It's a good job Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou likes his players to face challenges, as they will face a series of difficult assignments in June when Australia, as Asian champions, contest the Confederations Cup in Russia.
Tim Cahill will have to serve a one-match A-League ban on Saturday night when his side entertain Brisbane Roar, even though the bizarre red card he received from referee Chris Beath in last weekend's Melbourne derby was probably given in error.
Managers David Wagner and Garry Monk were sent to the stand in stoppage time after angry scenes at the end of Huddersfield's 2-1 victory over Leeds.
Gabriel Jesus scored twice, including a 92nd-minute winner, as Manchester City climbed to third in the Premier League with a 2-1 victory against Swansea City.
A 107th minute goal to Melbourne City ended Canberra United's W-League season on Sunday night.
Brisbane's opponents pay Carlos Tevez $1 million a week, while the Roar can barely afford to participate in the ACL. That's a situation that must change.
Tim Cahill is used to making headlines and breaking records in Australian soccer.
Back-to-back home wins in the same season have been a long time coming Paul Okon leaves the capital with "a good taste in his mouth".
Chelsea moved another step towards regaining the Premier League title with a 3-1 drubbing of Arsenal in the table-topping London derby at Stamford Bridge as only Tottenham Hotspur maintained their distant pursuit of the leaders.
Western Sydney Wanderers global search for a high-profile solution to their attacking woes may have been fruitless but the club may have found an answer in veteran forward Brendon Santalab
Is there more of an on field embodiment for coach Kevin Muscat than Besart Berisha?
It's when a team faces adversity that we really find out just what it is made of.
La Liga champions Barcelona stayed on the heels of leaders Real Madrid by coasting to a 3-0 home win over Athletic Bilbao as Lionel Messi became the club's top scorer from free-kicks.
Melbourne Victory edged three points closer to league leaders Sydney after an incredible finale to the Melbourne derby when they came from a goal behind with just six minutes remaining to defeat Melbourne City 2-1.
Perth Glory are into the W-League grand final after American import Vanessa Di Bernardo scored a brace to inspire her side to a crushing 5-1 win over Sydney FC their semi-final showdown at nib Stadium.
Western Sydney Wanderers' lacklustre A-League season has sparked into life with an emphatic 3-1 win over Wellington Phoenix on Saturday.
The last time Canberra United and Melbourne City met at Canberra Stadium, the visitors and Williams went away victorious.
When Mariners midfielder Liam Rose runs on to Canberra Stadium this weekend he will have a few friendly faces in the stands.
Football Federation Australia is yet to receive any notice of a formal bid for a new Sydney-based A-League team as the governing body prepares to release the official criteria for expansion next month.
FFA can't seem to take a trick. Last weekend it copped a hiding because a match in Adelaide was played in searing heat and not postponed until a later time.
The Crawford report into Australian soccer, overseen by the promiment Melbourne businessman David Crawford, was the spark that fanned the flames of football's 21st century revolution.
Vukovic was Sydney's saviour in the 0-0 draw with Brisbane Roar on Friday night just weeks after his son underwent a liver transplant
Who are the winners and losers of an 8pm W-league kick-off on Sunday?
Canberra United will be forced to start their W-League semi-final in an unusual 8pm time slot on Sunday.
Ellie Brush and Jenna McCormick will put their AFL rivalry on hold to join forces for Canberra United's W-League title bid.
Western Sydney Wanderers defender Jack Clisby says criticism of his club's performances is spurring them on to reach the A-League grand final despite languishing outside of the top six.
The Melbourne City and Canberra United women's teams will not, after all, have to sweat and swelter their way through the searing heat of the mid summer sun in their W-League semi final after the FFA shifted the time of the kick off.
Melbourne City returns to the scene of its best performance of the season for the third A-League derby of the campaign desperate to rekindle the spark they showed when they humiliated Melbourne Victory 4-1 in that round two fixture at Etihad Stadium last October.
The miracle is the explosion of participation in the last decade - the most impressive being in women's football - has occurred in spite of the obvious flaws.
Imagine if a newly-retired Magic Johnson had travelled to Australia to coach the South East Melbourne Magic or the Melbourne Tigers in the late 1990s.
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