with injury and poor form... is now playing his trade with Aarhus in Denmark.
*Goulding - Remained at Adelaide City.
*Madaschi - After failing to break into the Atalanta first team for a few seasons he moved to Monza in Italy's lower divisions before being released. Is now a free agent trialling with lower division clubs across Britain.
*Byrnes - Perhaps the one with the most still to offer. Had a short-lived stint in Serie B before returning to the NSL.
*North - Still plying his trade in the NSL.
*Brain - See North.
*Pantelis - See North.
*McDonald - Failed to break into the first team at Southampton and was recently released. After a couple of failed trials he has landed a rolling (monthly) contract with English First Division club Wimbledon.
*Srhoj - See North.
*Macallister - See North.
*Fyfe - See North
*Di Iorio - Spent more seasons with Bremen before being released. Whereabouts unknown.
*Kennedy - Had achieved the most of the entire crop so far. At the time of Australia's world cup qualifiers with Uruguay, young Joshua was scoring the odd Bundesliga goal for Wolfsburg. Has since been transferred to a club in the German lower leagues.
How will this lack of individual player development hurt the national team and the game here as a whole? A quick glance at the Socceroo squad that assembled to face Ireland the other week sees many players nearing or the wrong side of 30. In fact, the likes of Okon, Kalac, Tiatto, Schwarzer, Vidmar, Muscat, Skoko and Lazaridis will be on their last legs by the time of the qualifiers for the next World Cup in 2006.
Indeed only one thing is for certain - When national team manager Frank Farina goes looking for young talent to replace these aging Socceroos, not one member of that golden Joeys squad of 1999 will be qualified to raise their hand.
The 1999 Joeys truly are the lost generation.
_________________________
Sources:
Soccer Australia Official Site - http://www.socceraustralia.com.au/
The World Game - http://www1.sbs.com.au/home/
Thomas' Australian Soccer Page - http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/AusSoc.html
THE BEGINNING
The 1999 Joeys that travelled to the Youth World Cup in New Zealand were an enigma and arguably the greatest collection of Australian underage talent ever - including the superb groups of 1991 and 1992 that came so close to glory on the Iberian peninsula.
In what proved to be perennial failure Les Scheinflug's last games as a coach/manager in Australian national team setups, the young Aussies stunned the world to defeat more highly fancied opponents before succumbing to Brazil in the final on penalties. The samba boys were later found to be guilty of fielding a few overage players throughout the tournament, but FIFA responded with no more than a slap on the wrist and the cup stayed in South America.
THE SQUAD
KEDWELL-VAN STRATTEN, Jess. (19-07-1982) Goalkeeper Northern Spirit (Australia)
MILOSEVIC, Matthew. (29-10-1982) Goalkeeper SASI (Australia)
BYRNES, Mark. (08-02-1982) Defender Parramatta Power (Australia)
CANSDELL-SHERRIFF, Shane. (10-11-1982) Defender Leeds United (UK)
FYFE, Iain. (03-04-1982) Defender SASI (Australia)
GOULDING, Aaron. (29-04-1982) Defender SASI (Australia)
LOCKHART, Shane. (26-09-1982) Defender NSWIS (Australia)
MADASCHI, Adrian. (11-07-1982) Defender Atalanta Bergamo (Italy)
DOUMANIS, Anthony. (01-02-1982) Midfielder NSWIS (Australia)
GROVES, Bradley. (29-01-1982) Midfielder Leeds United (UK)
JOHNSON, James. (21-05-1982) Midfielder QAS (Australia)
NORTH, Jade. (07-01-1982) Midfielder AIS/Brisbane Strikers (Australia)
PANTELIS, Lucas. (12-03-1982) Midfielder AIS (Australia)
SRHOJ, Wayne. (23-03-1982) Midfielder AIS/Brisbane Strikers (Australia)
BRAIN, Louis. (09-05-1982) Striker Adelaide Force (Australia)
DI IORIO, Joseph. (08-04-1982) Striker Werder Bremen (Germany)
KENNEDY, Joshua. (20-08-1982) Striker AIS/Carlton (Australia)
MacALLISTER, Dylan. (17-05-1982) Striker Sydney Olympic (Australia)
McDONALD, Scott. (21-08-1983) Striker VIS (Australia)
THE GROUP PHASE
Brazil 2 - 1 Australia
Played: November 12
Venue: Christchurch, New Zealand
Brazil
