Hemed became the first player in club history to score in five consecutive games after netting in each of their final five games as the Phoenix finished the season riding a club-record 11-game unbeaten run. Coach Ufuk Talay told Stuff earlier in the week that he was hopeful of retaining Hemed for another year after tabling a competitive offer, but had already begun searching for another import striker to compete for a start with the returning Hooper and teen sensation Ben Waine, just in case he elected to move on. Hemed has already been linked with a return to Israel to see out his lengthy professional football career.
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Midfielder Clayton Lewis is one of six Wellington Phoenix players selected for the Tokyo Olympics.
Wellington Phoenix could be forced to field a severely depleted team for their FFA Cup round of 32 game against either Newcastle Jets or Western United due a potential clash with the Tokyo Olympics. Newcastle and Western will meet in a playoff on the weekend of August 7-8 to determine who will face the Phoenix in the next round, but while the exact date of the fixture is yet to be finalised, coach Ufuk Talay said he was already planning for the club’s six Olympic Games representatives to be unavailable.
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