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As Australia celebrates Refugee Week 2023, we shine a light on Melbourne's Community Soccer Hub and Satellite City United SC - two clubs that help people feel at home through football.

While the role of refugees representing Australia at the elite level in recent years has been widely celebrated, it is well worth acknowledging how sport at the grassroots level can positively impact the lives of many more.

Two prime examples of this are Satellite City United SC and the Community Soccer Hub.

Satellite City United SC works with refugees by providing them opportunities to join the soccer club.

When South Sudanese refugees arrived in Melton, the club invited them to join and took the time to show them the Australian way of life. The club also helped them integrate into the local community and assisted with their needs.

Over time, the club has welcomed refugees from other African nations and has been educating themselves about their cultures while also sharing their own. As the club continues to grow, they are now also welcoming more Indian refugees.

Through this approach, Satellite City United SC plays an important role welcoming and supporting refugees in their new home, while also fostering intercultural exchange and understanding.

Established in 2014, CSH creates opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to know what it feels like to belong to a local Australian sports club.

Initially a safe space to enjoy playing soccer and connecting with community, it has grown to over 500 participants.

Based in the Western Melbourne suburb of Albion, the Community Soccer Hub's participation base reflects the demographic of an incredibly diverse region.

The club was established upon the role football plays in helping achieve a sense of connection and belonging to the local community.

The mental and physical health benefits of sport participation are well known, however, many people of refugee, migrant and low socioeconomic background can face significant barriers to sport participation such as financial restraints, language barriers, lack of culturally sensitive facilities and lack of communication between mainstream sporting clubs and settlement organisations.

The CSH was founded to remove these barriers.

This is achieved by working in collaboration with community leaders and organisations to design programs suitable and accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds, all days of the week.

Programs include:

Apart from playing the beautiful game, the Hub uses football as the catalyst connecting communities with support services, settlement organizations, employment as well as capacity building opportunities such as referee and coaching courses.

While every week is refugee week at the Hub, this week's celebrations mark a great opportunity for the wider community to reflect on the issues facing these communities, as well as their achievements.

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Thursday

Cocoa Beach 7, Merritt Island 0

Singles: Elena Widick (CB) def. Caroline Kunik (MI) 8-0; Kennedy Coleman (CB) def. Makenzie Karp (MI) 8-0; Katie Flanagan (CB) def. Kylie Wellman (MI) 8-1; Emmane Beasha (CB) def. Aryanna Best (MI) 8-0; Skyler Renneberg (CB) def. Olivia Harris (MI) 8-3.

Doubles: Widick/Coleman (CB) def. Kunik/Wellman (MI) 8-1; Flanagan/Beasha (CB) def. Karp/Best (MI) 8-1.

Records: Cocoa Beach 2-0.

Edgewood 6, Space Coast 1

Singles: Madiysn Neville (Edgewood) def. Abryona Applegate (Space Coast) 8-3; Su Sueri (Edgewood) def. Jorja Monismith (Space Coast) 8-4; Katelyn Fafard (Edgewood) def. Amber Noyes (Space Coast) 8-4; Twisha Mehta (Edgewood) def. Justyce Davey (Space Coast) 8-4; Vivian Nolting (Edgewood) def. Mia Pino (Space Coast) 8-0.

Doubles: Abryona Applegate/Jorja Monismith (Space Coast) def. Madiysn Neville/Su Sueri (Edgewood) 8-4; Gianna Velez/Victoria Tonhauser (Edgewood) def. Yzabella Quitlong/Justyce Davey (Space Coast) 6-1.

West Shore 5, Melbourne 2

Singles: Allie Wright (West Shore) def. Kenzie Gooch (Melbourne) 8-0; Aubrey Reiter (West Shore) def. Evelyn Ryals (Melbourne) 8-3; Lucy Ryals (Melbourne) def. Suhina Mitra (West Shore) 8-6; Isabel Miles (West Shore) def. Kylie Cory (Melbourne) 8-1; Rhea Sinha (West Shore) def. Tea Prior (Melbourne) 8-2.

Doubles: Allie Wright/Aubrey Reiter (West Shore) def. K.Gooch/S. Maynor (Melbourne) 8-0; Lucy Ryals/Evelyn Ryals (Melbourne) def. Isabel Miles/Suhina Mitra (West Shore) 8-3.

Records: West Shore 2-0.

Viera 7, Bayside 0

Singles: Braden Ayers def. Cody Jacobs 8-0; Brodie Taylor def. Jack Easton 8-0; Matthew Maroz def. Jonas Winterton 8-0; Joey Shine def Elijah Winterton 8-0; Kayden Combs def. Domenic Monroe 8-0.

Doubles: Ayers/Taylor def. Jacobs/Easton 8-1; Maroz/Dugas def. Winterton/Winterton.

Records: Viera 2-0.

Rockledge 6, Cocoa 1

Singles: Bennett Margiotta 8-0; Anthony Viggiano 8-1; Myles Smith 8-1; Ethan Rye 8-1.

Doubles: Bennett Margiotta/Anthony Viggiano 8-0; Myles Smith/Ethan Rye 8-5.

Records: Rockledge 2-0.

