KICKOFF 2021 - ROUND 15

ROCKDALE SUNDAY ILINDEN SPORTS 6TH JUNE CENTRE 6.30PM MEN’S 2 #NPLNSW CORPORATE PARTNERS

NPLNSW.COM.AU 3 1ST GRADE TEAM LISTS

1 Levi Kaye 1 Carlos Saliadarre 2 Cameron Fong 2 Solomon-Johnn Monahan-Vaiika 3 Aaron Gurd 3 Travis Oughtred 5 Tom Fay 4 Mitch Smith 6 Thomas Main 6 Blake Thompson 8 Patrick Yazbek 7 Jack Stewart 9 Antonio Saracino 8 Jason Perez 10 Jaiden Kucharski 9 Toufic Allameddine 11 Adrian Segecic 11 George Tuson-Firth 12 Jake Girdwood-Reich 12 Peter Nichols 14 Aiden Mostofi 17 Cooper Coskerie 19 Riley Ellem 15 Scott Browning 21 Tarek Elrich 17 Jayden Trenkoski 22 Jake Mamone 19 Joseph Calusic 24 Yinka Sunmola 20 Max Vartuli 27 Andre Cavalarro 21 28 Jared Macerola 22 32 Fumoto Kamada 23 Callum Talbot 33 Takumo Tsujimura 24 33 Marc Warren 25 Harry van der Saag 26 Patrick Flottman Coach: Stewart Montgomery 27 Jordan Swibel Asst. Coach: Stamati Glaros 30 Tom Heward-Belle Manager: George Mandic Physio: Kris Caolia Progressive Physio. Trent Buhagiar Strength & Conditioning: Shannon Codd Head Coach: Jim Van Weeren Assistant Coach: Howard Fondyke

Referee: M. Weiner Assistant Referees: C. Wright and A. Hosnani Fourth Official: L. Jones

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Sydney FC will be determined to end their winless The Rangers were too strong for Wollongong run when they host Mt Druitt Town Rangers at Wolves in a 3-0 win thanks to a Jack Stewart brace Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre on Sunday. and a goal from Fumoto Kamada. The Young Sky Blues were seconds away from Stewart has been a shining light in attack this season, claiming their first win since round three last and he will be tough to stop again this round. week until they conceded a dramatic equaliser to Northbridge Bulls in the game’s final play. The clean sheet against Wollongong is sure to have put a smile on coach Stewart Montgomery’s face, The 2-2 draw was an unfortunate result for the Jim and he will be pushing his defenders to repeat that van Weeran coached side, who have suffered some feat against Sydney. wretched results this season. The Rangers will be favourites for this match despite However, there were some bright signs against being on the road, but don’t write off a Sydney FC Northbridge, and Sydney will be trying their best to upset. build on their last result. Corey Hollman had a stand out performance against the Bulls, scoring a stunning solo goal. Callum Talbot was another player who excelled in week 14 and will be out to back it up again this round. Sydney will be up against a Mt Druitt outfit that comes into this game in fourth position after a big win in round 14.

1ST GRADE LADDER

POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Sydney United 58 FC 14 8 4 2 29 14 15 28 2 Blacktown City FC 14 8 3 3 27 13 14 27 3 Rockdale Ilinden FC 14 6 6 2 25 15 10 24 4 Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC 14 5 5 4 18 19 -1 20 5 Manly United FC 14 5 5 4 17 20 -3 20 6 Wollongong Wolves FC 14 5 4 5 19 25 -6 19 7 APIA Leichhardt FC 14 5 3 6 17 18 -1 18 8 Sydney Olympic FC 14 5 3 6 16 17 -1 18 9 Marconi Stallions FC 14 2 9 3 21 22 -1 15 10 Northbridge Bulls FC 14 3 5 6 27 25 2 14 11 Sutherland Sharks FC 14 2 5 7 16 27 -11 11 12 Sydney FC 14 2 4 8 22 39 -17 10

NPLNSW.COM.AU 5 FIRST GRADE REVIEWS

Northbridge Bulls 2 – Sydney FC 2 at Sydney Mt Druitt Town Rangers 3 – Wollongong Wolves United Sports Centre 0 at Popondetta Park A Jake Jovanovski header deep into injury time has Mount Druitt Town Rangers secured a vital 2-0 helped Northbridge Bulls snatch a dramatic 2-2 success against Wollongong Wolves to keep their draw against Sydney FC at Sydney United Sports top five hopes alive at a frosty Popondetta Park Centre on Saturday. The Rangers got themselves back in the winner’s Jovanovski’s 94th minute headed goal denied the circle with a pair of second-half goals from star Young Sky Blues their first win since round 3 as the striker Jack Stewart, while a late Fumoto Kamada Bulls fought back from behind twice to snatch a vital strike ensured the home side took all three points. competition point. Earlier custodian Carlos Saliadarre saved a spot-kick Sydney FC took a 1-0 lead into the break thanks to a which helped to kickstart their revival in the second Clayton Taylor strike but Northbridge hit back after half. the interval through Lachlan Sepping to level the score. Wollongong Wolves will be disappointed to miss their chance to secure a spot in the top five of the With only six minutes left on the clock, Corey National Premier Leagues Men’s competition. Hollman put Sydney in front and on the cusp of an incredible victory. They did have a spot-kick for Lachlan Scott which was saved at the start of the second half which was However, it wasn’t to be for the Young Sky Blues as their best chance. Jovanovski found the back of the net in the dying seconds to secure an incredible late equaliser for Northbridge.

