The Melbourne Victory has added Steven Pace to its ranks as a replacement for the injured Daniel Piorkowski.
The 24-year old defender signs over from the Preston Lions. In a 2-week trail with the Victory did, he obviously did enough to warrant his inclusion on the Victory payroll:
“Steven reads the game well, has excellent speed, good distribution and possesses great maturity.” (Ernie Merrick)
Pace’s signing doesn’t come as a huge surprise, with the FFA handing Steve Pantelidis a 3-match suspension, Ljubo Milicevic still out with injury, Sebastian Ryall away for international duty, and Daniel Piorkowski out for the season. And don’t forget Adrian Leijer’s sudden departure to Fulham during the pre- season.
Meanwhile, Eugene Galekovic is leaving the Melbourne Victory and making the short trek over to Adelaide United. Adelaide coach Aurelio Vidmar offered to take Melbourne’s second-choice goalkeeper off its hands yesterday – an offer quickly accepted, by the looks of it. Galekovic joins Adelaide as a replacement for Daniel Beltrame, who tore a quad muscle in Sunday’s match with the Wellington Phoenix.
More details The Age and Herald Sun.
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I wonder, being as low on defenders as we are now, will Muscat make a (temporary) shift back into defense?
Seems like the state leagues are performing the role of a de facto reserve league, with clubs feeding players through to the A-League squads. I’m keen to see Steven Pace in action as I’ve never seen him play before, and this is great news for Mitchell Langerak, who judging by the comments from within the club is held in enough regard to be Theo’s understudy
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