Merritt Island 7, Cocoa Beach 0

Singles: Nathan Oglesby (MI) d. Enzo Boyd (CB) 8-0; Nick Oglesby (MI) d. Xander Fuchs (CB) 8-0; Alex Gregoire (MI) d. Liam Robinson (CB) 8-0; Joseph Tallman (MI) d. Chance Cave (CB) 8-1; Connor Kahl (MI) d. Austin Wills (CB) 8-2.

Doubles: Oglesby/Oglesby (MI) d. Boyd/Fuchs (CB) 8-0; Gregoire/Kahl (MI) d. Robinson/Cave (CB) 8-0.

Records: Merritt Island 1-1, Cocoa Beach 0-2.

Edgewood 7, Space Coast 0

Singles: Luke Wu (Edgewood) def. Baily Taylor (Space Coast) 8-0; Kai Worrells (Edgewood) def. Andrew Walker (Space Coast) 8-0; Kamalesh Sureshkumar (Edgewood) def. Kirito Williams (Space Coast) 8-0.

Doubles: Preston Dehuff/Brian Chena (Edgewood) def. Baily Taylor/Andrew Walker (Space Coast) 8-1.

Satellite 5, Eau Gallie 2

Singles: Caleb Domkowski (Satellite) def. Ayman Hussain (Eau Gallie) 8-0; Jack Lindstrom (Satellite) def. CJ Timmer (Eau Gallie) 8-0; Roman Vigliotti (Satellite) def. Jacob Samler (Eau Gallie) 8-3; Marcus Hatzakis (Satellite) def. Grant Wells (Eau Gallie) 8-3; Ben Frallicciard (Satellite) def. Jason Vincent (Eau Gallie) 8-3.

Doubles: Ayman Hussain (Eau Gallie) def. Sebastian Gonzalez/Matt Loftus (Satellite) 8-3; Jacob Samler/Grant Wells (Eau Gallie) def. Talan Guertin/Jacob Junek (Satellite) 8-6.

Records: Satellite 2-0, Eau Gallie 0-2.

Titusville 4, Astronaut 3

Singles: Luke Underwood (A) def. Riley Benson (T) 6-4, 7-5; Myles Quigg (T) def. Gage Richardson (A) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3); Elliot Langelier (T) def. Judah Wells (A) 6-4, 6-3; Noah Long (A) def. Tyler Ceili (T) 6-2, 6-2; Jay Muniz (T) def. Jake Raisch (A) 6-1, 6-7 (3-7), 10-7.

Doubles: Riley Benson/Myles Quigg (T) def. Luke Underwood/Noah Long (A) 8-6; Gage Richardson/Judah Wells (A) def. Elliot Langelier/Tyler Ceili (T) 8-5.

Records: Titusville 2-0, Astronaut 1-1.

Wednesday

Melbourne Central Catholic 7, The Pine School 0

Singles: Owen Addington (MCC) def. Jacob Ross (The Pine School) 4-0 - 4-0; Austin Addington (MCC) def. John Wiedner (The Pine School) 4-0 - 4-0; Felix Pellegrino (MCC) def. Loic Schneider (The Pine School) 4-2 - 4-2; Daniel Arrubla (MCC) def. Shouhan Zhang (The Pine School) 4-0 - 4-2; Caleb Hurley (MCC) def. Cash Scala (The Pine School) 4-1 - 4-1.

Doubles: Owen Addington/ Austin Addington (MCC) def. Jacob Ross/ Loic Schneider (The Pine School) 2-4 - 5-3 (Tiebreaker 10-7); Felix Pellegrino/ Daniel Arrubla (MCC) def. Shouhan Zhang/ John Wiedner (The Pine School) 4-0 - 4-1.

Records: Melbourne Central Catholic 2-0.

Rockledge 8, Cocoa Beach 0

Singles: Bennett Margiotta 8-0; Maximus Amick 8-0; Anthony Viggiano 8-0; Myles Smith 8-1; Ethan Rye 8-4.

Doubles: Bennett Margiotta/Anthony Viggiano 8-1; Maximus Amick/Myles Smith 8-1.

Records: Rockledge 1-0.

Tuesday

Space Coast 60, Eau Gallie 18

106: Rian Dufrene (SC) by forfeit; 113: Elijah Norsworthy (EG) pinned Kaleb Klingenberg in 3:06; 120: Mason Snyder (EG) pinned Aidan Jarrett in 4:49; 126: Connor Gale (SC) pinned Devin Duran in 4:36; 132: Drayton Gamradt (SC) pinned Kian Cartwright in 5:01; 138: Chris McDonel (SC) pinned Aiden Schaeffer in 3:40; 145: Anthony Piazza (SC) by forfeit; 152: Jacob Starkey (SC) by forfeit; 160: Jason Lee (SC) pinned Deangelo Martell in 3:37; 170: Mason Alsobrook (SC) by forfeit; 182: double forfeit; 195: Allen Wasmund (SC) pinned Alejandro Flores in 2:39; 220: Jayden Sheely (SC) pinned Michael Dipenta in 1:49; Hvy: Chavez Thompson (EG) by forfeit.

Edgewood 7, Merritt Island 0

Singles: Nick Velazquez (Edgewood) Def. Nathan Oglesby (MI) 8-4; Will Clark (Edgewood) Def. Nick Oglesby (MI) 8-1; Carson Hunt (Edgewood) Def. Alex Gregoire (MI) 8-0; Nirvan Dalal (Edgewood) Def. Joseph Tallman (MI) 8-1; Gabe Torres Rivera (Edgewood) Def. Connor Kahl (MI) 8-3.