Rubinho, Marquinhos, Ricardo, Eduardo, Anderson, Leo, Walker, Souze, Caca, Leandro (Wellington 92), Carlos Henrique
Goals : Marquinhos 31, Ricardo 64
Australia
Jess Kedwell-van Stratten, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Aaron Goulding, Adrian Madaschi, Mark Byrnes, Jade North, Louis Brain, Joe di Iorio, Scott McDonald (Joshua Kennedy 65), Bradley Groves (Dylan Macallister 59), Wayne Srhoj
Goal : Macallister 78
__________
Germany 1 - 2 Australia
Played: November 14
Venue: Christchurch, New Zealand
Germany
Jan Schlosser (Dennis Eilhoff 43), Florian Thorwart, Hannes Wilking, Florian Kringe (Daniel Niemann 74), Thomas Hitzlsperger, Florian Heller, Andreas Hinkel, Leonhard Haas, Michael Fink, Stefan Beckert, Andreas Gorlitz (Markus Feulner 35)
Goal : Haas 9
Australia
Jess Kedwell-van Stratten, Shane Cansdell-Sheriff, Aaron Goulding, Adrian Madaschi, Mark Byrnes, Jade North (Iain Fyfe 93), Louis Brain, Joe di Iorio (Lucas Pantelis 46 (Joshua Kennedy 82), Scott McDonald, Wayne Srhoj, Dylan Macallister
Goals : Hitzlsperger 65og, Byrnes 70
__________
Mali 0 - 1 Australia
Played: November 17
Venue: Christchurch, New Zealand
Mali
Cheick Oumar Bathily, Mintou Doucoure, Ousmane Diakite, Dalla Mane Diallo, Amadou Diallo, Djibril Sidibe, Idrissa Kone, Mohamed Sidibe (Mamadou Diallo 73), Mamadou Diawara, Koly Kante (Abdoul Traore 73), Souleymane Diamoutene
Australia
Jess Kedwell-van Stratten, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Aaron Goulding, Adrian Madaschi, Mark Byrnes, Jade North, Louis Brain, Scott McDonald, Bradley Groves (Joe di Iorio 66 (Iain Fyfe 86)), Wayne Srhoj, Dylan Macallister
Goal : McDonald 23
__________
THE KNOCKOUT PHASE
Qatar 0 - 1 Australia
Played: November 21
Venue: Christchurch, New Zealand
Qatar
Salman Al Ansari, Abdullah Al Asseiri, Essa Al Kuwari, Fawaz, Meshal, Mohamed Yasser, Waleed, Hussain, Seydna Ali, Ibrahim Al Ghanim (Ibrahim Al Romaihi 65), Bilal (Eissa Gholom 90)
Australia
Jess Kedwell-van Stratten, Aaron Goulding, Adrian Madaschi, Mark Byrnes, Jade North, Louis Brain, Lucas Pantelis, Scott McDonald (Joshua Kennedy 82), Bradley Groves (Joseph di Iorio 46), Wayne Srhoj, Dylan Macallister
Goal : di Iorio 55
__________
United States 2 asdet - 2 asdet Australia*
Played: November 24
Venue: Christchurch, New Zealand
United States
DJ Countess, Da Marcus Beasley, Nelson Akwari, Alex Vi, Kenny Cutler, Bryan Jackson (Adolfo Gregorio 105), Landon Donovan, Oguchi Onyewu, Kyle Beckerman (Abe Thompson 78), Jordan Cila (Bobby Convey 105), Seth Trembly (sent off 115)
Goals : Donovan 36, Onyewu 52
Penalties : Donovan, Beasley (saved), Convey, Akwari, Thompson, Gregorio, Yi, Cutler (miss)
Australia
Jess Kedwell-van Stratten, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Aaron Goulding, Adrian Madaschi, Mark Byrnes, Jade North, Louis Brain, Lucas Pantelis (Joe Di Iorio 46), Scott McDonald (Joshua Kennedy 69), Wayne Srhoj, Dylan Macallister
Goals : Goulding 3, McDonald 35
Penalties : Byrnes, Di Iorio, Cansdell-Sherriff, Srhoj (saved), North, Macallister, Goulding, Kennedy
__________
THE FINAL
*Brazil 0 asdet - 0 asdet Australia
Played: November 27
Venue: North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
Brazil
Rubinho, Bruno Leite, Marquinhos, Ricardo, Eduardo, Anderson, Leo, Walker, Caca (Wellington 75), Leonardo, Adriano (Souza 61)
Penalties : Leonardo, Marquinhos (saved), Eduardo, Walker, Ricardo, Leo, Bruno, Souza, Wellington
Australia
Jess Kedwell-van Stratten, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff (Iain Fyfe 93), Aaron Goulding, Adrian Madaschi, Mark Byrnes, Jade North, Louis Brain, Lucas Pantelis (Joe Di Iorio 55), Scott McDonald (Joshua Kennedy 99), Wayne Srhoj, Dylan Macallister
Penalties : Byrnes (miss), Di Iorio, Srhoj, Madaschi, North, Macallister, Goulding, Kennedy, Fyfe (saved)
__________
THE AFTERMATH
After coming so heartbreakingly close to Australia's first ever football world title the message seemed crystal clear. This crop of players were destined for great things and looked set to not only follow in the footsteps of Bosnich, Zelic, Okon, Kewell and Viduka, but maybe even surpass them in terms of talent and impact on the world stage.
