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Join Jacob Stevens and Antonis Pagonis as they run the fool's errand of trying to predict Popa's potential picks in the Starting XI for Australia's final group game against Paraguay.

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Join Lachie Avil and Matt Olsen as four of the Socceroos most likely Round of 32 opponents in the 2026 FIFA World Cup hit the track to mixed results.

Photos: Belgium, Iran, Egypt, New Zealand

Join Lachie Avil, Jacob Stevens and Matt Olsen on the ground in Oakland, as Australia are handed a massive gift in their question for automatic progression to the knockout stage of the World Cup as Paraguay hold on against Turkiye after Miguel Almiron was sent off for covering his mouth.

Photo: FIFA, Socceroos

Join Lachie Avil, Will Booth and Jacob Stevens after a tiring and disappointing morning as Australia lose 2-0 to the United States of America in the second match day of Group D at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Join Lachie Avil, Will Booth, Jacob Stevens and on the ground Matthew Olsen, on the eve of what could be the greatest day in Socceroos history.

Sorry for the rubbish audio...Photo: Socceroos.

Join Lachie Avil and special guest Tyler Bischoff to preview the MASSIVE match between Australia and USA on Saturday morning at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Photo: Socceroos, USMNT.

Join Lachie Avil and Declan Archer as Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland all make their mark on their opening match day of the FIFA World Cup, leaving Cristiano Ronaldo waiting in the wings...Photos: FIFA

Join Jacob Stevens and Christian Montegan as we discuss Australia's opportunity to secure top spot in Group D and the AFC's incredible unbeaten run so far in the World Cup.

Photos: Socceroos, USMNT, Saudi NT, FIFA World Cup

Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan, Declan Archer and pod debutant Adam Palombi as we trade stories about Australia's seminal victory over Türkiye at the World Cup.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens (plus a brief cameo from Matt Olsen) as the Socceroos DEFEAT Türkiye 2-0 in Vancouver, Canada, and claim the 3 points in their first match at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

COME ON YOU ROOS!!!

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Join Jacob Stevens, Matt Olsen and Christian Montegan as the USA earn a statement 4-1 win over Paraguay and Canada edge out a 1-1 draw with Bosnia & Herzegovina on day two of the 2026 World Cup!

Meanwhile, Barcelona have formal bid REJECTED by the Colorado Rapids for young Aussie Lucas Herrington!

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Join Lachie Avil and Christian Montegan fresh off the first day of action at the 2026 FIFA World Cup! Tony Popovic has signed on as Socceroos coach until the end of the Asian Cup, Mo Toure mysteriously misses training and Mexico, South Africa, South Korea and Czechia get stuck into the action on day one!

Photo: Socceroos, South Korea, FIFA

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Join Jacob Stevens and Christian Montegan for a full look at Australia v Turkey in the opening round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Sunday afternoon! Before all that, there's Mexico kicking off the tournament against South Africa, 16 years to the day from the reverse fixture that kicked off the 2010 World Cup. South Korea take on Czechia and the USA get their first taste of World Cup action against Paraguay in Group D.

Photo: Socceroos, Turkey.

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Join Jacob Stevens and Christian Montegan as they take an holistic look at the World Cup: Who are the favourites? Who are the dark horses? And who does Round Ball think will come away with the spoils?

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Join Lachie Avil and Matt Olsen fresh of the Socceroos' final World Cup preparation match against Switzerland, in San Diego.

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Join Lachie Avil, Matt Olsen and Christian Montegan as the Socceroos gear up for their final World Cup warmup match v Switzerland on Sunday morning.

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Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens for an in depth look at Group D in the World Cup, a prediction for how deep the Socceroos will go and a dive into IFAB's 10 law changes for the tournament.

Photo: USMNT, Paraguay Football, Turkiye Football

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Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens as Tony Popovic confirms the 26 man squad that will represent Australia at the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup.Photo: Socceroos - X.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Lachie Avil, Matt Olsen and Christian Montegan as Australia go down to Mexico in their first World Cup warm up match ahead of Tony Popovic naming his final 26 man squad on Monday.

Photo: Socceroos - X.

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Join Lachie Avil and Matt Olsen for an EMERGENCY PODCAST as Football Australia announce just three days out from the World Cup squad selection, that Cristian Volpato has changed international allegiances from Italy to Australia.

Photo: Sassuolo - X.

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Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens as eight names are cut from the Socceroos' World Cup training camp squad days out from the team's first friendly against Mexico.

Photo: Socceroos - X.

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Join Lachie Avil, Jacob Stevens and Poletti as they break down Auckland's Grand Final victory, the end of season awards, and Paramount's new broadcast deal.

Photo: Auckland FC - X

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Join Lachie Avil and Christian Montegan ahead of the 2025/26 A-League Men's Grand Final between Auckland FC and Sydney FC.

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Join Lachie Avil and Jacob Stevens as they break down a chaotic news day in Australian football.

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Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens as the A-League delivers again with the culmination of two pulsating semi finals.

Heartbreak for Adelaide and Newcastle, as Sydney and Auckland progress to the 25/26 decider.

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Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens as Adelaide and Newcastle prepare to host the second legs of their A-League semi finals against Auckland and Sydney in front of packed out stadiums.Meanwhile, the Socceroos touch down in the USA, Adam Griffiths signs on as Perth Glory coach, Riley McGree gets caught up in spy-gate, half time performances at the World Cup and the Chair of the Football Supporters Association Australia (FSAA), Patrick Clancy joins to talk about their recently announced agreement with the APL.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Photo: Adelaide United - X.

Join Lachie Avil and Jacob Stevens as both semi-final first legs in the A-League end 1-1. Meanwhile, more Aussies are off to America, a date with Graham Arnold's Iraq awaits at the Asian Cup, we try to make sense of the AFC club entry regulations and the Fed Square decision is overturned!