Doubles: Velazquez/Clark (Edgewood) Def. Oglesby/Oglesby (MI) 8-3; Hunt/Dalal (Edgewood) Def. Gregoire/Tallman (MI) 8-1.

Records: Edgewood 1-0, Merritt Island 0-1.

Viera 4, Eau Gallie 3

Singles: Braden Ayers Def. Ayman Hussain 8-0; Brodie Taylor Def. CJ Timmer 8-3; Jacob Samler Def. Matthew Maroz 8-6; Grant Wells Def. Joey Shine 9-7; Jason Vincent Def. Jon Pinela 8-1.

Doubles: Ayers/Taylor Def. Hussain/Timmer 8-6; Maroz/Shine Def. Samler/Wells 9-8(13).

Records: Viera 1-0.

Melbourne Central Catholic 7, John Carroll 1

Singles: Austin Addington (MCC) Def. Wyatt Dempsey (JCHS) 8-0; Owen Addington (MCC) Def. Ethan Gunther (JCHS) 8-0; Felix Pellegrino (MCC) Def. Diego Trybul (JCHS) 8-0; Daniel Arrubla (MCC) Def. Sebastian Miranada (JCHS) 8-0; Caleb Hurley (MCC) Def. Angel Esquivel (JCHS) 8-0; Evan Jellett (MCC) Def. Ayden Blair (JCHS) 8-2.

Doubles: Wyatt Dempsey/ Ethan Gunther (JCHS) Def. Nicolas Arrubla/ Caleb Hurley (MCC) 8-5; Eric Cabrera/ Dane Jellett (MCC) Def. Diego Trybul/ Sebastian Miranda (JCHS) 8-3.

Records: Melbourne Central Catholic 1-0.

Satellite 6, Heritage 1

Singles: Caleb Domkowski (Satellite) Def. Jonas Wenzel (Heritage) 8-1; Roman Vigliotti (Satellite) Def. Eric Neven (Heritage) 8-2; Marcus Hatzakis (Satellite) Def. Michael Wolklkenzein (Heritage) 8-1; Ben Frallicciard (Satellite) Def. Gabe Comba (Heritage) 8-1; Sabastian Gonzalez (Satellite) Def. Chris St. Louis (Heritage) 8-1.

Doubles: Jonas Wenzel/Eric Neven (Heritage) Def. Matt Loftus/Talan Guertin (Satellite) 8-0; Jacob Stanford/Jacob Junek Satellite Def. Michael Wollenzein/Gabe Coumba (Heritage) 8-3.

Records: Satellite 1-0, Heritage 0-1.

West Shore 7, Bayside 0

Singles: Andy Yang (WS) Def. Jack Eaton 8-0; Jack Zhao (WS) Def. Cody Jacobs 8-0; Eric Yang WS Def. Jonas Winterton 8-0; Kirin Reiter WS Def. Elijah Winterton 8-0; Holland Dennington WS won walkover.

Doubles: Kirin Reiter/Michael Yang (WS) Def. Jack Eaton/Jonas Winterton 8-0; Jackson Haney/Saaketh Kesireddy (WS) Def. Cody Jacobs/Elijah Winterton 8-2

Records: West Shore 1-0, Bayside 0-1.

Melbourne Central Catholic 6, John Carroll 1

Singles: Claudia Elorriaga (MCC) Def. Gabriella Lombardi (JCHS) 8-1; Ari Teeter( MCC) Def Lyndy Dempsey (JCHS) 8-1; Eva Sutton( MCC) Def. Olivia Trelfelner (JCHS) 8-5; Kaliey Ojeda (MCC) Def. Isabella Lombardi (JCHS) 8-3; Mackenzie Carrol (MCC) Def. Morgan Huges (JCHS) 8-1.

Doubles: Claudia Elorriaga/ Ari Teeter (MCC) Def. Gabriella Lombardi/ Isabella Lombardi (JCHS) 8-2; Lyndy Dempsey/ Olivia Trelfelner (JCHS) Def. Eva Sutton/ Kaliey Ojeda (MCC) 8-6.

Records: Melbourne Central Catholic 1-0.

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Some major college football programs claimed talent from Brevard County high schools on Wednesday, National Signing Day across the country.

Melbourne High receiver Devin Alves was one of the surprise signings. He chose ACC school Virginia Tech.

Merritt Island kicker-quarterback Brady Denaburg, the FLORIDA TODAY Offensive Football Player of the Year, considered Rhode Island, the Air Force Academy and Florida, but he picked Syracuse. He will have the chance to kick in that ACC team's domed stadium. His teammate, linebacker Maddox Moss, signed with FAU.

There were other Division I signees in the area. Cocoa defensive lineman Timothy Passmore signed with UConn, while teammate LaNard Toney signed to play on the line for Florida State.

All-Space Coast Football, Offense:Merritt Island's Brady Denaburg led 2021 Brevard football offenses

All-Space Coast Football, Defense:Florida-bound Jamari Lyons of Viera dominated in 2021

Former Florida Tech coach Steve Englehart, the new coach at Presbyterian in Clinton, S.C., reached back to the area to sign quarterback son Ty from Holy Trinity, Melbourne linebacker Jafari Clark, Eau Gallie lineman Cody Dautrich and Cocoa defensive back Malik Lewis.

