17-year-old Canberran, Anton Barisic, from Gungahlin United has signed a deal with Levante U23's. he went nitially to try-out for the U18's, but were impressed by him they signed him to the U23 team. This just magnifies the need for a pro team in Canberra.

That was like in January dude

He was offered a six month trial in January. only signed a deal in the last few weeks.

Ahh right.. I saw they also signed Ben Carling from Canberra through Kaz Patafta's academy

Did he play in Canberras youth league team ? 

He was rejected by the Canberra United academy...

Read this. couple paragraphs down.  Really says a bit about youth talent ID here.
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/gungahlin-junior-anton-barasic-earns-la-liga-contract-at-levante-20180811-p4zwx6.html

This was the Canberra United academy team
https://www.canberraunited.com.au/teams#!/y-league
 

Not sure there, I did a bit of searching through and saw that Ben Carling was still playing under 18's and 16's for Tuggies.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BmPx72FApkB/?taken-by=pataftafootball

Ahh cool. only five days ago so that explains his NPL stats. Good stuff. Only a trial though, lets hope he does well. 

Leading goal scorers for the NSW NPL 1 comps - Not sure how accurate the Game counter is on SportsTG.

NSW Mens 1

Rank                 Name                                        Goals            Games
1                 Jordan Murray (22)   APIA                 23                   19
2                 Alex Sanchez (28)    SOL                  16                    22
3                 Tasuku Sekiya (24)   APIA                 13                    23
4                 Peter Simonoski (24)   WW               12                    21
5                 Anthony Frangie (21)   HAK               11                    17
                   Chris Payne (27)     SU58                  11                    22
6                 Adrian Vranic (22)  SSH                     10                    20
                   Jeremy Cox (21)     SFC                    10                    22
                   Jee Wook Woo     BWE                      10                    22
                   Alec Urosevski (24)  RCS                  10                    22

NSW NPL U-20's

1               Hamish Lamberton (18) SFC                 19                  23
2               Jordan Swibel   SFC                              13                  13
3               Tory Musemici    WW                             12                  20         
4               Kyle Cimenti (20)  SU58                        11                  13
5               Finn Ballard-McBride (18) SFC              10                 19

NSW NPL  U-18's

1              Alex Masciovecchio       SFC                  21                  21
2              Noah Botic (16)          RSC                     18                  20     
                Suleyman Bangura     BCFC                  18                  23
3              Jacob Gjorsevski      SS                         13                  20
4              Tallon Zahra          MUFC                       10                  16 

Leading goalscorers for the South Australian NPL 1 Regular season

Mens 1
                             (Age)                   G (Apps)
Christian Esposito (28)           18 (20)   MetroStars
Anthony Costa (24)                 17 (20)   Adelaide City
Andreas Wiens                        13 (18)   Adelaide Comets
Dion Kirk (24)                           12 (22)  Campbelltown City
Fausto Erba                              11 (12)  Adelaide Olympic
Luigi DiTroia (23)                      11 (19)  Campbelltown City
Carlo Armiento (19)                   10 (20)  Adelaide United Youth
David Thornton                          10 (19)  South Adelaide
Pacifique Niyongabire (18)        10 (14)  Adelaide United Youth
Thomas Strain                            10 (15)  MetroStars


SANPL U20's

Dominic Yuel                             22 (19)  Adelaide City
Benjamin Head                         14 (19)   MetroStars
Domenico Costanzo                 14 (12)  Croydon Kings
Alec Maiolo                               11 (10)   West Adelaide
Charlie Mavros Jnr                   10 (12)   MetroStars

SANPL U18's

Alessio Rapetti                         28 (20) Campbelltown City
Asad Kasumovic                      27 (22) West Adelaide
Sebastian Goode                     27 (15) Adelaide City
Mpoyi Mutanda                        26 (20) MetroStars
William Hack                           23 (18) West Adelaide

Canberra NPL Mens 1 - Regular season Leading goalscorers

                              (age)             G  (apps)
Nicolas Villfane                       17 (14)     Tigers FC
Thomas James                       17 (15)    Canberra FC
Olaide Yinka-Kehinde (23)     12 (15)    Woden Weston FC
Aisosa Ihegie (22)                  10 (16)    Tuggeranong United
Michael John                          10 (14)    Canberra Olympic

