The newly independent A-League has contributed all but one of the 24 players selected for Australia's upcoming under-23 internationals against New Zealand.

The matches in Wollongong on Sept. 6 and Campbelltown on Sept. 9 are vital ahead of the Olyroos' Olympic Games qualification tournament in Thailand in January.

Australia haven't featured at an Olympic men's soccer tournament since the Beijing Games in 2008 and the cooperation of A-League clubs in making players available will be crucial to the...

Football Federation Australia has named a three-person panel to review national team management following the controversial sacking of ex-Matildas coach Alen Stajcic in January.

Former Australia netball captain Liz Ellis will sit on the panel along with Sydney Olympics bid mastermind Rod McGeoch.

The panel will be chaired by businesswoman Diane Smith-Gander and investigate decision-making processes and the way in which items are reported to the FFA board within national teams.

It will not review...

Three Socceroos -- Trent Sainsbury, Tomi Juric and Mile Jedinak -- are yet to finalise their futures as the European transfer window enters its final few weeks.

The English window slammed shut on Thursday, with Aaron Mooy and Massimo Luongo finding new homes, but clubs in the rest of Europe can continue to do business up until Sept. 2.

That gives hope for free agent Jedinak, scarcely-seen striker Juric and now Sainsbury, who has been made surplus to requirements at PSV Eindhoven.

PSV boss Mark van...

Goalkeeper Danny Vukovic will miss the start of the Socceroos' World Cup qualifying campaign, and most likely the majority of the European football season, after he ruptured his achilles.

In more bad news for Australian national team coach Graham Arnold, winger Martin Boyle will have surgery on a knee injury suffered playing for Hibernian and is not expected to play again this year.

Vukovic posted a photo of himself in his hospital bed after surgery on his left leg, which could rule the 34-year-old...

Robbie Kruse is returning to the A-League and Melbourne Victory.

The 30-year-old Socceroos attacker has signed a two-year contract with Victory, the club he played for from 2009-2011.

Kruse has spent the past eight years playing in Germany's first and second divisions, with a Chinese sojourn in 2017.

"To have the opportunity to come back to the A-League and represent Victory again is really special," Kruse said in a statement on Tuesday.

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