Visit 321preps.com for video interviews with several signees, photos of signing days around the county and more.

Signing list is below photo gallery.

Devin Alves, Melbourne to Virginia Tech football

Victor Battle Jr, Cocoa to Culver-Stockton College football

Michael Baumgardner, Merritt Island to Daytona State baseball

Rian Black, Rockledge to Coastal Carolina football

Katie Callenberger, Merritt Island to Augusta volleyball

Caleo Carrera, Palm Bay to St. Thomas football

Jamez Chambers, Eau Gallie to St. Thomas football

Jafari Clarke, Melbourne to Presbyterian College (Clinton, S.C.) football

Kalia Clary, West Shore to Ave Maria swimming

Dylan Collins, Holy Trinity to Emory University track & field (Atlanta)

Cody Dautrich, Eau Gallie to Presbyterian College (Clinton, S.C.) football

Brady Denaburg, Merritt Island to Syracuse football

Andrew Diaz, Rockledge to Webber International football

Eumari Dixon, Cocoa to Florida Memorial football

Justus Durant, Bayside to Shorter University football

Kaylee Ellsworth, Merritt Island to Tampa softball

Ty Englehart, Holy Trinity to Presbyterian College football (Clinton, S.C.)

Justin Evans, Palm Bay to St. Thomas football

D.J. Grimes, Cocoa to Southwestern Oklahoma State football

Seamus Feeney, Merritt Island to Flagler College soccer

Timaule Hayes, Eau Gallie to Concord (W.V.) football

C.J. Henry, Palm Bay to Missouri Valley College football

Marcus Hopkins, Cocoa to Alabama A&M football

Stella Hopson, Merritt Island to South Florida State softball

Jonna Kirk, Astronaut to Long Island University gymnastics

Dawson Kloos, Melbourne to Davenport (Mich.) football

Malik Lewis, Cocoa to Presbyterian College (Clinton, S.C.) football

Kate Lipphardt, Astronaut to Eastern Florida State softball

Virgil Marshall, Cocoa to Western Kentucky football

Maddox Moss, Merritt Island to FAU football

Grant Paparella, Merritt Island to Andrew College baseball

Timothy Passmore, Cocoa to UConn football

Jordyn Patrick, Merritt Island to Wallace State State volleyball

Marcel Portier, Eau Gallie to Ave Maria football

Taylor Rendina, Astronaut to Bridgeport (Conn.) gymnastics

Macy Reynolds, Merritt Island to Point Loma Nazarene volleyball

Isaiah Rivers-Rodriguez, Eau Gallie to Avila foo

J'Mariyae Robinson, Cocoa to Missouri State football

O.J. Ross, Cocoa to Tennessee Tech football

Macie Sinclair, Merritt Island to St. John’s River State beach volleyball

Daryl Smith, Rockledge to Tusculum football

Lilly Swoyer, Astronaut to Eastern Florida State softball

LaNard Toney, Cocoa to Florida State University football

Rafael Tortolo, Merritt Island to Bluefield State (W.V.) track and field

L.J. Turner, Heritage to Catawba (N.C.) football

Jacroy Waddell, Astronaut to St. Thomas football

Thomas Wadsworth, Melbourne to UCF football

Emily Witt, Astronaut to Rollins College softball

Jake Woods, Merritt Island to Keiser football

Davin Wydner, Cocoa to UCF football

Victor Zidor, Cocoa to Allen University football

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The qualifying standards for the 2022 Short Course World Championships in Melbourne have been released.

The qualifying period for the competition began on July 24, 2021 (the opening day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games) and will run through November 13, 2022.

The qualifying times are in short course meters, but swimmers can also gain entry into the meet by attaining the Long Course World Championship standards for the 2022 edition in Budapest.

2022 Short Course Worlds Qualifying Times (SCM)

The standards were created using the faster of either the ‘A’ qualifying time from the 2021 SC Worlds in Abu Dhabi or the 16th-place time from that event, which took place last December.

The breakdown resulted in the cuts being roughly half of each, as follows:

How swimmers are selected to compete at the championships, however, depends on their respective national governing body.

Last year, USA Swimming received criticism over its qualifying procedure for the 2021 Worlds in Abu Dhabi, basing selection on long course results despite numerous U.S. swimmers racing short course meters throughout the year.

However, without the International Swimming League (ISL) running in 2022 (where most of the high-level swimmers raced short course meters in 2021), it’s likely the majority of NGBs will use LCM results to select their teams this year.

The event will take place from December 13-18, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia, after it was removed from the Russian city of Kazan due to the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

David Popovici, de 17 años, se ha impuesto en la final de 200 libre masculino con un tiempo de 1:43.21, pulverizando así su anterior récord mundial junior de 1:44.40 de la ronda de semifinales de esta competición. Popovici es ahora el cuarto hombre más rápido de la historia, solo por detrás de Paul Biedermann, Michael Phelps y Yannick Agnel, y ha nadado el quinto tiempo más rápido de la historia.

La plata ha sido para el también adolescente surcoreano Hwang Sunwoo con 1:44.47, y el bronce ha sido para el campeón olímpico británico Tom Dean con 1:44.98.