U-20's

Lachlan Hunter                      21 (15)    Monaro Panthers
Torren Blanch                        18 (12)    Canberra Olympic
Riley Angelosante                 16 (15)    Gungahlin United
Jayde James-Ward                11 (14)    Gungahlin United
Marshal Smyth                        9 (15)     Monaro Panthers

U18's

Luca Florez                           15 (16)    Belconnen United
Jake Bishop                           14 (16)   Belconnen United
Logan Connell                       12 (13)   Monaro Panthers
Sebastian Woods                  12 (14)   Canberra FC
Aidan Milicevic                      11 (15)    Canberra FC

NNSW NPL Leading Goal-scorers

Samuel Walker                 16 (19)    Lake Macquarie FC
James Virgili   (26)            14 (15)    Broadmeadow Magic
Kale Bradbery (25)           14 (20)    Broadmeadow Magic
Scott Pettit                        10 (19)    Hamilton Olympic
Braedyn Crowley (21)        8 (14)     Lambton Jaffas

U20's

Sam Donellan                   11 (19)   Newcastle Jets
Riley Smith                        9 (17)    Newcastle Jets
Kane Treble                      8 (19)     Hamilton Olympic
Shane Ellwood                 7 (19)     Hamilton Olympic
Thomas Duggan              7 (16)     Maitland FC

U18's

Nicholas Martinelli           30 (22)     Newcastle Jets
Jack Diebold                    19 (21)    Newcastle Jets
Flynn Goodman               17 (15)    Adamstown Rosebud
Bailey Wells                     14 (14)    Newcastle Jets
Connor Henderson          13 (19)    Hamilton Olympic

Leading Goal scorers for the NSW NPL 2

Emmanuel Gonzalez (20)     25 (26) Mt Druitt Rangers
Juan Carlos Romero (28)      22 (26) Mounties Wanderers
Matt West                                 16 (25)  GHFA Spirit
Daniel Fogarty                       13 (25) Hills United
Alex Boyodijan                      13 (25) Blacktown Spartans

NSW NPL 2 U20's

Anthony Haddad                   30 (23) Macarthur Rams
Anthony Messina                   23 (25) Blacktown Spartans
Christian Long                       18 (24) Mt Druitt Rangers
Murtaza Sultani                     15 (21) Parramatta FC
Zach Forsyth                         15 (23) Central Coast Mariners

NSW NPL 2 U18's

Rhys Osmond                      29 (27) Mt Druitt Rangers
Thomas Bienasz                  25 (26) Hills United
Luke Zepina                         23 (25) Rydalmere Lions
Matthew Lane                      21 (26) Macarthur Rams
Jeremy Vaz                          15 (25) Northern Tigers

Leading Goal Scorers for NPL QLD 

Dylan Wenzell-Halls (21)     24 (17) Western Pride FC/Brisbane Roar Youth
Josh Taylor (26)                   20 (25) Cairns FC
Michael Lyall (28)                19 (23) Magpies Crusaders
Shuto Kuboyama                 19 (26) Redlands United
Marek Madle                        18 (13) Lions FC
Joe Duckworth (21)              15 (26) Western Pride FC
Samuel Sibatuara (22)         15 (24) Brisbane City
Andrew Pengelly (21)           14 (24) Western Pride FC 
Anthony Grant (21)               14 (26) SWQ Thunder
Chom Arop (24)                    13 (24) Moreton Bay United

NPL QLD U20's

Christian Aloisi (17)               20 (15) Brisbane Roar Youth
Joshua Matcham                  17 (18) Brisbane Strikers
Joel Anich                              13 (20) Brisbane Strikers
Alex Parsons (18)                  12 (8) Western Pride FC
Alexander Sartori                   12 (20) Brisbane City

NPL QLD U18's

Jacob Advaney                     14 (14) Western Pride FC
Keanu Tuart                           13 (19) SWQ Thunder
Luke Lister                             12 (16) SWQ Thunder
Beck Phillips                           11 (11) Brisbane City
Ethan Wildermuth                   11 (21) Brisbane City      

