Socceroos coach Tony Popovic spoke after the World Cup draw was revealed.

The 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico doesn’t begin for another seven months - but really, it starts here, with Saturday’s (AEDT) draw in Washington DC.

James Rodríguez, Luis Díaz and Jefferson Lermer on target Three goals in 17 minutes hand Australia a third defeat in a row Seven months out from the World Cup, the Socceroos have lost three straight games. Their 3-0 defeat to Colombia in Queens came with a better performance than their abject defeat against Venezuela last week but once they went behind, they collapsed; James Rodríguez’s 76th-minute penalty was followed by Luis Díaz pouncing on an error in the 88th-minute, before Jefferson Lerma fired home in stoppage time. Against a strong opponent, possessing world-class attacking talent, Australia did what we’ve come to expect from them for the first 75 minutes. They defended resolutely and in numbers, and put their bodies on the line and into their opponents. Before the awarding of the penalty – a suspect decision – few would have been shocked if things had ended in a goalless stalemate. But the razor-thin margin for error that the Socceroos possess, wherein their struggles to create clear avenues to goal demand clean sheets, bore out painfully once they were placed in a deficit. Continue reading...

Tony Popovic’s Socceroos are all set for their final match of 2025, against a South American powerhouse. Kick-off is at 12.30pm AEDT; follow our blog for all the action as it happens.

A 4-2 victory over Denmark has secured Scotland’s first World Cup appearance since 1998, while Graham Arnold’s Iraq is a step closer to their first World Cup in decades.

The biggest test of Tony Popovic’s tenure as Socceroos coach awaits on Wednesday (AEDT) against Luis Diaz’s Colombia.

The Socceroos lost 1-0 to Venezuela in a passive performance.

Socceroos debutant Patrick Beach makes a remarkable save to deny Venezuela of a goal.

Tony Popovic’s side takes on Venezuela in Houston, Texas - one of just four games left until he names his squad for the World Cup. Follow all the action live; kick-off is at 1.30pm AEDT.

To mark the 20-year anniversary of the night that ended the Socceroos’ 32-year World Cup drought, we look at five famous Australian penalty shootout wins - and ponder the alternate reality that awaited had they gone the other way.

Coach Tony Popovic ‘open-minded’ about uncapped youngster 18-year-old full-back is yet to play a competitive senior match Tony Popovic has declared teenage Manchester United sensation James Overy a chance to make the Socceroos’ World Cup squad next year, even though he is yet to play a competitive senior match. The highly-touted full-back only turned 18 on Sunday but is now training regularly with the Premier League club’s first team. Continue reading...

Tony Popovic believes Australia can do more than simply “compete” at next year’s World Cup.

Jordan Bos has gone down with another hamstring injury - and Socceroos coach Tony Popovic believes the A-League’s five-month off-season is making it difficult for exports to adjust to the physical demands of Europe.

The undefeated streak may have ended, but Australia’s first loss under this coach against USA confirms they’re set on the right path Australia’s men were always going to lose a game in the Tony Popovic era, one supposes. How does that little idiom go again? Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened? After last week’s win over Canada took him one clear of Joe Vlasits’ start in the 1960s, only Terry Venables had put together a longer undefeated start to life as Socceroos boss than the one Popovic took into Tuesday’s fixture against the USA – the 52-year-old was unbeaten in the eleven games of his year-long tenure, with seven straight wins. But thanks to two goals from American striker Haji Wright, it was in the mile-high surrounds of Denver where this run ended. Continue reading...