Con este tiempo, el joven talento rumano se une al selecto club de los 5 nadadores de la historia que han bajado de la barrera de 1:44, y se ha convertido en el hombre más joven en hacerlo. El anterior hombre más joven en lograr la hazaña de bajar de 1:44 fue Danila Izotov, que lo hizo a los 17 años en los Campeonatos del mundo de 2009. Izotov lo hizo cuando tenía 17 años, 9 meses y 26 días, mientras que Popovici tiene actualmente 17 años, 9 meses y 5 días, 21 días más joven que el ruso.

Mejores nadadores de la historia en 200 libre

Mejores actuaciones de la historia en 200 libre

Además, Popovici se ha convertido en el segundo nadador más rápido de la historia con bañador textil, solo por detrás de Agnel. Tanto Biedermann como Phelps consiguieron sus mejores tiempos con bañador de poliuretano.

Además de ser el hombre más joven en nadar en 1:43, Popovici es ahora el campeón del mundo más joven en 200 libre masculino y uno de los campeones mundiales masculinos más jóvenes de la historia de la natación.

Anteriormente, el nadador estadounidense Tim Shaw era el hombre más joven en subir al podio en esta prueba en un Campeonato del mundo. Ganó esta prueba en 1975 en los Campeonatos del Mundo de Cali. En aquella ocasión, Shaw tenía poco más de 18 años, lo que convierte a Popovici en el único joven de 17 años que ha ganado la prueba en mundiales.

En cuanto a los campeones mundiales más jóvenes de todas las pruebas, Popovici se sitúa muy cerca del top 10 con esta actuación. El campeón rumano tiene actualmente 17 años y 278 días.

Los campeones del mundo más jóvenes de la historia

Para rematar la lista de hazañas que Popovici se ha adjudicado con esta actuación, es ahora el primer hombre rumano de la historia que gana un título en los Campeonatos del mundo. El único otro hombre de Rumanía que ha subido al podio en mundiales es Dragos Coman, que obtuvo el bronce en 400 libre en los Campeonatos de 2003 en Barcelona.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan University men’s soccer team and head coach Chad Wiseman have announced the signing of five student-athletes who will join the Broncos in 2021.

Roni Sylejmani (Gjilani, Kosovo/Gull Lake High School/Kalamazoo Kingdom SC), Wishy Laurie (Melbourne, Australia/West Virginia University Institute of Technology), Parker Finnegan (Laguna Niguel, Calif./Dana Hills High School/Strikers FC DA), Connor Burkett (Mattawan, Mich./Mattawan/Kalamazoo Kingdom SC) and Nicholas Biel (Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton High School/Millennium Soccer Association) have committed their futures to the Broncos.

“What a unique and difficult time it is for collegiate athletics,” said Wiseman. “Globally we all continue to live with COVID-19, adjust and adhere to the ever changing rules and protocols, yet we must continue to try our best to do our jobs. This recruiting class is extremely talented and they all have bright futures in a Bronco uniform. Western Michigan University was the first choice for all these athletes, that’s important to us. We want players in our program that dream to be Broncos! This class fills specific positional needs, that will add to a talented and young roster. In the coming months, we will look to add a couple additional players that will help fill out the 2021 class.”

Sylejmani was named a member of the 2020 Michigan Dream Team after leading Gull Lake to a MHSAA State Championship. He was a four-time First Team All-State selection. With his club team, Kalamazoo Kingdom SC, he won the Michigan State Cup Championship in 2015, 2016 and 2018.

Wiseman on Sylejmani – “We are thrilled for Eron, Roni, to be joining us here at WMU. We have known Roni a long time and we always hoped he would choose to stay home in Kalamazoo. It is difficult to describe what Roni is capable of in just a few words, he does so many things at the highest level. We expect him to have an immediate impact within our team roster. Roni is an extremely gifted soccer player and athlete. He has great size, strength, speed and has lots of confidence. He is deadly in and around the goal and knows how to create dangerous opportunities both for himself and his teammates. He is good in possession and has an extremely high soccer IQ. Lastly, he is one of the most competitive players I have ever been around. I think it is safe to say that Bronco Nation can expect BIG things from Roni in a Bronco uniform.”

Sylejmani on why he chose WMU – “Knowing the coaching staff and some of the players and the competitiveness that comes with being on the team was one of the many reasons I chose Western Michigan.”

Laurie helped West Virginia Tech to a NAIA River States Conference Championship in 2019 and was a member of the RSC Scholar-Athlete Team. In 2018 they finished runner up in the conference and Laure started as a freshman for the nationally-ranked team. He also helped his club team, South Melbourne FC, to runners up in the U20 National Premiere League.

Wiseman on Laurie – “Wishy comes from an NAIA national power house, that competes with the very best programs in the nation. The experience he brings with him will make for a quicker and easier transition to the D1 level. He is a left sided player, that has versatility to his game to play a couple different positions. He is very technical, shows great composure on the ball and his field vision should really help us get the ball to our play makers. One of the best characteristics I think Wishy possess is his work rate, he is relentless. He will join the Bronco program in January and we look forward to integrating him into our roster.”

