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Casey Ready To Build Training Center If Granted A-League License

The City of Casey said that it is "ready to go with plans" to build a A$20M ($14.4M) training facility "if Melbourne's booming southeast" is granted an A-League license, according to Matt Windley of the HERALD SUN. As the "race for spots in an expanded A-League heats up," Casey Mayor Sam Aziz said that the "soccer-mad southeast of Melbourne" is the "only realistic option" for a third Victorian team. The "proposed elite training" center would be based at Casey Fields, which already partners with Melbourne's Australian Football League team and is home to Victorian Football League club Casey Scorpions. Consisting of eight change rooms, a multi-purpose grass turf pitch and grandstand, Aziz said that the Casey Soccer Centre of Excellence would be the "ideal training and administration base" for the proposed A-League and W-League club in the area. Casey "does not intend" to build a stadium suitable to host A-League matches. While the training facility's main pitch could host W-League games, Aziz insisted he was "fully supportive" of Dandenong Mayor Jim Memeti's push to build a "boutique" stadium near Dandenong train station. Following the "successful" Western Sydney Wanderers template, Aziz said that "a united push from the three councils, local clubs and private investors was something Football Federation Australia should not ignore." Aziz added, "By joining forces the three municipalities can turn the southeast into an A-League heartland" (HERALD SUN, 12/22).

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