Connor Bunnell

2 weeks ago | theroar.com.au | Connor Bunnell

Central Coast Mariners got trounced out of Asia’s Champions League Elite months ago, and Sydney FC fell short of hosting the Champions League Two final, but this week, another Australian side will get the chance to make history. A-League Women premiers Melbourne City have so far stormed through the first ever AFC Women’s Champions League in style, and now, they’re off to Wuhan, China to try and finish the job.

3 weeks ago | theroar.com.au | Connor Bunnell

In a couple short months, Australia Cup season will be in full bloom. We’ll have a complete slate of 32 contenders, new faces hoping to prove themselves, and a new title sponsor to toast it all with. But before we can lock all that in, we’ve got business to attend to, as Darwin hosts its second of two A-League playoffs to decide which of the top flight’s bottom-feeders have the right to play. After a dismal campaign from day one, Brisbane Roar find themselves back where it all started going wrong.

3 weeks ago | theroar.com.au | Connor Bunnell

In most first-division association football leagues around the world, if your season goes poorly enough, you get sent down to the league below. The A-League, on the other hand, ships its bottom four up north to Darwin and makes them fight for their Australia Cup lives—and as part of the changes to this year’s edition, those deadly duels now take place at the end of the closing season rather than the start of a new one.

1 month ago | theroar.com.au | Connor Bunnell

The second leg of the AFC Champions League Two semifinals beckons, and Sydney FC are feeling the pressure like never before. Instead of another glorious road trip in Singapore, an anemic performance against Lion City Sailors put the Sky Blues down 2-0. Now, in front of their home crowd, Sydney must try and pull off the most important comeback of the season. A new era of the UEFA Champions League is here, only on Stan Sport.

2 months ago | theroar.com.au | Connor Bunnell

Sydney FC are currently on the doorstep of hosting the AFC Champions League Two final after toppling Korean giants Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in the quarterfinals. However, if they want to bring the big dance to the Harbour City, they’ll need to excel in an unexpected locale. For this semifinal, Sydney will battle Singapore’s Lion City Sailors, who’ve arrived under even stranger circumstances.