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Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens as Federation Square announces that they will not be hosting Socceroos live sites during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

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Photo: Marcus Robertson / Round Ball Australia & Auckland FC - X

Join Lachie Avil, Jacob Stevens and Christian Montegan as Sydney and Auckland win their elimination finals in the first week of the 2026 A-League Finals Series.

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Photo: Marcus Robertson / Round Ball Australia & Auckland FC - X

Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens as the team select their final 26 man squad for the Tony Popovic's Socceroos to take to the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America.

Elsewhere, we steady ourselves for the beginning of the A-League Finals Series.

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Photo: Socceroos - X

Join Jacob Stevens and Antonis Pagonis as they try to make sense of an insane final day of regular season A-League football.

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Join Lachie Avil and Christian Montegan as the AFC confirm a third spot for Australian in next season's Champions League competitions.

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Join Lachie Avil, Jacob Stevens and Christian Montegan and Newcastle's late point against Melbourne Victory is enough to secure them the 2025/26 A-League Premiership!

The title and and top six are all sewn up but jostling for the right to host an elimination final and positions in Asia are all up for grabs.

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Photo: Marcus Robertson / Round Ball Australia.

Join Lachie Avil and Matt Olsen as the AFC announce more changes to the Champions League Elite competition, moving from 24 to 32 teams with an additional play-off phase.

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Photo: Marcus Robertson / Round Ball Australia.

Join Lachie Avil, Jacob Stevens and special guest Joe Kay with just two rounds to go in the regular season of the A-League. Wanderers apathy is at an all time high after derby defeat, the Jets lock up their Champions League Elite place as Melbourne City surely secure their place in the finals, yet again.

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Photo: Western Sydney Wanderers - X.

HJoin Lachie Avil and Jacob Stevens as Melbourne City beat the Mariners in midweek to take them into the finals positions for the first time in months, leaving everyone all square on games played with three rounds to go. The Sydney Derby is incoming on Saturday night, Juan Mata gets surgery on his elbow and Heidelberg United could be heading into the Champions League Two according to fresh reports.

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Photo: Marcus Robertson.

Join Lachie Avil and Jacob Stevens as the A-League must deal with the ramifications of two serious head injuries in one weekend that were not properly dealt with, allowing the possibility of serious risk to players. Plenty of unexpected wins and losses do take place, but not a whole lot changes in the title race, or the sprint for finals.

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Join Lachie Avil and Christian Montegan as the Socceroos get a 5-1 over Curacao and the rest of World Cup Qualifiers wrap up before a look ahead to the run home in the A-League.

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Photo: Marcus Robertson.

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Join Lachie Avil, Matt Olsen and Jacob Stevens as the Socceroos knick a 1-0 win against Cameroon and the final round of World Cup qualification grips the globe.

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Join Lachie Avil, Jacob Stevens and Matt Olsen to tackle the Socceroos upcoming FIFA Series match against Cameroon in Sydney on Friday night.

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Join Jacob Stevens and Matt Olsen as the Jets move clear in the title race, the battle for the sixth finals spot spices up, and Adam Taggart becomes Perth's all-time leading goalscorer.

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Join Lachie Avil and Christian Montegan as Tony Popovic names his Socceroos squad to take on Cameroon and Curacao in the March FIFA Series, the final two games on soil for Australia before the World Cup.

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Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens as rumours start flying about Ufuk Talay potentially meeting with Wanderers chairman Paul Lederer, Auckland deal a body blow to Newcastle's title hopes and Adrian Segecic elects to switch his international allegiances to Croatia.

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Join Lachie Avil and Jacob Stevens as Melbourne City fail to capitalise over 100 minutes of Buriram United at 10 men and crash out on penalties from the Champions League Elite.

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Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens for a lighter week in the A-League. Newcastle are the only team to earn three points and earn a further gap on the rest of the field. Mata's epic free kick made more global headlines but wasn't enough as Sydney come back to earn a Big Blue stalemate.

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Photo: Marcus Robertson.

Join Lachie Avil, Will Booth and Jacob Stevens as the Mariners get the better of the Bulls in midweek to jump them into the top six. Meanwhile, Melbourne City equalise late in the first leg of their Champions League Elite round of 16 clash against Buriram United. The boys also romanticise about what may be yet to come this year as we close in on the Men's World Cup.

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Join Lachie Avil, Poletti, Christian Montegan and Will Booth for a loaded episode of the Round Ball Australia podcast!

The Matildas get their AFC Women's Asian Cup campaign off to a winning start against the Philippines, in Perth. Meanwhile in the A-League, the Central Coast Mariners are the side to end the Newcastle Jet's winning streak in the F3 derby!

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Join Lachie Avil, Matt Olsen and Jacob Stevens as the Matildas prepare to begin their new campaign on home soil for Asian Cup glory, while we give the latest update to our rolling Socceroos World Cup tier list after the January transfer window.

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Photo: Matildas - X

Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Declan Archer for one of the most entertaining weekends in recent A-League Memory.

Two goals and an assist in the Melbourne Derby sees the A-League capture some global attention. A first-half beyond belief in the New Zealand Derby sees Giancarlo Italiano tender his resignation after the match. Mariners come from behind twice, Jets set another attendance record, Adelaide kill the Glory and Tiago Quintal steps up again for Sydney.

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Photo: Marcus Robertson

Join Lachie Avil, Poletti and Jacob Stevens for a disappointing midweek showing from our Aussie teams in Asia. The Bulls are out of the Champions League Two, leaving themselves too much work to do in the home leg, City hold firm at home to set up a rematch with an A-League Championship winning coach, Sydney give up 3 points in a hilarious manner and the Matildas drop their squad for the Women's Asian Cup.

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