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        "msgid": "aussie-soccer-expects-smooth-sailing-into-asia-1447893297",
        "date": "2005-03-28 00:00:00",
        "title": "Aussie soccer expects smooth sailing into Asia",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Aussie soccer expects smooth sailing into Asia Associated Press, Sydney, Australia Australia's soccer chief said on Saturday he expected no problems in leaving the Oceania Football Confederation to join its Asian counterpart, and that the move could happen as early as June. Australia's bid to join the Asian Football Confederation was unanimously endorsed on Wednesday by Asian soccer chiefs at a meeting in Malaysia.",
        "content": "<p>Aussie soccer expects smooth sailing into Asia<\/p>\n<p>Associated Press, Sydney, Australia<\/p>\n<p>Australia's soccer chief said on Saturday he expected no <br>\nproblems in leaving the Oceania Football Confederation to join <br>\nits Asian counterpart, and that the move could happen as early as <br>\nJune.<\/p>\n<p>Australia's bid to join the Asian Football Confederation was <br>\nunanimously endorsed on Wednesday by Asian soccer chiefs at a <br>\nmeeting in Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>Football Australia chairman Frank Lowy said he expected <br>\nAustralia to receive a sympathetic hearing at an Oceania meeting <br>\nApril 16. Australia must officially resign from Oceania, which <br>\nthen has to allow it to leave at the April meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Lowy also said an executive committee meeting of world <br>\ngoverning body FIFA on June 29 in Germany could be Australia's <br>\nlast remaining hurdle. If it didn't happen then, a full congress <br>\nof FIFA in September could approve the shift.<\/p>\n<p>Asian Confederation president Mohamed bin Hammam said on <br>\nSaturday the move could not come soon enough.<\/p>\n<p>\"If it was left to our wishes, we would like it to have <br>\nhappened yesterday,\" bin Hammam said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Joining Asia would provide Australia with a tougher but more <br>\nlucrative road to the 2010 World Cup finals.<\/p>\n<p>IF FIFA ratifies the move in June, it would clear the way for <br>\nAustralia to be eligible for the 2007 Asian Cup qualifiers <br>\nstarting early next year, as well as Australian A-League teams <br>\njoining the Asian Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Lowy described the impending move as \"a transforming event\" <br>\nfor Australian soccer.<\/p>\n<p>\"I know that the marketing side is very exciting, I know the <br>\nfootballing side is very exciting,\" Lowy said.<\/p>\n<p>Oceania is the only one of FIFA's confederations which doesn't <br>\nhave a guaranteed spot in the World Cup finals. A place was <br>\noffered in 2002 and withdrawn before qualifying began in 2003.<\/p>",
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