Laurie on why he chose WMU – “I picked Western Michigan because I’ve always aspired to eventually play Division I college soccer. I believe Coach Wiseman and Coach Ross have built a competitive soccer program. I will add to that and am excited to take my game to the next level.”

Finnegan was a three-year starter for Strikers FC, a former member of the United States Soccer Developmental Academy, where he earned the Strikers FC Academic Scholar Award.

Coach Wiseman on Finnegan – “Parker is a player that has been on our radar since showing up at our Summer ID Camp two years ago. He is from California but has Michigan ties, and he will take great pride in wearing the brown and gold. Parker is a very modern style outside back that can really get up and down and help create chances in the final third. His work ethic and fitness levels are superb, and he is the type of guy that hates to lose more than he likes to win. He is a leader, which is an important characteristic in our program. He is very skilled with the ball at his feet, and his soccer IQ helps him read the game at a very high level. We are looking forward to see what Parker can achieve when he arrives in Kalamazoo.”

Finnegan on why he chose WMU – “To me, WMU wasn’t just a commitment, it was a calling that never left my head. From the first time I stepped on campus till now, it seemed like I had been there before. There wasn’t a morning where the thought of WMU wasn’t on my mind. The opportunity not only to play and be a part of the soccer team, but waking up at a place where I feel I belong, is true blessing from God and an opportunity I will not waste. Go Broncos!”

Burkett was a two-time All-State selection at Mattawan High School, earning first team honors in 2019 and second team honors in 2020. He was named his team’s MVP in both 2018 and 2020. Burkett helped his club team, Kalamazoo Kingdom SC, to MSYSL State Cup Championships in 2013, 2014 and 2017 and was a USL Super Y National Champion in 2017.

Coach Wiseman on Burkett – “Connor is local standout that we are thrilled he chose to continue calling Kalamazoo home. He is an explosive athlete who’s first few steps are lethal. Connor has an incredible ability to off weigh defenders, get in behind and create dangerous opportunities. His diverse skill set will allow him the opportunity to play both as an outside back and a winger. On top of that, he is a phenomenal student, hard worker, and a young man of very high character and mental toughness. His Bronco roots run deep, and we believe he has an excellent future of his own in the Brown and Gold.”

Burkett on why he chose WMU – “I chose WMU because I love the soccer program and have been watching them play ever since I was young. My parents both graduated from WMU as well as my grandparents. Kalamazoo has always been home and it felt right to make it home for another four years.”

Biel was a four-year starter at Chesterton High School and helped the school to two state championships. He was twice named the Indiana Soccer Coaches Association Top Team Player and also earned MVP honors for his school. Biel was an All-State selection and a two-time Academic All-State honoree. In 2020 he was named the IHSAA C. Eugene Cato Mental Attitude Award winner. He is a member of the National Honor Society and boasts a 4.28 GPA.

Wiseman on Biel – “Nick Biel is the type of player and person that you simply can’t have enough of in your program. He checks all the boxes that we look for on the recruiting trail. Nick brings a very calm yet intimidating presence to the middle of the park. He is a very good connector in possession and is great in the air and also at disrupting the rhythm of the opponent. He comes from a military family that demands discipline, responsibility, and hard work. He has been the leader of his high school team for three years, and we expect all of those characteristics to follow him to WMU. Nick wants to be a coach when his playing days are done. We believe he has a very bright collegiate career ahead of him!”

Biel on why he chose WMU – “I chose Western Michigan for their team oriented style of play and the family atmosphere.”

WEST MELBOURNE — Construction may start around Christmas on a roughly 20,000-square-foot skate park featuring a plaza-style street course and a "flow bowl" at West Melbourne Community Park.

"I think all the skate community knows that Brevard County has struggled for something like this. We have always had to travel to Lakeland, Tampa, Jacksonville, Miami, you name it," said Max Catasus, a veteran West Melbourne skater.

"And this past year — The Park, Graffiti (Skate Zone) — the community has taken just a hit," he said.

Catasus spoke Thursday night during a design-input meeting hosted by Winter Springs skate park builder Team Pain at the West Melbourne Veterans Memorial Complex.

Tim Payne, founder and president of Team Pain, delivered a presentation and described computer-generated drawings of the future facility. Skaters filled the council chamber to capacity, chiming in with opinions on quarter-pipes, banks, hips, rails, ledges and other features.

"This is so dope. Like all-around, it's so dope," Catasus said, approving of the layout.

In June, the West Melbourne City Council hired Team Pain on a not-to-exceed $750,000 design-build contract for a skate park at West Melbourne Community Park, just south of Space Coast Field of Dreams.

If all goes well, Payne said the skate park will likely take four months to build, followed by another month of site work. Team Pain has built more than 200 skate facilities worldwide.

"This is why the council selected a firm that's done this all over the country, to develop great concepts and get input from local folks," City Manager Scott Morgan said after Thursday's meeting.

"It is a growing sport. And a lot of young people seem to come into it. So I think the park is going to get a lot of use for a lot of years — which is the whole idea," Morgan said.

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The Park, an indoor skate park on U.S. 1 in Melbourne, closed in 2015 and is now Groundswell Startups. Palm Bay officials shut down Graffiti Skate Zone in September 2016 and later razed the park, despite a public outcry from skaters.

In April, the weather-beaten Satellite Beach Skate Park reopened after Team Pain installed $204,000 in repairs and upgrades.

