San Fernando Valley Quakes he was replaced by Colombian Juan Florez. In addition, the team signed a major partnership deal with Real SoCal, one of Southern California's major youth soccer organizations, which initiated a change in colors (from red and black to blue and black) and a re-design of the club badge. The 2007 Quakes were an improvement over their still-successful 2006 predecessors: they hammered Los Angeles Storm 5–0 on the opening day of the season, and despite losses to both Ventura County Fusion and Fresno Fuego on the road, managed to recover their form. A 2–1 victory over Lancaster Rattlers at the end
Australia national soccer team The nickname represents a cultural propensity for the use of colloquialisms in the country. It also represents the Australian English use of the sport's name. The name itself is similar to most other Australian national representative sporting team nicknames; used informally when referring to the team, in the media or in conversation. Similarly, the name is derived from a well-known symbol of Australia, in this case the kangaroo. The words "soccer" and "kangaroo" are combined into a portmanteau word as "soccer-roo"; such as "Olyroos" for the Australia Olympic soccer team. Australia's long time rivals are trans-Tasman neighbours New Zealand. The