The Young Socceroos captain and prize Sydney FC recruit has been charged with engaging in a sexual act with a girl who was 13 years of age.

He will be unavailable for his new club until September 3 at the earliest after he was sanctioned for bringing the game into disrepute on Friday.

Ryall is facing criminal charges arising from an incident which allegedly occurred in January 2008, at which time the then 18-year-old was contracted with Melbourne Victory.

"I don't think I would characterise it that way (as a loss of innocence) but I think it's disappointing," Buckley told a large media contingent on Friday.

"We've taken measures that are available to us under the code of conduct and we've dealt with it in a timely manner."

But in the wake of Ryall's criminal charges, and in view of the sordid group-sex scandal involving high-profile rugby-league identity Matthew Johns, Buckley concedes the code's current education initiatives fall well short.

"We have had a limited form of education (relating to the acceptable treatment of women)," he said. "We have concentrated particularly on responsible consumption of alcohol (and) we've focused on gaming and gambling issues."

He added: "Certainly the My Football Career program has offered that (type of) education and training to players on a one-on-one basis.

"We don't think that's enough and we've been working with them to include a module in the overall program for future years, and that'll be rolled out with all A-League clubs across the next few months.

"All sports, and I guess football is part of that, has a very big job to do to ensure that our players, our officials, our staff, treat women with the upmost respect (and) understand the expectations of them as role models in society."

Meanwhile, Buckley defended the timing of the FFA's announcement of the sanction - 2pm on Friday - saying: "The player is due to leave for an international tour (with the Young Socceroos) this weekend and it was important that we bring the sanction before that tour took place."