NPL WA Leading Goal Scorers

Chris Jackson                    24 (24) Armadale FC
Daryl Nicol                         24 (26) ECU Joondalup
Alex Salmon (25)               17 (20) Inglewood United
Daniel Robinson (19)         17 (25) Cockburn City
Hasani Sinclair                   16 (26) Forrestfield United
Paul Zimarino (20)             16 (23) Perth Soccer Club
Michael Domfeh (19)         13 (17) Perth Glory Youth
Alex Tanevski                     12 (25) Stirling Lions
Dean Evans                       12 (22) Floreat Athena
Gian Albano (22)                12 (26) Bayswater City

NPL WA U20's

Charles Breen                    22 (25) Sorrento FC
Adam Zimarino                  20 (24) Perth Soccer Club
Abias Bukuru                     18 (25) Perth Glory Youth
Julian Alteri                        17 (20) Bayswater City
Luke Salmon                     16  (7) Bayswater City         

NPL WA U18's

Jayden Gorman                 29 (17)  Perth Glory Youth
Ajak Riak                           28 (23) Bayswater City
Matthew Alessandrino      22 (23) Balcatta FC
Pieter Jacobsz                  22 (24)  Armadale FC
Ciaran Bramwell               20 (18) Perth Glory Youth            

Good to hear Ryan Scott (23) and Kaine Sheppard (25) are trialling at the Newcastle Jets

NPL VIC Leading Goal scorers 2018

Brandon Barnes (25)                  21 (21) Dandenong Thunder
Matt Thurtell (25)                       16 (26) Bentleigh Greens
Liam Boland (26)                        15 (26) Avondale FC
Davey Vant'Schip (27)                14 (20) Pascoe Vale
Kaine Sheppard (25)                  14 (20) Avondale FC
Tom Cahill (31)                           14 (24) Heidelberg United
Damian Iaconis (21)                   11 (22) Kingston City
Kieran Dover (22)                       10 (25) Green Gully
Milos Lujic (28)                           10 (16) South Melbourne
Nick Krousoratis (24)                  10 (23) Green Gully

NPL VIC U20's 

Adrian Tardio (19)                      23 (26) Melbourne Knights
Jacob Byrns (19)                        18 (25) Heidelberg United
Jamie Mammino                         14 (22) Oakleigh Cannons
Jaffar Haidar                               12 (22) Hume City
Ivan Silic                                     11 (23) Melbourne Knights

NPL VIC 2 EAST Leading Goal- Scorers

Apai Ukuno (26)                         17 (27)  Moreland City
Craig Carley (33)                       16 (26) Goulburn Valley suns
Ben Everson (31)                       15 (27) Dandenong City
Moudi Najjar (18)                        14 (19) Melbourne City Youth
Zac Walker (26)                          12 (25) Murray United 
Billy Marshall (29)                       11 (24) Goulburn Valley Suns
Yusuf Ahmed (20)                       11 (24) Melbourne City Youth
John Kuol                                    10 (26) Langwarrin SC
Damir Stoilovic (19)                     8 (22) Springvale White Eagles
David Stirton (26)                        8 (23) Dandenong City

NPL VIC 2 EAST U20's

Masee Namdar                         21 (25) Sunshine George Cross
Alou Kuol (18)                           19 (15) Goulburn Valley Suns
Sam Morrison                            15 (24) Melbourne City Youth
Marko Stanisavljevic                 14 (22) Springvale White Eagles
Fraser Gosstray (17)                 13 (24) Goulburn Valley Suns

NPL VIC 2 WEST 

Jon McShane (26)                    17 (26) Altona Magic
Michael Trigger (24)                  14 (27) Ballarat City
Darius Maddison (24)                12 (25) North Geelong Warriors
Luis Covarrubias (25)                12 (27) St Albans Saints
Daniel Kuczynski (25)                10 (12) Altona Magic

