Courtesy: The National


Youngsters eyes World Cup goal

By HENRY MORABANG

A young Papua New Guinea will come close to realise his dream to play in the Soccer World Cup.
William Mobbs, of Oro and Australia parentage, was selected in the Australia National Soccer team to play in the World Cup of Futsal in Mirniy, Russia, from June 10 to 20.

Mobbs is no stranger to Port Moresby School of Excellence as his father, Steven, was instrumental sending the first schoolboys team to the Bomben School Carnival in Cairns in 2002.
Recently, William was also listed by the PNG Football Association (PNGFA) as one of the offshore players into the PNG training squads' team trials for consideration to participate in the 2007 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa.
William has previously travelled to England and trained with the Liverpool football academy and since 2005 has been under contract with outdoor Premier League soccer club - Dapto Eagles.
In fact, William was the past captain of the successful Port Moresby School of Excellence soccer sides from 1999 to 2002 and representative with the PNG National side at the Under 17 Oceania Football Confederation Qualifiers in 2005 is about to realize his dream and participate in a soccer World Cup.
Currently residing in Australia with parents - mother, Faith from Tufi, Oro province and father Stephen from Wollongong, New South Wales - William will depart Sydney, June 7 with the Futsal Five-A-Side Australian soccer team to Russia.
Australian Coach David Birch had the following to say about Williams selection to the Australian side;
"I first met William in September of 2005 when he came into play in a youth grade indoor soccer competition at Coniston indoor soccer centre. At such a young age (16) William already had great skills and showed great potential. I asked him to play for our representative team, the Black Knights the Coniston indoor soccer centre's men's representative team in the state, and National titles and were victorious in both competitions. The Black Knights had also been to Europe to compete in competitions. David added that he had been involved with indoor soccer for over 25 years and believes that William has a great and promising future in indoor soccer. He aims to keep the team together and saw William as being a key player and he aims to provide opportunities for the Futsal Five-A-Side Australian team to play against the best sides in the world over the next few years.



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