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Carlos Hernández has been called on to play a couple of friendlies for Costa Rica in late January and early February.

… With the Victory out of the finals, it’s a great opportunity for Hernández to make an impression on national coach Hernan Medford.

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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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One important decision which Ernie Merrick will have to make in the next month is which international player he leaves out of the Melbourne Victory squad for the Asian Champions League.
Coaches have to get their 30-player squad lists in by the 11th of February. One of the stipulations is that each team can only have […]

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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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One of the key questions hanging over this Sunday’s clash with the Newcastle Jets is whether Kaz Patafta will get another start.
When he first signed with the Melbourne Victory, he was hailed as the “next Harry Kewell” by one reader. But before last Saturday, Patafta had only 200 minutes of in-season game time to prove […]

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Early in November, Ernie Merrick promised Melbourne Victory fans that the club would sign some new talent in the November transfer window. As the month reached its end last week, Merrick explained the type of player he was looking for:
“I am looking for a Paul Wade type of character, a real hard grafter, a box-to-box […]

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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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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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This post marks the completion of an epic series of Melbourne Victory player profiles.
Do you remember this game?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdkVfbZJAL0

When: September 2, 2006
Where: The Telstra Dome
The result: Melbourne Victory 3, Sydney FC 2
It was only the second game of the season, but the Victory was already promising a grand season. The week before, Melbourne had beaten […]

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The Preston Lions must be patting themselves on the back. Steven Pace is their second player this year to pick up an A-League contract, after Isyan Erdogan joined Adelaide United at the start of the season.
Pace joins the Melbourne Victory as a replacement for defender Daniel Piorkowski, but he has played the majority of his […]

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