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6 #NPLNSW TOP GOAL SCORERS

Patrick Antelmi Sydney United 58 13 Alec Urosevski Rockdale Illinden 11 James Andrew Sutherland Sharks 8 Jack Stewart Mt Druitt Town Rangers 8 Kyle Cimenti Rockdale Ilinden 7 Travis Major Blacktown City 7 Marko Jesic Marconi 7 Chris Payne Sydney United 58 6 Dejan Pandurevic Manly United 6 Matt Sim Sydney United 58 5 Lachlan Scott Wollongong Wolves 5

NPLNSW.COM.AU 7 U20 TEAM LISTS

4 Nathan Grimaldi Lachlan Mills 7 Aidan Simmons Nathan Paull 13 Clayton Taylor Nikola Skataric 16 Stevan Stanic-Floody Phillip Gigliotti 18 Oscar Priestman Aleksandar Duricic Corey Hollman Andrew Vlahadamis Hunter Elliott Brae Ovens Kai Kamikura Hayden Matthews

Coach: Howard Fondyke *Sydney FC have indicated that all Under 20’s Assistant Coach: Liam Fitz-Gerald shirt numbers will change weekly.

18 Braiden Burr 30 Nate dunShea 23 Leo Abdo 31 Ngor Deng 24 Raj Singh 35 Sunday Yona 25 Mo Sabbouh 36 Joshua Armandi 28 Callum Garrett 38 Anthony Louis 29 Jacob Debian 41 Ivan Sunjic

Coach: Steve Mayer Asst. Coach: Can Ozemir

U20 LADDER

POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Manly United FC 14 11 0 3 30 13 17 33 2 Sydney Olympic FC 14 8 2 4 28 14 14 26 3 Sydney FC 14 7 5 2 19 8 11 26 4 Marconi Stallions FC 14 7 2 5 26 17 9 23 5 Blacktown City FC 14 6 3 5 25 14 11 21 6 Wollongong Wolves FC 13 6 2 5 21 21 0 20 7 Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC 14 5 3 6 24 31 -7 18 8 APIA Leichhardt FC 14 4 4 6 18 26 -8 16 9 Sutherland Sharks FC 13 4 3 6 18 25 -7 15 10 Sydney United 58 FC 14 4 3 7 23 32 -9 15 11 Northbridge Bulls FC 14 4 2 8 19 26 -7 14 12 Rockdale Ilinden FC 14 0 5 9 11 35 -24 5

8 #NPLNSW CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

CLUB PLAYED U20’s 1st TOTAL Blacktown City FC 28 42 108 150 Manly United FC 28 66 80 146 Sydney United 58 FC 28 30 112 142 Sydney Olympic FC 28 52 72 124 Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC 28 36 80 116 Wollongong Wolves FC 27 40 76 116 Marconi Stallions FC 28 46 60 106 Rockdale Ilinden FC 28 10 96 106 APIA Leichhardt FC 28 32 72 104 Sydney FC 28 52 40 92 Northbridge Bulls FC 28 28 56 84 Sutherland Sharks FC 27 30 44 74

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NEXT ROUND FIXTURES MANLY UNITED FC VS ROCKDALE ILINDEN FC VS APIA LEICHHARDT FC BLACKTOWN CITY FC 7:00 PM / FRI 11 JUN 3:00 PM / SUN 13 JUN CROMER PARK NO.1 ROCKDALE ILINDEN SPORTS CENTRE

SYDNEY OLYMPIC FC VS SYDNEY UNITED 58 FC VS SYDNEY FC MARCONI STALLIONS FC 5:30 PM / SAT 12 JUN 3:00 PM / SUN 13 JUN BELMORE SPORTS GROUND SYDNEY UNITED SPORTS CENTRE

MT DRUITT TOWN RANGERS FC VS NORTHBRIDGE BULLS FC VS SUTHERLAND SHARKS FC WOLLONGONG WOLVES FC 7:00 PM / SAT 12 JUN 3:00 PM / MON 14 JUN POPONDETTA PARK NO.1 SYDNEY UNITED SPORTS CENTRE

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NPLNSW.COM.AU 11 2021 HOME FIXTURES HOME GROUND - Ilinden Sports Centre 468 West Botany St, Rockdale sydneyfc.com

ROUND 3 14/03/21 (Sun) 18:30 Northbridge Bulls FC ROUND 5 28/03/21 (Sun) 18:30 Sydney Olympic FC ROUND 7 11/04/21 (Sun) 18:30 Sutherland Sharks FC ROUND 8 18/04/21 (Sun) 18:30 APIA Leichhardt FC ROUND 10 02/05/21 (Sun) 18:30 Wollongong Wolves FC ROUND 12 16/05/21 (Sun) 18:30 Marconi Stallions FC ROUND 13 23/05/21 (Sun) 18:30 Sydney United 58 FC ROUND 15 06/06/21 (Sun) 18:30 Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC ROUND 17 20/06/21 (Sun) 18:30 Manly United FC ROUND 20 11/07/21 (Sun) 18:30 Blacktown City FC ROUND 22 25/07/21 (Sun) 15:00 Rockdale Ilinden FC

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