Aaron Mooy at Adelaide Oval. Photo: David Mariuz / AAP

Australia must qualify for the World Cup - before FIFA ruin it

Tomorrow night's World Cup qualifier at Adelaide Oval is the most crucial international ever played in South Australia, argues Paul Marcuccitti. Not least because after 2018 the prestige of the World Cup will never be the same.

Manton St Tales: You've gotta have a whinge

With Adelaide United's season and Asian campaign now over, Paul Marcuccitti has one final whinge - about all the Australian soccer whingers.

I don't like 'em, but Arnold's Sydney FC should be the A-League's best ever

Adelaide United have a few more days to sheepishly call themselves A-League champions until a successor is crowned. And much as it pains Paul Marcuccitti to say it, if that successor is Sydney FC, Graham Arnold's side should be rightly considered the competition's best ever.

Adelaide United's ironic, yet somehow appropriate, season's end

Adelaide United remains alive in the Asian Champions League - but, typically of the rollercoaster Reds, that position could cloud the club's plans for the future, writes Paul Marcuccitti.

Adelaide United's task: rebuild the team and fans' trust

Triumph, embarrassment, rock bottom, uncertainty. You could call those the four seasons of Adelaide United’s last 12 months.