<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>337687</docID> <postdate>2025-02-06 10:37:08</postdate> <headline>Former soccer coach on sexual assault charges</headline> <body><p><strong>A former soccer coach is facing the ACT Magistrates Court on charges of allegedly sexually assaulting a girl in the early 2000s.</strong></p> <p>Police allege the 51-year-old Victorian man originally met and abused the child over a number of years while he was her soccer coach.</p> <p>The man faces five charges of sexual intercourse with a child under 16, and committing an act of indecency on a person under 16.</p> </body>