Pivot Football

A bit special…

It was great to catch up and work with Gabe Cole again, former Monaro Panther and current captain at Stockport Town Football Club, playing in the North West Counties League in England.

A true technician and professional, we wish him Gabe the very best for the 2026/27 season.



📷 Stockport Town FC

It’s always to catch up with two of the OGs of Pivot Football, Leo and Tatum Mazis, for a 2 on 1 ‘Finishing’ session over the Easter weekend.

Leo and Tatum have had impressive starts to 2026 with their new teams, Caroline Springs George Cross (NPL VIC) and Brisbane City (NPLW QLD), with multiple goal involvements.

Special thanks to Pete, Gess and Caelee Mazis for the footage and ball collection!

We wish Leo and Tatum all the very best for the rest of the season.

Individual and small group performance training.

It was great catching up with Atiya this past week after an incredible 2024, where he scored 14 goals for the men’s NPL champions, Canberra Croatia FC, was invited to train with several A-League clubs and was also named in the U18 Australian Schoolboys team to tour the UK.

Atiya has started 2025 at full pace, signing a youth contract with A-League club Macarthur FC and being invited to a recent Young Socceroos training camp.

We wish Atiya continued success and look forward to seeing what else he achieves in 2025.

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2024 Year in Review - Highlights
Ella Palframan

We’d like to express our immense appreciation to all of the Pivot athletes for their hard work and great company, as well as to their families for their continued support. In the spirit of the festive season, we’d like to highlight the wonderful achievements of some of the athletes we have worked with over the past 12+ months plus.

👏 Ella Palframan had an incredible comeback in 2024, overcoming injury and illness. Ella starred for a talented Canberra Croatia FC women’s team, dominating teams with her physicality and technical ability.

Ella left for the USA in August, to begin an athletic scholarship with NJCAA division school, Tyler University in Texas, where she contributed six goals and four assists in her freshman year. Tyler University advanced to the NJCAA National Tournament.

👏 We would also like to acknowledge Sophia Doumos, one of our original athletes for her first season playing in the USA collegiate system, with NJCAA division school Seminole State College of Oklahoma. Sophia was named in the regional team of the year and her school advanced to the NJCAA National Tournament as well.

We wish them all the very best for their 2025 season.

2024 Year in Review - Highlights
Max Trushell

We’d like to express our immense appreciation to all of the Pivot athletes for their hard work and great company, as well as to their families for their continued support. In the spirit of the festive season, we’d like to highlight the wonderful achievements of some of the athletes we have worked with over the past 12+ months. plus.

Today we’re highlighting the 2024 season of Max Trushell.

Max played a starring role with the U23 NPL champions Canberra Croatia FC, culminating in making his debut with the men’s first team.

In August, Max left Australia to take up a four-year athletic scholarship in the USA collegiate system with D’Youville University in Buffalo, NY, where he started every game, a rarity for a first year student/athlete (freshman) in the NCAA division.

We wish Max all the very best for his 2025 season.

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2024 Year in Review - Highlights
Elliot Head

We’d like to express our immense appreciation to all of the Pivot athletes for their hard work and great company, as well as to their families for their continued support in 2024. In the spirit of the festive season, we’d like to highlight the wonderful achievements of some of the athletes we have worked with over the past 12+ months.

Today we’d like to highlight the 2024 season achievements of 14 year old Elliot Head, after spending 3 months on the sidelines with a hairline stress fracture in his back towards the end of 2023.

Elliot was selected into the ACT U14 talent identification program, competing in a five-team tournament in Melbourne against three select local teams, consisting of A-League academy and NPL players, as well as one Tasmanian team.

In September, Elliot was awarded GUFC’s U15s Coach’s Player of the Year.

Concluding a highly successful year, Elliot was one of 11 Australian players selected from the Australia-wide Barcelona camps to attend November’s Barca Academy Experience 2024, enjoying a week of training at the renowned La Masia facilities and games against other Spanish academy squads.

We wish him all the best for the 2025 season, with his promotion to Gungahlin United FC’s U16 team.

2024 Year in Review - Highlights
Talia Backhouse

We’d like to express our immense appreciation to all of the Pivot athletes for their hard work and great company, as well as to their families for their continued support during 2024. In the spirit of the festive season, we’d like to highlight the wonderful achievements of some of the athletes we have worked with over the past 12+ months.

👏 After several very successful years as player and captain for Canberra’s Belconnen United FC, Talia Backhouse had an incredible 2024, signing with third tier Spanish La Liga club CD Pradejón, contributing several goals and assists. On her return to Australia, she signed with NSW NPLW club UNSW FC, scoring six goals in 14 games, making the NSW NPLW Team of the Week on two occasions and also being awarded NSW’s NPLW August Defender of the Month.

We hope that 2025 brings Talia even more success!

2024 Year in Review - Highlights
Nikos Vassiliotis

As 2024 draws to an end, we’d like to express our immense appreciation to all of the Pivot athletes for their hard work and great company, as well as to their families for their continued support this year. In the spirit of the festive season, we’d like to highlight the wonderful achievements of some of the athletes we have worked with over the past 12+ months.

Today we’d like to showcase the outstanding 2024 year of Nikos Vassiliotis.

Early in the year, the 13 yr old was invited to train with Sydney FC, following his strong performances in the National Schoolboys tournament held in late 2023, in Melbourne.

In July, Nikos played in two tournaments in Greece, with Aris Orhos FC and Proteas FC, earning MVP awards in both tournaments.

He has also been selected to represent Australia in the Barca Academy World Cup in 2025, to be held in Barcelona in April. He is one of only 10 players selected across Australia and will be competing against the best players from the Barca academies worldwide.

And lastly, Nikos will be heading to Greece next week to train with the youth teams of Paok FC and Olympiacos FC, after impressing in a training camp held by the ‘Greek legends of the 2004 European Championships’ touring party - George Karagounis, Theodoros Zagorakis and Aggelos Charisteas.

Nikos is a huge talent with a real hunger for the game. We look forward to seeing his progression over the coming years.

2024 Year in Review - Highlights
Maddy Sawkins

As 2024 draws to an end, we’d like to express our immense appreciation to all of the Pivot athletes for their hard work and great company, as well as to their families for their continued support this year. In the spirit of the festive season, we’d like to highlight the wonderful achievements of some of the athletes we have worked with over the past 12+ months.

👏 We would like to congratulate Maddy Sawkins on a tremendous 2024 season, culminating in her selection in the New Zealand national team to compete in the U17 World Cup during October, where they were drawn in Group A, along with Nigeria, Ecuador and host nation, the Dominican Republic.

Maddy started against Ecuador and the Dominican Republic but unfortunately NZ did not progress to the second round.

We wish Maddy further success in 2025.

2024 Year in Review - Highlights

As 2024 draws to an end, we’d like to express our immense appreciation to all of the Pivot athletes for their hard work and great company, as well as to their families for their continued support this year. In the spirit of the festive season, we’d like to highlight the wonderful achievements of some of the athletes we have worked with over the past 12 months.

👏 1. Congratulations to Pearl Tein and Madi Cachia, who are currently with Spanish La Liga club SD Eibar’s youth team, after a successful two-week trial in August.

We’d also like to congratulate Madi for making Capital Football’s WNPL team of the year, a fantastic achievement for the then 15 year old.


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