In the wake of the Socceroos' inspiring performance in Qatar, Craig Goodwin says Australian football needs increased funding in junior development if the national teams are to be more competitive on the international stage.
According to Goodwin, junior development must be a key priority for Australia as football's most powerful nations already invest heavily in coaching.
"In Europe and South America … all the professional teams have these academies with quality coaching that they're getting from a young age. They're just getting so much more football and games into their legs, and learning things a lot sooner. "That was the biggest difference when it came to the high quality with France and Argentina, and a lot of the other top teams as well.
"It just shows that we do have a lot of quality within our ranks. We hope it inspires the next generation to do bigger and better things."Goodwin scored the Socceroos' opening goal at the World Cup during their 4-1 loss to defending champions France in the group stage."Now that it's over, you can look back on it and there is obviously a lot of joy and pride about what we were able to achieve, but the whole thing has been a bit of a whirlwind to be honest," he said.
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