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The calf injury Archie Thompson picked up in the Socceroo’s World Cup qualifier with China earlier this week could keep him on the sidelines for the next six weeks.
At the very least, Archie will not be available for the Melbourne Victory’s April 9 Asian Champions League match against Gamba Osaka, considered by many to be […]

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Archie Thompson and Rodrigo Vargas were announced as co-winners of the Victory Medal last night.
Kevin Muscat and Michael Theoklitos were joint runners-up, with Carlos Hernández trailing a point behind.
Both Thompson and Vargas picked up other awards as well, with Thompson receiving the SEN Player of the Year award and Vargas voted Players’ Player of the […]

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Pim Verbeek held his second training camp yesterday, this time calling in 29 players from the A-League. Eight of the players at the last training camp were left out this time, including the Melbourne Victory’s Leigh Broxham and Nick Ward.
Kevin Muscat, Archie Thompson and Rodrigo Vargas have all been picked again though.
Archie has already said […]

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Pim Verbeek announced his 22-man selection for a Socceroos training camp next week. Among them are Melbourne Victory’s Archie Thompson, Kevin Muscat and Rodrigo Vargas.
Only A-League players were picked for the training camp, though Verbeek insists there’s no guarantee that he’ll pick exclusively A-League players for the opening World Cup qualifier against Qatar on February […]

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Apparently Lynch was missing, so the two Victory stars decided to interview each other. Topics include the Phoenix match, the upcoming match against Perth, Muscat’s send-off and the Socceroos World Cup qualification draw.
Check it out.

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Things appear to be settling down on the Archie front, but a great big question mark is still looming over Ljubo Milicevic’ future with the Melbourne Victory.
Earlier this week, Archie Thompson expressed his anger over the suspension, suggesting that he is willing to return to Europe if the “right offer” should arise. But after meeting […]

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When Ljubo Milicevic and Archie Thompson missed breakfast on Saturday morning, who knew their absence would cause the controversy that has developed over the past few days. The incident has escalated into question marks over whether Milicevic still has a place at the Melbourne Victory.
The pair, who are close friends, went out on Friday night […]

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Archie Thompson needs no introduction.
In his two years with the Melbourne Victory, he’s scored 23 times.
Five of those goals came on February 18, 2007, in the 6 - 0 thrashing of Adelaide United.
An equally memorable occasion for the striker came in April, 2001, when Archie became the world record holder for goals scored in an […]

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News on MelbourneVictory.com.au suggests that Archie Thompson won’t be ready for the game against Perth in Darwin tomorrow night. Apparently, his sojourn with the Socceroos camp has left the Melbourne Victory’s marquee man worse off than we’d hoped.
Kaz Patafta will be stepping  into his place, partnering Danny Allsopp up the front. It’s a game Melbourne […]

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Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to catch last week’s friendly against South Melbourne. But never fear, the Melbourne Victory website has posted up great videos of the goals for those of you who were also not able to make it to the game. Check them out there, or enjoy the slightly less refined version from YouTube […]

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