The A-League National Youth League was announced on Wednesday and already the Melbourne Victory are making headlines with the news that they plan to have an 11-year old in their squad.
Trey O’Sullivan is the kid, and if he does indeed become a member of the Victory’s youth team, he will certainly be the youngest player in the league. The bulk of the players for each youth team are to be aged between 16 and 21, with four older players allowed. The seven Australian A-League clubs will participate.
Games for the Youth League may be played before or after A-League matches, or at separate locations. There are no plans to broadcast the matches.
For a deeper insight into the Youth League, check out The Football Tragic posts on the subject here and here.
ps. The Melbourne Victory website has a video of Trey, which you can download.
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8 responses so far ↓
1 Campbell // Mar 7, 2008 at 3:34 pm
I didn’t think he was allowed… Just that he could was on the rader for when he was eligible.
2 chris // Mar 7, 2008 at 7:06 pm
checked out his video… gee he has some awesome ability
3 Brenton // Mar 8, 2008 at 10:22 am
where can i check out his video? would love to see him in action, i help coach under 9’s and hes only a couple years older than them so would love to compare.
4 Eric // Mar 8, 2008 at 10:31 am
You can download the video directly from http://www.a-league.com.au/site/_content/video/00000587-broadbandsource.wmv.
Or go through this article on the Victory site: http://www.melbournevictory.com.au/default.aspx?s=mvfc_newsdisplay&id=21681.
5 Astri // Mar 8, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Give him a run, he is about Kaz Patafta’s size. He looks talented, I’d like to see him in a game situation instead of party tricks. The club should watch out because big
European teams will come sniffing and sign him up, they have done it before with a 9 year old Brazilian.
6 Peter // Mar 8, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Very nice.. :0
And yeah, he won’t actually be eligible to take part in the Youth League for another 5 years.
Though who knows.. maybe they can at some point make an exception for younger guest players - similar to the 4 older players that are allowed.
What the Victory needs to eventually develop though is a fully functioning youth academy that has possibilities for much younger kids as well.
7 chris // Mar 10, 2008 at 9:27 am
aren’t they developing an academy? is that not what all the raffle ticket/scratchie things that people where selling on the way to the ‘dome’ where for?
8 Gilby // Apr 17, 2008 at 2:36 pm
He could get a job in a Circus but can he play the game ? Seems the FFV believe that being able to juggle a ball is some measure of your ability to read play, move into space, trap, pass, shoot and everything else that makes up a Footballer. Let’s see if he is still ahead of the pack when he is older…..doubt it !
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