Socceroos win 7th straight and a new era in Australian football begins

The Socceroos have done it again winning their 7th straight game with a 1-0 win over Canada, one of the 2026 World Cup hosts.

We'll analyse the performance of the national team in their game where Tony Popovic made some surprising selections, but also gave some indications that he is getting closer to settling on his best XI.

There's plenty to review from the Canada game but we'll also look ahead to the Socceroos next match against another World Cup co-host in USA this Wednesday Australian time.

In other exciting news, the inaugural Australian Championship has kicked off and it hasn't failed to deliver with good crowds, cracking goals, high drama and all around entertainment. We look back at the games from the opening round and pick out some of our best bits.

Joe Montemurro has also selected his Matildas squad to take on Wales and England with the big news being the return of Sam Kerr after her long injury lay off, there's also some other returns, exciting youngsters selected, but a few surprising omissions that we discuss.

Plus, there's some big news for one of the A-League clubs just a week out from their season starting.

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