By Craig MacKenzie
STATE League soccer kicks off this weekend and there have been major changes to some first team squads in the Frankston and Peninsula region.
Here are the first team squads for 2016 with the previous club of new signings listed in brackets (Strikers and Seaford have named one large squad for both firsts and reserves):
BAXTER
GOALKEEPERS: Daniel D’Alfonso, Francis Beck.
DEFENDERS: Heath Goss (Mornington), Matt Owens (Mornington), Jake Kidder, Frank Ntim, Paul Swann.
MIDFIELDERS: Daniel Sharratt, Bryce Ingram, Marcus Oliphant, Brendan Norris, Dan Disseldorp.
FORWARDS: Liam Kilner, Rhys Wilson, Mark Pags (Gretna, Scotland).
FRANKSTON PINES
GOALKEEPERS: James Laminski (Bentleigh Greens), Hewad Safi (Springvale White Eagles).
DEFENDERS: Andrew Bayliss-White (Seaford Utd), Edward Cerantonio (FC Jove Espanol), Kyle Crawford, Matthew Davis (Swinburne), Laeburn Stringer (Swinburne).
MIDFIELDERS: Jordan Avraham, Jack Carter, Declan Seca, Nick Lekakis (Kingston City), Rashid Noor (Doveton), Elvin Prasad (Rewa FC, Fiji).
FORWARDS: Matthew Hames, Graham Hill (Dandenong City), Nick Robers (Noble Park), Christopher Hodgson, Ioasa Saemo, Jacek Wrobel (Swinburne).
LANGWARRIN
GOALKEEPERS: Robert Acs, James Foster.
DEFENDERS: Dylan Kilner, Andy McIntyre, Alex Van Heerwaarden, Kurt Wagner-Goldsworthy, Michael Hoogendyk (Frankston Pines).
MIDFIELDERS: Johnny Guthrie, Nick Thorogood, Boris Ovcin, Grant Lane (Frankston Pines), Sam Scott (Launceston FC, England).
FORWARDS: Josh Calle, Caleb Nicholes, Koray Saut, Nabil Mozaffaruddin, Anthony Selemidis (Springvale White Eagles).
MORNINGTON
GOALKEEPERS: Kris McEvoy (Frankston Pines), Dylan Tervitt (Nunawading).
DEFENDERS: Nathan Yole, Danny Black, Steve Elliott, Simon Webster, Chris McKenna, Tom Hawkins, Andy Skledar, Charlie Jones.
MIDFIELDERS: Scott Webster, Craig Smart, Paul McEvoy (Frankston Pines), Chris Reid (Manningham), Sam Stewart (Cowdenbeath, Scotland).
FORWARDS: Wayne Gordon, Shane Tagliaferro, Nick Waite, Jack Heseltine, Mohsen Chehimi (Endeavour Utd), Michael Freeman (Frenchville SC, Queensland).
PENINSULA STRIKERS
GOALKEEPERS: Jason Giccominato, Richard Ojo Ailoba (unattached), Sam Grigg (Box Hill Utd).
DEFENDERS: John Watson (Rosebud Heart), Isaak Barr, Seun Yinka-Kehinde, Conor Keely, Tas Tairi, Marco Elhassan, Axel Quintanilla, Jordan Vacouftsis, llir Qaniu, Jarrod Nardino (Mornington), Callum Richardson (Rosebud Heart), Michael Millar (Springvale White Eagles).
MIDFIELDERS: Cameron Leopold (unattached), Joey Buccello, Josh Woods, Lindrium Tairi, Mark Szcezesnowicz, Adrian Pace, Kevin Garcia, Ben Meiklem, Harry Chapman (Rosebud Heart), Bailey Brown (Mornington), Francesco Brancato (Swinburne), Dion Stallbaum (Seaford Utd).
FORWARDS: Mathew Morris Thomas (Seaford Utd), Ali Osmani, Ibrahim Ibraimi, Paul Presti, Alex Hopson, Xavi Wilkinson (Mornington), Connor Zyskowski, Aeden Thorning, Steve Windsor (Doveton), David Jones.
ROSEBUD HEART
GOALKEEPERS: Brad Klarenbeek, Hayden Hicks (Swinburne).
DEFENDERS: Matthew Pearce, Beau Sharpe (Rosebud), Stewart Pearson, Ryan Monk (Sacred Heart (Colne) FC, England), Dino Vosjan.
MIDFIELDERS: Daniel Hodge, Carlo Cardosa, Cory Osorio (Rosebud), Luca Biancardi (Polisportiva San Cesario, Italy), James Liddle (Barwon FC), Patrick Acha, Zac Karolidis.
FORWARDS: Dave Greening, Blake Hicks (Swinburne), Aaron Young (Rosebud).
SEAFORD UTD
GOALKEEPERS: Sean Skelly (Rosebud Heart), Paul Digiorgio.
DEFENDERS: Daniel Walsh, Luke Murray, Tristan Stass, Cameron Syratt, Jason Allizi, Chris Sibson (Rosebud Heart), Terry Reddick, Dan Cameron, Nathan Dugina, Marcus Haringcaspell.
MIDFIELDERS: Luke Locasto, Michael Gross (Bentleigh Greens), Josh Tsung, Dean Snoxel, Stefan Soler, Andrew Curd, Cameron Bryden, Jamie Baxter, Adam Martin, Jake Martin.
FORWARDS: Dylan Waugh, Alex Roberts, Mitchell Lander, Li Nam Wang (Hampton Park Utd), Conor McFall, Rory Carmichael, Nicholas Antonie, Mitchell Butler.
SKYE UTD
GOALKEEPERS: Jonathan Crooke (Matamata Swifts, NZ), Lee Herron.
DEFENDERS: Brent Brown (Frankston Pines), David Cori, Rob Schreurs, Billy Painting (Seaford Utd), Sean Ellicott (Mazenod), Michael Putson (Sandringham).
MIDFIELDERS: Mark O’Connor, Marcus Collier (Seaford), David Popa (Baxter), Daniel Jones, Luke Camerota, Nick Theodore.
FORWARDS: Daniel Attard, Matt Wilson (Peninsula Strikers), Dogan Dagli (Keysborough), Daniel Castillo (Frankston Pines).
ROUND 1 FIXTURES
Saturday, 2 April, 3pm:
Mornington v Clifton Hill (Dallas Brooks Park).
Langwarrin v Frankston Pines (Lawton Park).
Heatherton Utd v Peninsula Strikers (Bosnia and Herzegovina Centre).
Bayside Argonauts v Skye Utd (Shipston Reserve).
Baxter v Sandown Lions (Baxter Park).
Casey Panthers v Rosebud Heart (Prospect Hill Reserve).
Sunday, 3 April, 3pm:
Seaford Utd v North Caulfield (North Seaford Reserve).