Payne said ideas and elements from Thursday's meeting will be incorporated into the final West Melbourne plan.

"I would say the complete design is close to 90 percent. But technically, it's more of a 50 percent to me because there's a lot of little fine things that we have to look at," Payne said.

"And everybody on our crew skates, too. So when we're in the field actually building it, we may change it in the field, too," he said.

Contact Neale at 321-242-3638, rneale@floridatoday.com or follow @RickNeale1 on Twitter.

WEST MELBOURNE, Fla. – Another Broken Egg Café is set to open its first Brevard County location.

The company said it would open the location at 705 Palm Bay Road, Suite 101 on Wednesday, Nov. 22.

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Men's State League 1 North-West: Westgate FC, Brimbank Stallions FC, Aaron Smith (17 goals)

Men's State League 1 South-East: Mornington SC, Rory Currie, and Gippsland United FC, Rory Wagner (17 goals)

Men's State League 2 North-West: Albion Rovers FC, Jack Fox (30 goals)

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Men's State League 3 North-West: Uni Hill Eagles FC, Bajiou Youseif (20 goals)

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Have you ever wondered why the direction of sunset changes throughout the year? We usually speak of the sun setting in the west, but technically it only sets due west at the spring and autumn equinoxes. For the rest of the year, the direction of sunset pivots about this westerly point, moving northerly in winter, and towards the south in summer. (In the northern hemisphere, the sunset tends more northerly in summer and more southerly in winter.)

Technically the sun only sets due west at the spring and autumn equinoxes.

If you’re an early riser, you’ll have noticed that the same symmetries apply to the easterly directions of sunrise. But it must have taken years for ancient astronomers to notice the particulars of all these patterns, let alone explain them astronomically.

One of the earliest records of such an observation may lie in the alignment of the Wurdi Youang stone circle in Victoria, on land traditionally owned by the Wathaurong people. The circle’s age is unknown, but it could be as old as 11,000 years, and researchers – including former Monash academic Duane Hamacher – think it's likely that the circle includes deliberate markers of the direction of sunset at the solstices and equinoxes.

We’ll never know just why, or even if, the builders of Wurdi Youang, Stonehenge, and other stone arrangements marked out the directions of sunrise or sunset at solstices and equinoxes. But historians do know that ancient Greek-speaking people deduced an extraordinary amount of astronomical information from the way the sunset and sunrise directions change throughout the year.

Most of the early Greek astronomical manuscripts have been lost, but their content was developed and codified by Claudius Ptolemy, about 150CE, in a book known as Almagest. It’s one of those ancient Greek classics that owe their survival to mediaeval Arabic scholars. Its first printed appearance, in Venice in 1515, was based on a mediaeval Latin translation of the Arabic adaptation of the original Greek – quite a multicultural achievement!

Among many other things Ptolemy was interested in was the fact that the symmetry in the arc of sunset directions is reflected in the symmetry between the sun’s midday altitude at the summer and winter solstices. The sunset direction reaches its northerly and southerly extremes at the solstices, while the noon altitudes are also at their extremes (highest and lowest) at the solstices. The midpoints in both cases occur at the equinoxes.

Thanks largely to Hipparchus of Nicaea – who worked about 150BCE, and to whom Ptolemy was indebted – astronomers had already figured out the geometrical configuration of the equinoxes. To do this, they used the concept of two imaginary planes cutting through a huge imaginary “celestial sphere” centred on the Earth. You can get the idea by visualising a third, more obvious plane – an extension of the one we appear to be standing on, bounded by the horizon with the sky sitting on top like a hemispherical dome.

The first plane is that of the “celestial equator”, which is parallel to the plane of the Earth’s equator. This is the plane in which the sun appears to make its daily journey about Earth, from sunrise to sunset and on through the night until sunrise again.

Today, following pioneers such as Nicolas Copernicus, we can imagine this more easily, because we know it’s not the sun that is moving but the Earth, which is rotating on its axis from west to east – that is, in the plane of the equator – producing the illusion that the sun rises and sets each day.

The second plane is that of the “ecliptic”, the sun’s apparent yearly path around the Earth. It must have seemed strange to the ancients that the sun had two different paths in its journey about the Earth. Still, these astronomers had figured out that these two paths lay in two different, intersecting planes. The equinoxes and the directions of sunset show why.

The equinoxes occur when the sun sets due west, and the days and nights are (virtually) of equal length everywhere on Earth. At the equator, however, the days and nights are always 12 hours long, so the spring and autumn equinoxes must happen when the sun is “on” the equator. So, in its yearly journey along the ecliptic, there are only two days when the sun crosses the equator. Which means that the ecliptic and equator must be in different planes, and must intersect at the equinoxes.

Ptolemy’s goal was to calculate the angle between these two imaginary planes, so that the celestial equator and ecliptic could be represented accurately – via an armillary sphere, for example. Like the Babylonians and others before them, the Greeks wanted to be able to keep track of the stars and planets, in order to study the ways of the deities who ruled them, and also to help with navigation.

Ptolemy reasoned as follows. At the equinoxes – when the direction of the sunset is halfway between the most northerly and southerly sunset points – the sun is at the point of intersection of the ecliptic and the celestial equator, as I mentioned. So the angle between these two intersecting planes must be half the difference between the summer and winter solstice solar altitudes, which exhibit the same symmetry.