NPL VIC 2 WEST U20's

Mohammad Alhassan               24 (25) St Albans Saints
Liston DIaz (17)                        15 (16) Melbourne Victory Youth
Salvatore Accardo                    14 (19) Moreland Zebras
Jamie Noggler (17)                   13 (9) North Geelong Warriors
Rafael Tresca                           13 (25) Moreland Zebras

NPL VIC U18's WEST

Fikret Sabanoski                      33 (25) Green Gully
Jesse Barber                            30 (21) Pascoe Vale
Luke Burns                               26 (23) Ballarat City
Michael Fernandes                  23 (23) Whittlesea Ranges
Corey Liparoti                          18 (24) Whittlesea Ranges

NPL VIC U18's EAST

Campbell Steedman               25 (23) FC Bulleen Lions
Yahya Khalif (17)                    23 (25) Northcote City
George Thodis                        22 (24) FC Bulleen Lions
Ju Ho Kim                               21 (25) Oakleigh Cannons
Chris Parker                           20 (25) Dandenong City

Northcote Winger/CAM Gerrie Sylaidos (19) is also off to trial with the Jets. 

He was so unlucky not to get anywhere at City due to the progression of other kids like Arzani, Ianucci and Najjarine. Hopefully he can impress, because he is a very intelligent player.

Shandon Whitehead, another youngster out of the Patafta academy in Canberra is off to trial with OS Belenenses in Portugal beginning today..

Ds98 I have heard good things from Emmanuel Gonzalez of Mt Druitt, apparently quite young too, one to keep an eye on.

Yep! he was the leading Goal scorer in the NPL 2. I'm pretty sure he's 20-21, hopefully he can continue his goal scoring carrying into NPL1 next season.

Some other news former Sampdoria youth player Daniel Baggio, 18, who returned to Aus to play for Port Melbourne has returned to Europe to play for Sparta Rotterdam's U19's squad.

Kenny Athiu (MV) - two year deal from Heidelberg United
Dylan Wenzell-Halls (BR) - one year deal from Western Pride FC
Joe Gauci (CCM) - scholarship deal from West Torrens Birkalla
Matt Millar (CCM) -  one year deal from South Melbourne FC
Jordan Murray (CCM) - one year deal from APIA Leichardt
Josh MacDonald (CCM) - one year deal from Wollongong Wolves

Kaine Sheppard (NJ) - one year deal from Avondale FC. He'll most likely be back-up to Jair for the first half of the season until O'donovan gets back,  hoping he gets some game-time.

Just happy that these boys have proved the doubters wrong, some even on here, that A-League clubs don't regard the NPL highly enough. The gap is closing and you just have to look at the Sydney v Avondale game to see the proof.

Brandon Barnes has re-signed for another season at Dandenong Thunder, brilliant from them.

Peter Skapetis has signed for Dandenong Thunder. he was pretty average at A-League level, once again injuries fucked a promising youngsters career.

Kenny Athiu (MV) - two year deal from Heidelberg United
Dylan Wenzell-Halls (BR) - one year deal from Western Pride FC
Joe Gauci (CCM) - scholarship deal from West Torrens Birkalla
Matt Millar (CCM) -  one year deal from South Melbourne FC
Jordan Murray (CCM) - one year deal from APIA Leichardt
Josh MacDonald (CCM) - one year deal from Wollongong Wolves
Kaine Sheppard (NJ) - one year deal from Avondale FC
Rashid Mahazi (WSW) - one year deal from Moreland Zebras NPL2

Shandon Whitehead of the Patafta academy has signed for Belenenses, not sure of the politics around this, as there is a little bit of confusion around the Belenenses clubs atm as FootBallLover has eluded to on the Underage NT thread in AF

Do you have any more details? Has he signed for the senior team? I can't find any information on him from Portugal.

all I had/have is the Instagram post which you can find here:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BoePTzEAMeQ/?taken-by=pataftafootball

I'm guessing he's signed with the youth set-up of a Belenenses club but yeah I don't completely understand the limbo thats happening around the clubs with youth and seniors and stuff.

I've looked through the Belenenses squad list from U15's to the first team and I can't find anything. I'll keep an eye out in the next few weeks to see if he comes up.