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This is bad: Carlos Hernández injured himself at training last week and is expected to miss six weeks.
Ernie Merrick said:

“It was just one of those training incidents with no one near him. He turned and his foot got stuck and twisted his knee.”

Six weeks means that the Costa Rican will miss Melbourne’s first three matches […]

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After weeks of speculation and rumours, it’s been confirmed: Adrian Caceres has left Melbourne for the greener grasses of Gosford.
The Central Coast Mariners have added the attacking midfielder to their squad list for next year. Caceres will, however, be available for the group stage of the […]

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The Melbourne Victory has just signed Nathan Elasi, an 18-year old striker who has been playing with the Marconi Stallions.
Elasi, a striker, has played for the Young Socceroos on three occasions and was recommended to Ernie Merrick by Sebastian Ryall, who captains the Young Socceroos.
“We brought him down and he impressed us […]

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The Melbourne Victory has been drawn in Group G, along with Chonburi FC (Thailand), Gamba Osaka (Japan) and the Chunnam Dragons (South Korea).
Adelaide United, meanwhile, have been drawn in Group E with Changchun Yatai (China), Pohang Steelers (South Korea) and Binh Duong (Vietnam).
Here’s who we’re up against, and how they made it to the Champions […]

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The Melbourne Victory signed Nick Ward today, a 22-year old Olyroo who has been playing in England for the Queens Park Rangers. Some of you may remember him from the inaugural A-League season, when he played for the Perth Glory.
Ward is a midfielder, and an attacking one at that. Sounds like just what Melbourne needs […]

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If the Melbourne Victory reach the finals of the A-League, they might be in the running for a spot at the first-ever Pan-Pacific Championship in February. Four teams will compete in the tournament, to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii.
One Australian team will play the MLS Cup Champion, the Houston Dynamo, while David Beckham and […]

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The Melbourne Victory has added Steven Pace to its ranks as a replacement for the injured Daniel Piorkowski.
The 24-year old defender signs over from the Preston Lions. In a 2-week trail with the Victory did, he obviously did enough to warrant his inclusion on the Victory payroll:
“Steven reads the game well, has excellent speed, good […]

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Turns out I was wrong about David Mitchell replacing Branko Culina as Sydney FC’s coach. John Kosmina was today unveiled as the new man for the job.
Ah, we just can’t get away from Kosmina, can we?
Unfortunately for Sydney and Kosmina, the FFA has insisted that the former Adelaide United coach serve out his five-game touchline […]

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Ljubo Milicevic has been invited back to training, but his future with the Melbourne Victory is still looking doubtful.
An article in The Advertiser today, titled “Ljubo up for grabs”, once again suggests that Ljubo could join Adelaide United in November, as a replacement for Angelo Costanzo, who picked up an injury in the clash with […]

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Some interesting news from other A-League clubs over the weekend:

Branko Culina has been fired by Sydney FC. David Mitchell, who is currently the Perth Glory’s assistant coach, appears to be the most likely candidate to replace Culina. (The World Game)
John Aloisi has been signed by the Central Coast Mariners. This is after negotiations with Sydney […]

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