He measured this angle to be about 23°40', or 23.67°, in the ballpark of a value found earlier by Aristarchus of Samos (whose maverick heliocentric theory of planetary motion had inspired Copernicus).

It was an incredible deduction, even if Ptolemy did believe that the planets and stars, including the sun, literally moved around the Earth. Today, of course, we believe it's the Earth that's moving in the plane of the ecliptic, not the sun. Astronomers also have a more up-to-date figure for the angle of tilt, 23.44°. (The change since Ptolemy’s time is largely because of the phenomenon of “precession”, a slow rotation of the Earth’s axis.)

What this means is that the Earth’s axis, and consequently its equatorial plane, must be tilted at an angle of 23.44° to the plane of the Earth’s yearly orbit along the ecliptic. If there were no tilt, the Earth would revolve around the sun with its north pole pointing upwards, and the ecliptic and equator would be in the same plane. The sun would always set due west, and there’d be no seasons.

Another interesting deduction made by earlier astronomers is that these changing directions depend on the observer’s latitude. As the intriguing Elizabethan mathematician Thomas Harriot showed, there’s a formula giving the angle by which the direction deviates from due west at any given time of year at any particular location on Earth.

The formula uses the sun’s “declination”, the angle it makes with the celestial equator. It’s a different measurement from the solar “altitudes” that Ptolemy used in his calculation, which are measured with respect to the horizon. At the equinoxes, the sun appears to be “on” the equator, so its declination – its angle above the equator – is zero. The maximum declinations, which occur at the solstices, are ±23.44° (that is, 23.44°N and 23.44°S with respect to the equator).

Harriot knew all about how to take these different measurements, and how they related to the geometry of the celestial sphere – in the 1580s and 1590s, he was Sir Walter Raleigh’s navigational advisor, when Raleigh was sending fleets of sailing ships to America. And, like his famous contemporary Galileo Galilei, Harriot was also a Copernican.

In the 1590s, Harriot took his own careful measurements to update Ptolemy’s. He also wrote down the formula for the sunset directions: the sine of the deviation of the direction from due west = the sine of the sun’s declination at noon on the given day/the cosine of the observer’s latitude.

So, at the equinoxes, when the declination is zero and therefore so is its sine, the deviation of the direction of sunset is also zero, and the sun sets due west as expected.

For an observer at the equator, the latitude is zero, and cos 0 =1. So the deviation from due west is just the declination of the sun on that day. For instance, the maximum deviation, at the solstices, is 23.44°.

For all other latitudes, the cosine of the latitude is less than one, and since it's on the denominator of the equation, the maximum change in sunset direction is greater than 23.44°. For Melbourne, it's 30.3° away from due west, towards the south in summer and towards the north in winter.

A couple of months after the winter solstice, in the weeks around the September equinox, it’s wonderful to watch the setting sun making its way back towards the west, hovering there at the equinox, and then inching its way towards the south as the days get longer and spring finally arrives. And it’s fascinating that so much astronomical information lies hidden in such seemingly simple natural phenomena.

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Sydney FC 3, Western Sydney 0 (recap / highlights) The 2018-19 W-League campaign got started with a marquee Sydney derby, as Sydney FC defeated crosstown rival Western Sydney 3-0. Portland Thorns forward Caitlin Foord scored two goals in the match, bookending a 60th-minute score from Chloe Logarzo. Orlando Pride midfielder Alanna Kennedy did not play in the match as she continues recovery from an offseason ankle surgery.

Brisbane United 1, Perth Glory 1 (recap / highlights) Despite outshooting Glory 15-7, the Roar needed late-game heroics to steal a point in the season opener, but were able to do so courtesy of a Carson Pickett-Chioma Ubogagu connection. Perth opened things up in the 54th minute off a goal from Chicago Red Stars midfielder Alyssa Mautz. But in the 88th minute, Ubogagu lofted a perfectly placed ball into the box for Pickett to run onto, slamming the ball into the upper corner. Pride forward Rachel Hill kicked off her second W-League campaign, totaling two shots over 90 minutes.

Canberra United 2, Melbourne City 0 (recap / highlights) A revamped and rebuilt Canberra United team knocked off the defending champion in Round 1, shutting out Melbourne City 2-0 on Sunday. South African forward Rhoda Mulaudzi scored her first W-League goal in the 57th minute and Portland Thorns defender Ellie Carpenter added an insurance goal in the 85th.

Melbourne Victory 0, Adelaide United 0 (recap / highlights) The Pride midfield duo of Christine Nairn and Dani Weatherholt partnered up again for the W-League’s opening round, both playing all 90 minutes for Melbourne Victory in a scoreless stalemate over Adelaide. Victory controlled the offensive end, posting 24 total shots - four from both Nairn and Weatherholt. Nairn had one of Victory’s best scoring chances in the match, but her 51st-minute strike floated just over the bar.

Newcastle Jets (Emily van Egmond): Bye

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Fri., Nov. 2: Melbourne City vs. Sydney FC (2:20 a.m. ET, ESPN+)

Sun., Nov. 4: Western Sydney vs. Brisbane Roar (12:30 a.m. ET) Canberra United vs. Perth Glory (1 a.m. ET)