Mautz and Romero head ‘Down Under’ for Glory.

Tuesday night’s Docklands match against Japan looms as a crucial battle.

Ahead of the first game of the season tonight, George Stogiannou looks at how the current 10 teams are shaping up for the new A-League season.

Fans will have the chance to get up close and personal with some of their Socceroos heroes.

While A-League expansion doesn’t appear to be likely any time soon, the SMFC president believes the club is ready, as of now, to go straight into the A-League.

The club defeated Olympic, their arch rivals, 3-1 in the 2016 Norzone Men’s Premier League grand final.

Second half goals to new Victory signings Marco Rojas and James Troisi settled the tie in the A-League team’s favour.

Cool Konstantinou fires Olympic into FFA Cup semi final.

Club hopes Kuzman is the man to lead them back into the top tier.

The Greek-based club is starting to make its mark following league successes and two successive strong Dockerty/FFA Cup runs.