Van Stratten emerged as the heir-apparent to Bosnich and transferred to Serie A powerhouse Juventus. Adrian Madaschi was widely acclaimed as the most talented centrehalf of the entire championships and a first team berth for his Serie A club Atalanta seemed inevitable. Cansdell-Sherriff was already highly-rated at Leeds and was tipped for big things. McDonald, Di Iorio and Kennedy all looked forward to suiting up for Southampton, Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg respectively. To put it bluntly - every kid in the squad had potential with a capital P and were already well on the way to fulfilling it.
FOUR YEARS ON... THE REALITY
Fast forward four years to 2003 and what a bitter disappointment this crop has proven to be. Not one player has secured a first team spot with a top-flight club in any of Europe's big leagues. Some remained in Australia, some have come home, some have carved a niche at smaller clubs in Europe's second-tier leagues and others have become journeymen with doors shutting in their face and limited opportunities at every turn.
Of those that participated in that ill-fated final against the Brazilians:
*Van Stratten - Has since moved to Verona, yet to break into the first team.
*Cansdell-Sherriff - After being rated one of the hottest young talents in England two seasons ago, Shane has since been ravaged with injury and poor form... is now playing his trade with Aarhus in Denmark.
*Goulding - Remained at Adelaide City.
*Madaschi - After failing to break into the Atalanta first team for a few seasons he moved to Monza in Italy's lower divisions before being released. Is now a free agent trialling with lower division clubs across Britain.
*Byrnes - Perhaps the one with the most still to offer. Had a short-lived stint in Serie B before returning to the NSL.
*North - Still plying his trade in the NSL.
*Brain - See North.
*Pantelis - See North.
*McDonald - Failed to break into the first team at Southampton and was recently released. After a couple of failed trials he has landed a rolling (monthly) contract with English First Division club Wimbledon.
*Srhoj - See North.
*Macallister - See North.
*Fyfe - See North
*Di Iorio - Spent more seasons with Bremen before being released. Whereabouts unknown.
*Kennedy - Had achieved the most of the entire crop so far. At the time of Australia's world cup qualifiers with Uruguay, young Joshua was scoring the odd Bundesliga goal for Wolfsburg. Has since been transferred to a club in the German lower leagues.
How will this lack of individual player development hurt the national team and the game here as a whole? A quick glance at the Socceroo squad that assembled to face Ireland the other week sees many players nearing or the wrong side of 30. In fact, the likes of Okon, Kalac, Tiatto, Schwarzer, Vidmar, Muscat, Skoko and Lazaridis will be on their last legs by the time of the qualifiers for the next World Cup in 2006.
Indeed only one thing is for certain - When national team manager Frank Farina goes looking for young talent to replace these aging Socceroos, not one member of that golden Joeys squad of 1999 will be qualified to raise their hand.
The 1999 Joeys truly are the lost generation.
_________________________
Sources:
Soccer Australia Official Site - http://www.socceraustralia.com.au/
The World Game - http://www1.sbs.com.au/home/
Thomas' Australian Soccer Page - http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/AusSoc.html