With an eye to upcoming World Cup qualifiers, Socceroos coach Graham Arnold has called up a batch of A-League performers and overseas-based hopefuls for next month's friendly in South Korea.

Uncapped title-winners Brandon O'Neill and Andrew Redmayne have been rewarded with places, with Melbourne Victory gloveman Lawrence Thomas also in the mix to win his first Socceroos cap.

Regular faces like skipper Mark Milligan, Mat Ryan, Aaron Mooy, Mat Leckie and Trent Sainsbury have all been spared the trip...

Western United have wasted no time in launching a bid for A-League supremacy in Melbourne, announcing Mark Rudan as coach and laying a claim to be Melbourne Victory's biggest rival.

The expansion A-League club announced Rudan, who steered Wellington Phoenix to a finals berth in his first A-League season, as the club's foundation coach on Thursday.

Rudan's appointment was rumoured for months, and the 43-year-old confirmed he was kept in the loop of club movements and signings while managing the Phoenix.

"Was...

Dutchman Gertjan Verbeek has been unveiled as Adelaide United's new coach in the A-League.

The former Bundesliga mentor has been signed on a two-year deal to replace German Marco Kurz.

Verbeek, 56, coached at FC Nurnberg and Vfl Bochum before his latest stint at Dutch club FC Twente.

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A defender during his playing days, Verbeek spent almost his entire career at Eredivisie side SC Heerenveen,...

Departing legend Alex Brosque has suggested scrapping the A-League playoffs and Grand Final after Sydney FC's win on penalties over Perth Glory in this year's showpiece event.

Last year's championship failure didn't sit comfortably with Brosque and neither did this year's win, even though his team took the title over the regular season's top performers.

And Brosque has suggested doing away with the A-League finals series -- and with it the premiership -- while awarding the title of champions to...

Emotional goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne has given credit to Sydney FC goalkeeping coach John Crawley for transforming him into a bona fide A-League champion.

The 30-year-old was Sydney's hero in Sunday night's penalty shootout Grand Final win over Perth, saving efforts from Glory strikers Andy Keogh and Brendon Santalab.

As it turned out, Crawley provided the intel and Redmayne decided what to do with it.

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